Claudio Silva found himself stranded in Brazil earlier this year due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and was shocked by the reality of his home country.
The UFC welterweight, who has lived in London for over a decade and usually does his camps with Florida’s American Top Team, trained at Nova Uniao in Brazil for his UFC Vegas 27 match with Court McGee this Saturday. Spending time there, Silva decided he had to do something to help fight hunger in Rio de Janeiro.
“I love the city of Rio de Janeiro and consider it to be my second home because I’ve always trained jiu-jitsu and competed there,” Silva said in an interview with MMA Fighting.