Francisco Lo had become well-acquainted with humanity’s dark side long before he made martial arts his chosen profession. His childhood was anything but traditional.
“I grew up without a father,” he told Sherdog.com. “I was raised by my mother and grandmother. My father was an alcoholic. All my half-siblings on my father’s side came to a bad ending. Some ended up as drug addicts, and others were killed. One brother unfortunately died of drowning when he was drunk, which is the same thing that happened to my father. I grew up without much connection with that side of my family, other than an aunt and an uncle.