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Lesson in humility: How a back injury changed Livinha Souza ahead of UFC 252

Livinha Souza is hungry to fight Ashley Yoder at Saturday night’s UFC 252 in Las Vegas after a long layoff, but had to be patient.

A former Invicta FC strawweight champion — and very outspoken when she’s not locked in a cage with another human being —, Souza went through a rough patch over the past year and so. First, “The Brazilian Gangster” suffered her first loss in the octagon in a disappointing performance versus Brianna Van Buren. Then, a “complicated” back injury forced her to be on the sidelines for way too long.