UFC heavyweight Yorgan De Castro used to work as security at a big soccer stadium when he lived in Portugal.
About a decade later, he found himself back in an eerily similar setting, but this time for a far different reason.
De Castro made his Octagon debut last weekend at UFC 243, which took place at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. The event broke the company’s attendance record, previously held by a 2015 card held at the same venue. De Castro scored a massive walk-off knockout of Australia’s Justin Tafa in the pay-per-view opener.
“Walking to that cage was insane,” De Castro told Bloody Elbow.