It’s fight week in Rio de Janeiro! Charles Oliveira, Brazil’s golden boy and former UFC lightweight champion, was supposed to headline UFC Rio against Rafael Fiziev. But as fate would have it, Fiziev bowed out with a knee injury, and Mateusz Gamrot stepped in. Once again, Oliveira must adjust, something he’s grown used to both inside and outside the cage.

Behind the roar of the crowd and the bright lights, there’s a quieter story, one that began long before he became ‘Do Bronx,’ the fighter. And at the center of that story once stood Talita Roberta Pereira, his ex-wife and the mother of his daughter, Tayla. So who is the woman who shared Oliveira’s early chapters before fame changed everything?

Talita Roberta Pereira: Biography, Career & Jiu-Jitsu Background

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