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Bia. The Heroine - Chapter 2

Her life remained difficult. She had to leave the favela very early and spent the entire day, and even the night, working. She would only return home late. However, at the gym, she discovered MMA. The fighting style was becoming very popular in Rio de Janeiro, but at that time, the fights were brutal, with no rules. Many fights were held clandestinely with betting, and the fighters would battle until they could no longer stand. These fights were extremely violent. In Brazil, they were called "Vale Tudo," and this was before MMA became famous and went to the United States. Bia noticed that fighters earned good money for these fights, and she was in need of money. The gym wasn’t paying her well, and she wanted to save up to go back to a private university since she no longer had time to study for the public university entrance exam. Bia believed that if she earned the kind of money that fighters were making, she could save up and eventually pay for her medical school. However, Bia