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Renato Sobral \u2014 better known by the nickname “Babalu” \u2014 is suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The former UFC and Strikeforce fighter opened up on these struggles, which he believes most fighters are doomed to endure, in an interview with Brazil’s PVT.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dToday I can\u2019t walk a straight line, I lost sight of my left eye, which is a big price (to pay),” Sobral said (translation via MMA Fighting<\/a>). “I have no balance today, my balance is almost zero. When I\u2019m fighting, when I\u2019m in a jiu-jitsu tournament or in training, it feels that my balance is normal again, but it\u2019s complicated on a daily basis. But the guys that start fighting have to know that the price to pay will come one day. For everyone. People only talk about the good things today, what they have accomplished, what happened, but what about what you\u2019ve lost? What happened to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You get knocked out in the gym, and you\u2019re still fighting the week after,” he added later, looking back on his days as a fighter. “You have to fight. You can\u2019t say, \u2018I won\u2019t fight\u2019. It\u2019s one blow after the other. And I\u2019m [paying the price] now, right? I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to see my grandkids, enjoy my grandkids in a normal way, because I\u2019m starting to slowly feel the effects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Renato Sobral continued, admitting that he hopes his children don’t follow in his footsteps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If someone asked me if I would let my son fight vale tudo, I would say no, I wouldn\u2019t. My daughter? No. I would hope she wouldn\u2019t. I\u2019d rather see her study. My daughter already is on the water polo \u2018A\u2019 team of her high school, she competes, but being a professional athlete? Any sport demands a lot from your body and you will have to pay the price in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I already have [chronic] traumatic encephalopathy, actually. People barely talk about it,\u201d he concluded. \u201cYou can do a research, [professional fighters] have peaks of depression, we have seizures, you don\u2019t listen that well. I don\u2019t have speaking issues yet, but I lost the eye sight of my left eye, I have osteoarthritis on my entire body. My knee. I have 13 surgeries through my entire body. So, there\u2019s a price (to pay). It\u2019s not in there for free. I don\u2019t even think it\u2019s about glory, because it\u2019s not for enough time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article first appeared on <\/em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a> on 4\/30\/2019. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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