Dinis Paiva It was a mistake that involved Dinis Paiva ’s cauliflower ear that helped him find his opportunity in MMA. One day a few years ago, the Rhode Island-born and Massachusetts-raised Paiva was walking along when he was approached by a man on the street. By that time, he was back in Rhode Island after a stellar high school wrestling career and a stint in the Navy. The man thought Paiva was someone else, someone who was a former wrestler and fought MMA, from how he looked and the fact that he had cauliflower ear
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