Filed under: Featured Videos , News , Videos Ricky Palacios still lives in the house where he has resided since the fourth grade. It’s in Mission, Texas, and his father built it. He was trying to find a nicer place for the family to live in the city near the Mexican border, but the house still remains in a tough part of town. But where Palacios lives, and where he has come from, makes him even more motivated to succeed in MMA, the sport he adopted several years ago to find focus and help him get into shape. “They call me ‘The Champ’ in the hood,” Palacios told MMAjunkie. “This isn’t the luxury home everyone would want, but it’s something to start.
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Fight Path: Ricky Palacios keeps roots close by during drive to succeed in MMA – MMA Junkie