It was like a cauldron in that little arena – red hot and the noise had nowhere to escape, trapped inside the confines of concrete and turnstiles. A crowd of close to 8,000 Brazilian fans had filed in for hours on end that night, sitting intently and waiting for the action to begin. The quietly swaying masses quickly became an explosive cacophony of color and sound, however, as the UFC logo hit on the big screen and the familiar opening bars of the fighter introduction reel rang out. In a heartbeat, the mood changed, and the booing rang out around the arena as the first fighter of the evening strolled bravely out of the tunnel, and he wasn’t a local favorite. It was Jeremy Larsen from Tucson, Arizona, and the fans quickly let him know about it
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