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Beneil Dariush hoping to ‘save lives’ as a missionary after fighting career

Beneil Dariush is well up his way in the UFC rankings but he already has his retirement plan in place.

“When I retire, to be honest, my goal is to be a missionary. I plan on going around and spreading the gospel,” Dariush told Pull No Punches podcast hosts Kajan Johnson and Shakiel Mahjouri prior to his fight with Frank Camacho at UFC Singapore.

“I want to say it was four years ago, maybe longer, I went to Haiti. Originally I’m from Iran. I was born in Iran. In Iran, we had a really good life.