Former UFC Fighter Shares Heartbreaking Diagnosis

Former UFC Fighter Shares Heartbreaking Diagnosis 1Former UFC fighter and BJJ black belt Vagner Rocha revealed that he has been diagnosed with heart failure.

Rocha, 42, has been retired from mixed martial arts since 2017 after putting together a solid 14-4 record, including four appearances under the UFC banner and back-to-back wins in Bellator. His most notable appearance inside the Octagon came at UFC 133 when he squared off with 2023 Hall of Fame inductee Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone.

Former UFC Fighter Shares Heartbreaking Diagnosis 2Earlier this week, the Rio de Janeiro native took to Instagram to reveal that he had been hospitalized for multiple days and was hit with a heartbreaking…