Victor “Striker”Hugo

Victor Hugo is a professional mixed martial artist from Brazil, who fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Born on April 11, 1988 in an impoverished urban area of Rio de Janeiro known as Baixada Fluminense, Victor discovered his passion for fighting at a very young age. He started training with Jiu-Jitsu under former UFC fighter Vitor Belfort at the age of nine and has since developed into one of the top fighters in Brazil’s growing MMA scene.

Victor Hugo made his professional debut at just 18 years old and quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with. Over the course of his burgeoning career he quickly compiled an impressive record before signing with the UFC in 2014. During this time he also competed successfully against some renowned names such as Thales Leites, Demian Maia and Marlon Moraes.

Since joining UFC, Victor Hugo has become one of their most promising Brazilian prospects due to his relentless aggression inside cage combined with great technical skills that has seen him win three consecutive fight night bonuses during 2015 – 2017 period where he defeated Nik Lentz via first round submission for Performance Of The Night bonus; Antonio Carlos Junior via unanimous decision for Fight Of The Night honor and finally Mike De La Torre via first round TKO again for POTN bonus. His consistently strong performances have seen him rise up the ranks to #15 ranked featherweight contender currently competing against some of world’s best fighters including Brian Ortega; Yair Rodriguez; Charles Oliveira amongst others.

Outside UFC circuit Victor is active philanthropist involved with various charity programs helping needy children from deprived backgrounds living near Rio De Janeiro by providing them basic facilities like food, clothing and education which reflects positively on his image within local community there making him extremely popular celebrity figure amongst locals there more so than anywhere else in Brazil or even outside it . In spite of rising fame over years due to combat sports success Victor remains humble person proudly representing Brazilian culture everywhere he goes which further endears him towards fans following anywhere around globe today not: just those related to combat sports but also casual ones too looking up at him as role model/hero character inspiring them particularly coming through tough circumstances similar way like himself earlier life .