Themba Gorimbo didn’t get assist from a slew of relations after his four-fight win streak got here to an finish in devastating trend at UFC 310.
Gorimbo took an enormous leap in competitors to face perennial welterweight contender Vicente Luque in December as a alternative fighter. Luque confirmed the huge distinction in expertise ranges as he put Gorimbo to sleep in lower than a minute with a vicious anaconda choke.
Talking on The Pivot, Gorimbo revealed that he was despatched movies of relations really having fun with the aftermath of the loss.
“A few of my cousins had been celebrating my loss,” Gorimbo mentioned. “They had been all celebrating my loss, they usually despatched me a video of them the place we had been in a spot 15 years in the past, this small circle in Danone … and these cousins of mine had been celebrating my loss.
“Have you learnt how a lot that eats you?”
After getting submitted in his UFC debut, Gorimbo gained his subsequent 4 fights, together with a lopsided resolution win in opposition to Niko Worth in October.
The 33-year-old is totally shocked by his household’s response to the lopsided loss to Luque, however believes it’s as a result of they requested him for issues that he couldn’t probably present.
“All I attempt to do is [do] higher for everyone,” Gorimbo defined. “I won’t immediately assist you to, however perhaps I wish to construct a nicely for the group, then one particular person will get offended … somebody will message me and say, ‘Will you give me [$5,000]?’
“Individuals suppose that [because] I’m within the UFC, I’m a millionaire. I’m not. Possibly in the future I will probably be, nevertheless it’s the truth I’m not and I can not afford to try this. Think about if in case you have 20 individuals coming you and saying the identical stuff.”
