Tyson Pedro

Pedro had been sidelined with a knee injury following his 2018 loss to Mauricio Rua, but his leg appeared to have recovered perfectly when he used kicks to set ...

Pedro was originally set to carry his two-fight winning streak into a matchup with Mingyang Zhang at UFC 284. Pedro’s father John has been in his corner throughout his career, and on a recent episode of [UFC Connected](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyw2RWEL3I8) the 31-year-old revealed that his father had some serious reservations about letting his son try to earn a living as a fighter. I’ve seen that you made it.’ And I was like ‘That was bullshit.’ (LAUGHS). “It was like an overhand right and my eyes glossed over, and he just looked at me and I was just like ‘Oh shit.’ I was crying, full bawling my eyes out. “I was thinking ‘Oh, I wanna try for the Olympic team.’ I started skipping school to go train and box full time. The 31-year-old successfully returned from a nearly four-year layoff last year when he stopped Ike Villanueva in the first round.