“I used to ride horses and I remember one day I was working with a horse and we were having it jump, you know? There was a competition and so we were doing a test run and the horse fell on top of my body. I was a kid, like 7 years old. It took them a long time to take the horse off of my body after it had fallen.”

Brazilian retired mixed martial artist

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, known as Minotauro or Big Nog, is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and was a former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. Nogueira first rose to prominence in Japan, winning the 2000 RINGS King of Kings tournament in Fighting Network RINGS. He later became the first Pride Heavyweight Champion, holding that title from November 2001 to March 2003, and was a 2004 PRIDE FC Heavyweight Grand Prix finalist. He is one of only three fighters to have held championship titles in both Pride Fighting Championships and the UFC.