Zimbabwean professional mixed martial artist, Themba Lawrence Gorimbo a.k.a
The Answer, revealed that several of his cousins celebrated his loss to his Brazilian opponent, Vicente Luque at UFC 310 fight held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, United States of America.
According to Gorimbo, this happened because he didn’t send them money.
Speaking in an interview video posted on African Facts, he said:
“When I go online, like one of my cousins, I can’t speak his name, but he messaged me that day.
“After I lost this last fight, some of my cousins were celebrating my loss; they were all celebrating my loss. He sent me a video of them in a place where we were 15 years ago. Just this small circle in Danone.
“It’s a slum, like you call it, a slum. These cousins were celebrating my loss, and do you know how much that eats you? Because all I do is try to do better for everybody. I might not directly help you, but I want to build a well for the community. Then, one person gets angry,
“Why did you build the well close to this guy’s house and not this house?” People think that I’m in the UFC and I’m a millionaire; I’m not.”
Gorimbo lost his fight to Vicente Luque, in 52 seconds at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, making it the fastest in UFC fight history as it lasted less than a minute.
Before his last fight in 2024 which he lost, Gorimbo was on a four-fight winning streak, scoring wins over Takashi Sato, Pete Rodriguez, Ramiz Brahimaj and Niko Price.
His wish of closing the year 2024 undefeated was shattered by Luque’s anaconda trap, which saw him losing via submission.
However, he said on his Facebook page that:
“I will dust myself up and make my comeback. Yes, I am gutted now but I know I will be okay, God brought me this far to succeed and inspire.
“This is part of the story, it sucks but hey I live to fight another day,” he said.
