500 and Growing Podcast

Ep 5: Oscar "The Shank" Jurado Sánchez (Professional MMA Fighter)


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Born in 1997 in Chicago Illinois. His parents decided to move to Cuernavaca Morelos in Mexico when He was five years old, where a year later, his mother registered him in Tae Kwon Do classes. After three years he won his first competition and it made him realize that martial arts were what he wanted to dedicate himself to. When he was 14 years old he decided to give martial arts another chance and started Kick Boxing with professor Juan Guzman may he Rest In Peace at the Kamehameha School. After his first tournament, his passion for martial arts kept growing so he started practicing boxing in a small hometown gym called “lobox”. He moved back to Chicago to follow his dream of becoming a professional UFC fighter. He was lucky to find a gym that was close to where he was living. The gym “Intercept MMA” where he started his amateur MMA career. On August 14, 2022 he had his professional debut and won by TKO in the first round. This was a very important fight to him because it was a big step closer to fulfilling his dream.

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500 and Growing PodcastBy Jesus "Azteca 500" Sanchez