It was late July 2023, almost two months to the day after Gorimbo’s first ufc victory and about four months after he traveled to the United States with essentially just the clothes on his back.
In front of Gorimbo was a camera. He thought that he was being filmed for a video by Project Rock, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s apparel line through Under Armour, which has a sneaker contract with the UFC. That was true, but there was also other plans.
While Gorimbo was talking to the camera, 6 foot -4 figure sneaked into the cage to Gorimbo’s left, Gorimbo turned and saw Johnson. Shocked, he put his head in his hands, got up and gave Johnson a bear hug.
Life has completely changed for Gorimbo, who grew up in ghetto, was orphaned as a child and worked as a blood diamond smuggler in his teens before finding MMA.
His main focus is on becoming a UFC champion and paying it forward, to help others like Johnson helped him. Gorimbo has already built water wells and helped treat people with cataracts in Zimbabwe, his home town.
