Yorgan De Castro Is Fighting for His Daughter’s Future in College

Professional Fighters League heavyweight Yorgan De Castro won’t back down from anything, especially if the future of his daughter is at stake.

De Castro (9-3) caught the PFL’s attention after taking home a victory over former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Junior dos Santos in their clash in the Eagle FC 47 headliner. De Castro, a UFC alum himself, is one of the most interesting additions to the PFL heavyweight roster. In his promotional debut, “The Mad Titan” was supposed to face 2022 PFL titleholder Ante Delija before “Walking Trouble” pulled out of the fight. Now, De Castro will take on Denis Goltsov on April 7. Ahead of his assignment, De Castro confessed that one of his biggest motivations for winning the $1 million prize was securing a future for his daughter to go to college.

“I grew up very poor, very humble. I’ve never imagined to make that kind of money. If I get that money, it would be like… I mean, I don't even know. This sport is very hard. Not everybody is gonna make it. If you wanna take away something from me and I hope I can get away with some money so I can get some house, save money for my daughter to go to the college. This is a hard sport man. There's many fighters that been here forever and in the end of their career they have to go get a job, they’re broke. I don't want 'em to happen to me. I wanna secure some types of investment and be secure in a couple years so I can, I can say, 'Man, this sport was hard, but it gave me this and that.’”

(00:00) Intro
(00:33) Preparing for his PFL debut
(01:10) Defeating dos Santos
(02:18) His thoughts on his previously scheduled opponent, Delija
(02:59) Looking to score a knockout
(03:16) Signing with PFL
(04:16) Competing multiple times in the same year
(05:07) His weight
(06:03) Staying at heavyweight
(07:23) What he’s going to do with the $1 million prize in case of victory
(09:03) Outro