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Tra has been concentrating on a professional boxing career and has a 4-2 record.
Tra was in an automobile accident when he was just over a year old. The accident crushed his upper chest cavity, bent his sternum, and crushed his ribs.
?It doesn?t affect me at all. Everyone has weaknesses. When I bench press and lift weights, I do less weight on that one side than I do on the other, however, I am not weak on that side.?
Tra began to study martial arts when he was very young as a way to deal with bullies. ?I learned that fighting was part of life. I learned that no matter what anyone said, there would be times when you either step up to the plate or you get pushed around.? He began to study Karate in the fourth grade and started boxing in the sixth grade. He experimented with many fighting styles. When he was older, a friend showed him a tape of Vale Tudo fights from Brazil and Tra said, ?I could beat those guys.? A year later, he heard about the UFC. He soon met Oleg Taktarov and Guy Mezger and then hooked up with the Lion?s Den.
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