Writing out of the red corner from the Philippines, Rafael has been entrenched in the world of mixed martial arts for the past five years. <br /> <br /> He kickstarted his journalistic career with Rappler.com and had continued covering the world's most violent sport for the newspaper Manila Bulletin. He joined Sportskeeda MMA in 2021 and has garnered over 9 million reads.<br /> <br /> The combat journalist is also a television sports reporter for the Manila-based network PTV 4.<br /> <br /> In his spare time, Rafael trains in boxing and has sparred with MMA pros Rabin Catalan and John Tirona (he obviously got obliterated).
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