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Ascending Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, Zimbabwean born Themba Gorimbo has fulfilled his promise and sunk two boreholes in Bikita, promising to drill more boreholes in his village.
Gorimbo made headlines after meeting Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson commonly known as ‘The Rock’ who gifted him a house, and the fighting champion has promised to give out money for two more boreholes for Bikita villagers, where his roots are.
He got a chance to fight in the UFC in May 2023 against Japanese fighter Takashi Sato and prevailed against him.
Gorimbo channeled his winning proceeds towards borehole drilling in his village Bikita, Masvingo, giving access to portable water to his kinsmen.
Gorimbo, who struggled to make ends meet in his fighting journey’s twist of fate came when ‘The Rock’ heard his tale of endurance and resolve to change his fortunes as an ascending UFC fighter, with no place to lay his head and would spend his nights sleeping on a couch in a gym.
‘The Rock’ had earlier applauded Gorimbo on social media, who at the time when he went to fight in the UFC only had USD$7 in his bank account, but promised to drill a borehole for his people from his winnings.
‘The Rock’ then paid Gorimbo a surprise visit where Gorimbo was training at MMA Masters, and Gorimbo burst into tears, surprised after laying his eyes on ‘The Rock’, his source of inspiration and ‘The Rock’ in return surprised him with a fully furnished and paid for house in Miami.
After touring the house offered as a free gift by ‘The Rock’, Gorimbo said, he was going to drill two more boreholes in his home town.
“I am going to drill two more boreholes in my town from the money that I won from the fight,” said Gorimbo.
As he had promised so he delivered, Themba flew back to Zimbabwe on a reunion with his people and drilled two more boreholes, one at a school and the other in the community.
His return to his home town, was marked by joyous celebrations, as Gorimbo organized a party for his people. Villagers celebrated their champion in the UFC and a champion again for drilling boreholes for them.
