RIP Pele: UFC news: Brazilian football legend Pele breathed his last after a long fight against Cancer at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo. The only footballer to win three World Cups was 82 years old and was dealing with health issues for the past few years. Follow UFC News updates with InsideSport.IN
Pele was spotted in a wheelchair at the 2018 World Cup. He was given medical attention after collapsing from exhaustion right after the World cup ended. While FIFA World Cup 2022 has just ended with Lionel Messi and Argentina’s historic win, football’s biggest legend Pele left for his heavenly journey.
The entire sporting community is saddened. Pele was one of the most popular global athletes back in his time, and his aura crossed the boundaries of football. That said, former UFC champions and starfighters are also mourning the demise of Pele.
Here’s how Charles Oliveira, Jorge Masvidal Jose Aldo Junior and others have reacted to the heartbreaking news.
Descanse em paz! 🙏🏽 #reipelé
— Jose Aldo Junior (@josealdojunior) December 29, 2022
Descanse em paz Rei @Pele
RIP KING Pelé
— Charles 'DoBronxs' Oliveira (@CharlesDoBronxs) December 29, 2022
⚽️😢
— Edson Barboza (@EdsonBarbozaJR) December 29, 2022
Pele dies at 82: Pele has left an everlasting impact on world sports
Pele is the joint all-time goal scorer in Brazil. He became a sporting icon after netting two goals in the 1958 World Cup. Defeating the hosts of Sweden in the Finals, a 17-year-old Pele beat the odds and dreamed into reality. He was compared with Argentina’s Diego Maradona for a brief period.
Pele dies at 82: UFC fighters Charles Oliveira, Jorge Masvidal, Jose Aldo Junior and others honor Brazilian football legend- ‘RIP Pele’
However, several football fans consider him the greatest to ever play the sport. After the Pele-Maradona debate, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are arguably the two to see a similar style of status in football.
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