MMA Fighter with Down Syndrome Battles for the Right to Compete: 'The Only Thing I Want to Be Is a Fighter'

Media mentionI have Down syndrome, and I deserve a chance to compete!MMA Fighter with Down Syndrome Battles for the Right to Compete: 'The Only Thing I Want to Be Is a Fighter'

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Oct 20, 2015

10/13/2015 AT 02:50 PM EDT Garrett Holeve, or "G Money," is a 26-year-old with Down syndrome. His cognitive ability is about half of what an average 26-year-old's is, and he has the reading and math skills of an elementary-schooler.

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Garrett Holeve will receive the National Down Syndrome Society’s NDSS Self-Advocate of the Year Award