Bianchini calls Echeverria courageous for fighting against someone, and the Venezuelan explains what happened, first to Matt Dixon, and then in an interstitial interview. He details that in 2014, when the protests against the government began in Venezuela, he was one of the people that was involved.
News footage of the protests and conflicts between the protesters and police is shown, with Echeverria continuing to detail things to Dixon in the kitchen. He explains one of his friends was shot in the back and he dragged him to safety in the moment, adding that he passed. Echeverria explains that his nickname, “The Unbroken,” comes from being a part of that group of protesters, which was called “The Resistance.”
Stills from news footage and Echeverria hiding and seeking shelter alongside fellow protesters are shown before he removes his shirt and displays the tattoo of his nickname that runs down his spine, and why he carries that moniker.
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His home video from Miami runs, with Echeverria running around the kitchen with his son as he explains nothing has changed in his home country. He sought political asylum in the United States, settling in South Florida. He’s shown spending time with his parents, and training at The Goat Shed, with head coach Asim Zaidi calling him “the most technical fighter in the gym.”
“I’ve been through a lot, now I have a son, so it’s not just about me or my wife,” Echeverria says. “I have to be even more unbreakable. You have to keep pushing yourself — bite down and keep moving forward, stay unbroken for anything you believe.”
