Jimmy Drago: 8 Drug Overdoses, Sobriety, and His Journey to a UFC Dream

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Zac Clark

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Twelve years ago, I was smoking crack, shooting dope, unhappily married, broke, and hopeless. My story isn't unique, but I'm one of the fortunate ones. I never wanted to do a podcast, but I see the world burning — substance use, depression, anxiety, suicide — and the conversations that need to happen aren't. This podcast is a platform to have these hard conversations. With experts, frontline heroes, voices we know and the many we need to know, my intent is to confront these issues head-on and, most importantly, offer solutions and hope.

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Jimmy Drago: 8 Drug Overdoses, Sobriety, and His Journey to a UFC Dream

The Zac Clark Show

1 hour 3 minutes 26 seconds

3 months ago

Jimmy Drago: 8 Drug Overdoses, Sobriety, and His Journey to a UFC Dream

MMA fighter Jimmy Drago joins The Zac Clark Show just weeks before stepping into the cage for the biggest fight of his life — a shot at a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series.

But before the cage came chaos: By 19, Jimmy had survived eight overdoses, been revived by Narcan four times, fought in underground clubs in Hunts Point, and lost his father – a decorated 9/11 hero – to addiction after 21 years sober. Through it all, his mother never gave up on him.

In this raw and powerful conversation, Jimmy shares his journey from shooting dope in a Bronx trap house to fighting in front of 50 Cent… from despair to discipline… from near-death to chasing a dream few would believe possible.

Jimmy Drago lives the word fighter. But beyond the cage, beyond the shot at a UFC contract, his life begins and ends with sobriety – a commitment to staying sober and helping others do the same. If you’ve ever doubted the possibility of radical transformation, this one will change your mind.

Episode highlights:

Growing up in Yonkers as the oldest of three, son of a firefighter and a mother battling her own recovery
Losing his father to addiction — and the last time he ever saw him
From promising high school football player to full-blown heroin addiction
Underground fights in the Bronx during active addiction
Surviving 8 overdoses and finding recovery
Discovering MMA and the purpose it gave him
Why helping others is his greatest victory

Watch Jimmy fight for his UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series August 12 on ESPN+. For more information on how to stream, click below:

https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/3b9a50f1-caad-4250-918f-b15d884b6608

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