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'I just want to be the best': Meet the Kenosha 17-year-old MMA champion representing Team USA
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KENOSHA, Wis. — While most teenagers are focused on a typical high school schedule, 17-year-old Andrew DeVito from Kenosha is training seven hours a day and representing the United States on the world stage.
WATCH: Meet the Kenosha 17-year-old MMA champion representing Team USAMeet the Kenosha 17-year-old MMA champion representing Team USADeVito is a national MMA champion with a 10-0 record in the United States, a bronze medalist at the GAMMA MMA World Championships in Brazil and a bronze medalist at the UWW World Championships in Greece under an Olympic-recognized international federation.
For DeVito, representing his hometown on the world stage means everything.
On Sept. 8, DeVito flies to Colombia for the Pan-American Championships, representing Team USA and looking for gold.
“I know the hardest part is the training,” DeVito said.