(Verified by mods) I used to fight AGAINST people in a cage (UFC) now I fight FOR people in Congo (slavery). I'm Justin "The Viking" Wren AMA (Crosspost from R/MMA)

Two things : During your MMA career what series of exercises helped prepare you the most ?

Any other memories from the day those kids swarmed you in the village

Btw Thank you for doing AMA ! : )

Only good memories... In fact, that video helps erase the bad memories. Those aren't Pygmies in the video, they are bantu. The slavemasters kiddos. The day before I buried a 1 and a half year old the parents of these kids were responsible for! I had a lot of anger in my heart. These kids eased that!

I'm so sorry to hear to that : ( Didn't mean to bring up the bad memories. You have my utmost respect with the work you're doing and I hope your work continues to change things for the better for these people .

You are okay! I was just explaining... Here... Happy picture :-) My Pygmy grandpa who named me :-) http://i.imgur.com/Fs8Sa.jpg

as for a series of exercises... I really like just actually training. Like BJJ, Kickboxing, Wrestling... So bag work or actually rolling with an opponent or sparring.

Possibly a stupid question but if you're paying for the slaves, what's stopping the seller from using that cash to go buy another one?

edit: dodged? Or is it really that dumb of a question?

Dodged? Absolutely not. We aren't technically purchasing them, we are purchasing land in a legitimate fashion from the slavemasters and placing the former slaves on the land, as free people, to be developed into fully self sufficient and sustainable people.

This is gonna take MORE than me... It's gonna take WE! Shooting for $50,000 to set ONE THOUSAND slaves FREE! Free them THEN sustain them! Water well and agriculture... Clean water FLOWING & fresh crops GROWING! Help a brother out? My one life lived in conflict is worth 1,000 lives receiving what we call ORDINARY comfort. www.indiegogo.com/projects/fight-for-the-forgotten

How many Facebook likes does it take, per slave, to free them?

It takes $50 you can check it out on the crowdfunding campaign.

Where/why are these people currently enslaved, and what exactly are they being made to produce?

They are slaves for salt, for bars of soap, for minnows... They are made to mine, farm, and transport HEAVY bags of charcoal through the jungle. Here is an example picture http://i.imgur.com/u7O7ZrC.jpg

do you still have the beard? 'cause it's kind of dreamy. also, i used to work on behalf of NGOs and international non profits that dealt with human trafficking. i know how bad it is, just wanna say thanks for what you're doing.

I can't get rid of this beard! Look how much joy it brings! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ide5YjD6AhI

i remember that video!

how did you initially get involved in this project?

I heard about the persecution they were going through, it broke my heart, I felt I HAD to do something. On my heart I thought... "If not me... Who?" So two weeks later I was in the jungle... Two weeks after that I was family with them. :-)

Hi Justin - Can you post a link here to where people can go to make a dontation directly?

HERE IS THE CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fight-for-the-forgotten

It sucks that Louis' AMA came out at the same time as yours. I don't have a question, but I suggest posting that video in r/videos and explain what you're doing to get some more attention for the cause. I don't know anything about MMA, but I think you're awesome and I hope you reach your goal!

Thanks so much!

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We got it squared away I think :-)