MMA star Joshua Silveira has his eyes on the Professional Fighters League's $1million prize - so he can send his parents into retirement.
Silveira is into this season's PFL semi-final and is only two wins away from the life-changing cash prize.
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But the selfless light-heavyweight would not spend a penny before first investing it into his mom and dad's future.
Silveira told SunSport: “I’d help my parents first and foremost, help my mom, help my dad, give them a nice chunk of money.
“They work very hard, they came from Brazil so there’s no price, no gift, no action I could give to thank them for getting me to this country and giving me this opportunity.
“Being raised in America with Brazilian parents, they really came from nothing and I’m not trying to get a petty story here.
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“Without that piece of my life, I wouldn’t be the man that I am today.
"So I think a little bit of the $1million would be a little bit of payment that I’d love to give them back.”
Silveira's mom Grace is a private caterer and employee at a deli while dad Conan is a jujitsu specialist and one of his MMA coaches.
So while he could leave his mom to live an easy life should he win the $1m, it would be a fight to do the same for his dad.
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Silveira said: “My father wouldn't agree with it, he wouldn’t take to retirement too well, he loves what he does.
“But my mother is a hard worker, she lives her life through ours and I tell her all the time, ‘Don’t worry about us.’
“But it’s just in her nature so I would for sure set her up to be retired but she’s a hard worker.”
Silveira is is signed to the PFL, a winner-take-all format where $1m is up for grabs.
PFL's season consists of two qualifying bouts, with points are earned per method of victory and the top four in each division progress.
From there it is knockout stages, setting up a finale fight where a title belt and $1m check awaits.
Silveira is in his second consecutive semi-final, having fallen short last year in defeat to American Top Team stable-mate Omari Akhmedov.
He said: “Whether it was a fight or just life in general, life’s about making changes, life’s about growing as a person and I can say 150 per cent I am a completely different animal, a completely different human being.
“I’m a completely different person because of that loss and I think that loss honestly was a blessing in disguise.”
Silveira faces Ty Flores, 29, in this season's last four but the American-Brazilian has proven before he is willing to fight whoever it takes.
He admitted: “I’ll fight my team-mate again if I had to, 1000 per cent.
“It’s the MMA game man, I don’t want that regret in my heart when I’m laying down knowing that I didn’t do something because it’s my team-mate.
“At the end of the day, this is the fight game there’s only one way to approach this and you have to go and be violent and you have to have this demeanour.
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“No matter who is is, we all signed up to this and what this sport offers and on top of that the fans love it. The fans love to see friends punch each other in the face.
“If I have to punch a team-mate in the face, especially for $1million tell me what I have to do, where I have to go, who I’ve got to punch.”
