Gonzalez proving to family that dreams can come true

As Pearl Gonzalez prepared for her UFC debut against Cynthia Calvillo this Saturday, she spent three months back home in Illinois, about an hour away from where she grew up in Pilsen, a neighborhood in the Lower West Side of Chicago.It was a lot more peaceful for the 30-year-old strawweight in the suburbs, but she never forgot where she came from.“When I lived downtown in Pilsen, which is where I grew up, it was very tough being here, and being in the area of where I grew up is always risk