Biography(references)Briones grew up in Tijuana playing inline hockey due to the lack of ice hockey rinks in his native Mexico. For his senior year in the high school, Henry moved to live with his aunt in Tulsa, Oklahoma in pursuit of professional ice hockey career. However, his dream did not materialize and he returned to Mexico to attend law school. Compared to most of the mixed martial arts fighters, Briones started combat sport much later in life. He started training MMA when he joined ENTRAM gym at the age of 26.
Fighter Trivia(references)Briones' moniker "Bure" was coined by hockey fans where they saw the similarity between Briones and the Russian ice hockey player, Pavel Bure, during his high school years when Brones played hockey league in Mexico. Briones decided to keep the nickname given by fans to honour them where he spent 14 years of his life in the sport. Briones worked in a law firm during the weekdays and worked as a bar tender during the weekends prior fight professionally.
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Cage Gladiators: Cage Gladiators Lightweight Champion (One time) vs. Joe Gustina
UFC: Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Guido Cannetti
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