Early Life
Barry, whose parents opened bilingual elementary schools around the world, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Bogota, Colombia until the age of six. When his father passed away from cancer, he moved back to New Orleans with his mother, older sister and younger brother. Although he did not start training in martial arts until the age of twenty-one, Barry grew up a fan of ninjas, the Street Fighter video games and Jean-Claude Van Damme films and often watched K-1 kickboxing in his youth. He worked as a pizza delivery man prior his career in professional fight sports.
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