Steve Martinez will face Jose Aldo in what is expected to be a leg kick masterclass at their UFC 301 co-main event bout. Aldo, a former featherweight champion and one of the greatest featherweights in the world, is coming back following a brief retirement from the promotion and will face the #13-ranked 135-pounder in a bantamweight bout.

Both men are known for their vicious kicks, with Aldo having one of the most powerful and destructive leg kicks in the lighter divisions of the UFC. Martinez’s legs, too, are perhaps equally as destructive, with two of his previous two wins coming via leg kicks. And getting here has been a long and hard path for ‘Dragon’, which probably would not have been possible without the support of his wife and kids.

All we know about Amber Rene Lucio, Jonathan Martinez’s partner

Jonathan Martinez and his wife, Amber Rene Lucio, met as teens. In the UFC 301 Embedded episode, Lucio revealed that they used to ride the same bus as teenagers. ‘Dragon’ seemed to have taken a liking to his future wife first, as Lucio recalled him being an “annoying kid” who would “pull her hair.”

However, the two fell for each other, got together in their freshman year, and have been together ever since. They had a kid at a pretty young age, which was very challenging for the couple as they did not have much money. Lucio, who is a cosmetologist and nail artist, has supported her family as much as Martinez has, for which the fighter has always been thankful.

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Since the couple used to struggle so much financially in their early days, Martinez did not even have the money to buy an MMA gym membership. His wife, who has supported him through all his ups and downs and is whom the Texas native credits a large part of his success, would be the one to pay for him to join an MMA gym and kick off ‘Dragon’s martial arts journey that will see him co-headline a UFC event against an absolute legend of the sport. But the credit goes not just to his wife but also to his three beautiful kids, one of whom wants to follow in his father’s footsteps.

‘Dragon’ is a proud father to three children

Jonathan Martinez and Amber Rene Lucio have three kids together. While the names of their children are unknown, two of them are boys and one is a girl, based on their pictures on social media.

And ‘Dragon’ is a proud father, with his kids being regular fixtures on his social media pages. One of his boys, the oldest, wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and wants to become a fighter. “My little twin ❤️❤️ he always says he’s going to be a fighter like his daddy love you,” he wrote.

Martinez has repeatedly spoken about the love and support of his family as one of the most important factors behind his success thus far. It is to provide a good life for his wife and kids that he took up martial arts, and that is that is what has motivated him to keep pushing forward. What are your predictions for UFC 301?