Ricardo Mayorga Plans on Bringing His Aggression to MMA

Thursday, 24 September 2009 16:20

by Dallas Winston

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Accelerating MMA promotion "Shine Fights" announced at their last show that they had acquired MMA's best boxing prospect yet. Former WBA and WBC champion Ricardo Mayorga will bring his scowling face and street-flavored punching style to the cage to test his propensity to apply the sweet science to the slugfest of mixed martial arts. In an interview with MMASpot, Mayorga comments on the anticipation of his MMA debut, and why he made the crossover from boxing to MMA:

"I'm anxious. I want to fight. I'm excited about fighting for Shine, I'm just waiting for Don King's letter of release." "I always enjoyed fighting in the streets, but I became a professional so I had to stop… I was always seen a very violent, aggressive person in the ring, and now I'm going to take my aggression into the cage."

No opponent has been named as of yet for Mayorga, but Shine Fights co-founder Devin Price mentioned that Mayorga is looking for a top fighter right out of the gate, and already has his sights set on the title.