Ahead of LFA 6 main event vs. Rodriguez, Rivaldo Junior focused on getting back on track
New Post has been published on http://www.fightsessions.com/ahead-lfa-6-main-event-vs-rodriguez-rivaldo-junior-focused-getting-back-track/
Ahead of LFA 6 main event vs. Rodriguez, Rivaldo Junior focused on getting back on track
By: Christian Stein and Matt Erickson
The MMA life hasn’t been an easy road for Rivaldo Junior the past four and a half years or so.
After getting out to a 13-2-1 start in his pro career, the Brazilian thought things were looking bright. But at the same time, he was trying to balance going to college, holding down a job, and advancing his fight career. Something had to get the short end of the stick, and it wound up being his MMA record.
Since September 2012, he has gone just 2-4-1, but at least he knows what was holding him back – and is hopeful he has put the worst of the rocky road behind him.
“It was very difficult to balance everything – fighting, my job and college,” Junior told MMAjunkie. “Regardless, I kept at it and tried to keep on fighting. During that period, there were more losses than wins. My last loss in Brazil, at Jungle Fight, was against Fabiano ‘Jacarezinho’ Conceicao, someone I’d already defeated in the past. That fight took place one week prior to turning in my term paper. It..
Read the rest at:
MMAJunkie