HOUSTON, TX, January 17, 2012 – Fighting this Saturday just one month shy of his twentieth birthday, Ramiro Cortina has already experienced some success in his burgeoning MMA career. He’s currently undefeated at 2-0 with both wins coming by way of TKO. He also has the Legacy amateur bantamweight title to his credit after winning it against an equally tough Manny Lozoya at Legacy Amateur Series 6 in an impressive outing this past October.
“It feels good to get back into the cage,” he says about this Saturday night’s fight at Legacy Amateur Series 7. “This will be my first time fighting at the Houston Arena Theater and I am very excited!”
Looking back at how he got into the sport in the first place, Ramiro recounts his experiences as a football and basketball player back in high school. “I wasn’t very good at those sports,” he says. “I was too small and skinny and use to get picked on a lot.”
All that changed when he found MMA. Finding the UFC on television right around those same high school years, Ramiro said that he recalled how seeing Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell perform in the cage made him want to be just like them. It wasn’t long after that he found RSKA and got hooked. “From the first day, I fell in love with place and never wanted to miss a day of training.
Fast forward almost two years later and Ramiro says that finding the right sport has made him a much better person overall beyond just being an athlete. He says he’s found the discipline that was lacking and has learned how to be a respectful person in and out of the cage.
Nowadays he doesn’t get picked on.
“I just want to keep training hard and getting better. I’ve got a lot of goals and I know I still have a lot to learn. While I do all that I’m going to keep giving great exciting fights for MMA fans here in Houston. I’m hoping to go back to school also and my goal is to get a job that can in with my training because I want to do this for a long time.”
Preparing for this Saturday’s fight, Ramiro believes he has a challenge on his hands when he takes on Gracie Barra’s Roberto Sanchez, a Draculino-trained fighter.
“I know he’s a great explosive fighter and he’ll definitely have good Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,” he says about his opponent, who last made his own appearance at the Legacy Amateur Series this past July with a rear-naked choke victory over Casey Jones in his debut.
“I don’t have any predictions but I definitely picture this as one that’s going to be a great exciting fight. Heading into this Saturday, I want to thank my both of my Silverback and RSKA families. I would like to thank both of my coaches Jason D. Frank and Coach Tony Orozco. And a special thanks to all my training partners and everybody else who helped me out to prepare. I’ll be ready when it’s time to hit the cage.”
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