LAS VEGAS – The Fighting Nerds have taken the MMA world by storm and Mauricio Ruffy hopes to teach another lesson Saturday at UFC 309.
After months of trying to get and keep opponents, with multiple cancellations outside of his control, Ruffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) hopes to match or exceed the excitement his dominant debut over Jamie Mullarkey in February brought.
“We were always training, always getting ready for fights,” Ruffy told MMA Junkie and other reporters through a Portuguese-language interpreter during a media day Wednesday. “We were basically in camp all the time. Four fights fell (through). Eventually, I really got a great experience. I’m pretty much well-schooled now in the area of other fights and other opponents – now, the last one being also a last-minute replacement. What ended up happening was that I just got to train more. I just got to be more ready. I’m ready to go and I’m very ready for this fight.”
