Having come into 2022 on a three-fight profitable streak to start out his profession, light-weight Richie Miranda was trying to replicate his success and by all accounts he was in a position to take action.
In three fights final yr, Miranda picked up three victories, elevating his career-starting profitable streak to 6 and establishing himself as somebody to search for on the subsequent stage.
“Final yr was an ideal yr,” Miranda instructed MMAWeekly.com. “I had my three fights with LFA, received two finishes and one went to the gap. It was an ideal yr for me. I discovered quite a bit and grew quite a bit from these fights, and I’m able to tackle this yr.”
In terms of having to go to a choice for the primary time in his professional profession, Miranda was upset he couldn’t get the end, however wass completely happy to know that if he must go three rounds, he can.
“I’m a finisher and I’m all the time searching for the end, and it was near getting completed within the second spherical however we had been too sweaty and slipped off. It was expertise realizing I can go quarter-hour,” mentioned Miranda. “I’m prepared for extra.”
This Friday in Prior Lake, Minnesota, Miranda (6-0) places his unblemished document on the road when he takes on Kegan Gennrich (5-2) in a principal card 155-pound bout at LFA 157.
“That is one other powerful match-up,” Miranda mentioned of dealing with Gennrich. “He’s a very well-rounded fighter. However I see the place my benefits are. I’m a finisher, so my mindset going into every struggle is to get the end, and that’s what I’m hoping to perform on April 21.”
In terms of the rest of the yr, all Miranda focuses on is being busy and seeing the place the trail leads him.
“I all the time take one struggle at a time, so we’ll get this job and see what alternatives current themselves after this,” mentioned Miranda. “I’m all the time staying prepared, I’m within the gymnasium year-round, and I’m prepared for any alternative. I’m going to remain lively and I do know we’ll get a pair extra fights in by the top of the yr.”
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