He’s only 27, seen as one of the young guns of the UFC’s lightweight division, but Montreal’s Mike Ricci has an old soul when it comes to his chosen profession.“I know what it’s like to fight for $400; I know what it’s like to fight for free,” said the Montrealer after revealing that he made more in his first fight in the UFC against Colton Smith in the Ultimate Fighter 16 finale last December “than I made in my entire career put together.”That type of stuff earns an immediate level of respect, simply because it shows fighter who didn’t do this for the fame, the big bucks, or any of the other … Read the Full Article Here
Mike Ricci: Cut From a Different Cloth
He’s only 27, seen as one of the young guns of the UFC’s lightweight division, but Montreal’s Mike Ricci has an old soul when it comes to his chosen profession.“I know what it’s like to fight for $400; I know what it’s like to fight for free,” said the Montrealer after revealing that he made more in his first fight in the UFC against Colton Smith in the Ultimate Fighter 16 finale last December “than I made in my entire career put together.”That type of stuff earns an immediate level of respect, simply because it shows fighter who didn’t do this for the fame, the big bucks, or any of the other … Read the Full Article Here