More Ecuadorian fighters stand out in MMA.
It's not just Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera and Michael Morales, the two Ecuadorians who are active in the UFC. Today there are other tri-color fighters already competing successfully in professional mixed martial arts (MMA) leagues in the United States, Mexico, and other countries.
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Michael Morales, an Ecuadorian mixed martial arts fighter performs a suplex on his rival.
Vera and Morales are currently the two athletes with the highest visibility for belonging to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), one of the most famous companies in this sport.
Vera entered that league in 2014 and is now part of the ‘top ten’ of his category, increasingly close to a title dispute.
Meanwhile, Morales earned his place by triumphing in 2021 in the Contender Series and in a few days, on January 22, 2022, he will make his first official fight in the UFC by facing the experienced American Trevin Dewayne Giles.
Apart from these two MMA talents, there are other Ecuadorians who have recently stood out, such as Emiliano Linares, champion in the Budo Sento League of Mexico or Andrés Luna Martinetti, who has been undefeated in 12 professional fights,
"In Mexico there are about 9, in Brazil two, in the United States about three more and even in Europe, in Denmark, Italy and some other country there are those who wait for their opportunity", confirms Daniel Novillo, an expert in this sport from Guayaquil and who administers the mmafanecuador account on Instagram and other social networks.
“The most prominent have been Luna Martinetti and Linares. They are both experienced and very technical. After them is the group of Aaron Cañarte, Cristian Alquinga, Adrián Luna Martinetti and probably Javier Basurto ”, explains Novillo, 36 years old.
Andrés Luna Martinetti, 26, has a record of 12 wins without losses, while Linares (24), who won the title at Budo Sento on October 8, 2021, has 7 wins and one loss in his professional career .
“Most of the country's elite have already managed to leave. In most cases they have left by their own means ”, confirms Novillo, who adds that there are at least 10 other tricolor athletes with the conditions to also seek triumphs in companies and professional leagues abroad.
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