Ricco Rodriques is once thought of as one of the best mma fighters in the world, but then things seemed to go downhill for the former UFC champ. His stint on the reality show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” did nothing to help his career, though it may have helped in other aspects of his life. Now, Rodrigues is boxing, at least, he participated in a boxing match recently.
The match was four rounds at the Las Vegas Hilton and wasn’t what one would call “high calibre” in terms of boxing skills. Rodriguez for his part lost a split decision victory to Chad Davis(actually that was Davis’s first win ever), and looked heavy, coming in around 270 lbs.
It’s not to say that Rodrigues is done with MMA, as he did win his last fight on June 27th at Ultimate Combat Experience. It’s not a bad idea the Rodrigues is still able to fight mma at some level as boxing doesn’t seem in his future. Former champ Mike Tyson was on hand to watch the fight and he had some things to say. Here’s the quotes from Iron Mike:
“Are you going to throw some punches or what?” he asked in round one.
“Come on. Try to hurt each other.”
Not much more you can say about that.
