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Cedric Gunnison “ready to dig deep” in first title defense at ROC 77
Video interview above with Cedric Gunnison
Louis Neglia Jr and Frankie Perez of Dead Serious MMA have been putting in major time and effort into the mixed martial arts community. Multiple plans and events are constantly on the agenda and a fight card loaded with four championship bouts they have scheduled for Friday evening, September 9th at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Ring of Combat is one of the most successful regional promotions of all time, having over 140 alumni, go on to the UFC.
The ROC 77 fight card most likely has several fighters on the card, who will go on to fight in the Octagon, but right here in AC, they will have to earn it one fight at a time.
In the main event, Lenny “the Gorilla” Rufati returns to NJ and ROC from Wisconsin, where he’s had his last four fights since relocating to the mid-west. Rufati is also dropping to lightweight to challenge the defending ROC champion, Cedric “the Gunman” Gunnison. Gunnison (4-1) was superb at ROC 76 winning the belt with a third-round finish of Nick Rodrigues, who came in at 5-1.
MyMMANews reached out to the Cedric to learn a little bit about him and how he felt about his upcoming fight against Rufati. He tells us…
“I’m excited for this one. He likes to come forward and make it a dogfight, drop his head and throw those heavy shots, try to get your back against the cage, and a lot of guys don’t know, I love fighting that way. I love making it a dogfight. I love fighting against the cage. I actually love wrestling as well, but I haven’t had the chance to show it. Once we get out there toe to toe, we will be able to see who wants it more. I’m ready to dig deep.”
Please check out our interview on the link above. Cedric Gunnison tells us how he found his way into the cage and about everyone who has helped him to get this far so early in his professional career.
Ring of Combat is brought to you by Louis Neglia and Dead Serious Promotions. They have just signed a new broadcasting deal and on September 9th at 8:30 pm ET we will be live on Airy.Tv via Maybacks Global Enterprises. If you can’t make it to Atlantic City, download the app and watch for FREE. I will be cage-side with live commentary along with Jay Regalbuto, who is one of the brightest jiu-jitsu minds in the game right now. We will also have a live results link right here at the leader in regional combat sports coverage.
Follow Cedric on Instagram at @gunmangunnison
