Nobody is going to toughness of issue Jessica Aguilar. Well, except when it is faced with his mother and telling her what you do for a living. That's right Aguilar (right), you'll be characterized Thursday night on national television during Bellator Fighting Championships 24, still not told the mother that she fights in a cage.
From South Florida Sun Sentinel:
"My mom is very old fashioned, then I don't think she would like too," said Aguilar. "My dream just I'm living now and enjoying it and nobody is going to take that from me. There will be a time when she needs to find out, but now is so that it stands and as soon as I'm living my dream. "
Aguilar says her mom's reluctance to support the aspirations of its sport goes around the Back to his childhood, when she wasn't happy about her daughter play softball or football is.
From Miami Herald, of 2 June:
"My mother is very old style," said Aguilar. "She believes that women should be home and Cook, clean, get a paperwork. Would you be happy if he found out that get hit and fist other girls in my face. "
Update: it was a successful night for Aguilar. She took Alvarez is little more than four minutes. Aguilar, scored his opponent to the mat soon and patiently worked through a series of dominant positions on the ground before she finally latched on an arm-triangle choke forcing Alvarez to tap.
Aguilar was able to maintain its mixed martial arts career a secret because her mother lives in Houston and all but two of his struggles pro took place in Florida.MOM is not alone in the dark.
"My [two elderly] brothers think The fight in the gym, small fights," Aguilar said."But they don't know that the greatness of what I do."
Aguilar knows that the day will come when you have to spill the beans.
"This is what I'm waiting for," said Aguilar. "They will find when they need to find out.This is something I love; a large part of my life. When I make it great that you will discover, and if not, then it is just my adventure. "
Mother of Aguilar must be a strong-willed woman because it sounds like the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.The fighter MMA 28-year-old was on the outside looking when Bellator was first putting together a tournament eight-woman to 115 pounds.Aguilar wasn't about to miss the opportunity to tackle some of the world's best and potentially appear multiple times on Fox Sports Net.
"I think you could say that he did call out," said Aguilar.
She fights off the American Top Team, in South Florida so did certain that his presence was noticed during Bellator 21 at the Hard Rock in Hollywood.Went to the weigh hoping to talk to Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney and then searched him again on the night of the fight.
"It is not going to come and get you, you have to go to do it," Aguilar said. "If you want to, go for it.I wanted to be in the tournament and I had to do what I had to do to go and do it ".
Aguilar (8-3) overlooks Lynn Alvarez (5-1). the biggest draw female on paper is undoubtedly Megumi Fujii. She is a familiar name with hardcores which some argue that she's the best female fighter on the planet, non-Christian "Cyborg" Santos. don't blink because the struggle Fujii might be over quickly. She is facing a fill-in last second with only three pro fights under his belt.
Rebney is excited knowing that he can have a future star in underpromoted Fujii (20-0). From the Sun Sentinel:
"I'm not much for a lot of hyperbole," Rebney said, "but I think there is a good argument that can be made that the woman who won this tournament, if it's Jessica Aguilar or Fujii or anyone it is, it can call itself the best pound for pound woman on Earth."
There are several fights male TV tab as well. Hector Lombard (26-2-1), ranking No. 21 to Middleweight in Survey USA Today/Bloody elbow battles Herbert Goodman (15-8-1). Goodman, a former Green Bay Packers running back, fell short of getting a place on the 10th season of "The Ultimate Fighter".
Bellator begins his heavyweight tournament with UFC and Cage Rage veteran Neil Grove (8-2, 0-1 UFC), assuming a fellow UFC-veterinarian in Eddie Sanchez (UFC 12-3, 3-3).
Weigh in Bellator 24(Courtesy MMA Mania):
Television(FOX Sports Net 8 p.m. ET)
Hector Lombard (185.5 lbs) vs Herbert Goodman (183.5 lb)
Eddie Sanchez (244.5 lbs) vs Neil Grove (265 lbs)
Megumi Fujii (pounds 115.5) vs Carla Esparza (115.25 lbs)
Jessica Aguilar (113.5 lbs.) vs. Lynn Alvarez (114.5 lb)
Television not
Yves Edwards (154.5 lbs) vs Luis Palomino (154.5 lb)
Eric Luke (154.5 lbs) vs Farkhard Sharipov (144 pounds)
Brian Eckstein (182 135 lbs) vs Tulio Quintanilla (135.5 lb)
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