Linares, the first Budo Sento champion in Mexico, has serious aspirations to join the UFC company.
Alex Davis, one of the shareholders of the American Top Team and manager of different Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, reached an agreement to represent and manage the Ecuadorian Emiliano Linares, champion of the 145-pound division of the Mexican Budo league. Sento Championship, businessman Julio Molina told EL UNIVERSO on Monday.
Linares (24 years old), who last October became the first champion of the male branch in the history of Budo Sento, has serious aspirations and possibilities of reaching the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) company, with which they have current contracts. the tricolor Marlon Chito Vera and Michael Morales.
In that sense, Linares in addition to joining the well-known group of MMA athletes managed by the American Davis will have an opening so that the folder with his name reaches the UFC offices.
Davis is considered one of the main promoters of the UFC and currently works with Brazilians Amanda Ribas, Thiago Sledgehammer Santos, Polyana Viana, Norma Dumont, Edson Barboza Jr., among others.
It is also known that Davis has a close relationship with Sean Shelby, one of the matchmakers of UFC.
Linares when signing his signature with Davis, precisely, would train in Miami in the American Top Team. However, his team has decided that starting in January when the Guayaquil featherweight is scheduled to return to Mexico City, he will continue his training and preparation at the central academy of Bonebreakers under the command of the Mexican. Dodger Augusto Montaño.
When he signs, Linares will become the first Ecuadorian fighter to be in Davis’ hands and the first to speak Spanish.
The Ecuadorian professional record improved to seven won fights and one loss when he won the Budo Sento Championship belt in the Mexican capital last October. (D)
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