Will Ribeiro’s career is taking off. After the success of his time at Shooto Brazil, with beautiful knockout, the Carioca went off to the WEC, the biggest organization in the world for his weight group (61kg). He was thrown to the sharks right off the bat in his debut, facing the organization’s former champion Chase Beebe, who had expressive wins against such caliber opponents as ADCC champion Rani Yahya. Now Will will be taking another important step. On December 3rd, he will be in the second main event on the card, broadcast live on tv, against Brian Bowles.
“To me it’s a great honor. This is what I’ve fought for my whole life. I’ve been training like crazy since I was a kid. My mother always supported me in training. The time has come to go for it, it’s time to fight, bro. I’m really happy to be in one of the main events on the card and I’ll do what I must to stay there a good long time. I want to put on a great fight, always respecting my adversary, and leave with a win,” stated the Luiz Alves product.
The Brazilian’s adversary, Bowles is undefeated in his 6-fight MMA career. Beyond that, he defeated Will’s training partner at Nova Uniao Marcos Loro.
“I watched his fight with Loro. He moves well and likes to strike. I just haven’t seen him doing much taking down, but he defends takedowns well. I’m going to stand with him. I’ll go at him with muay thai, boxing, and if I see an opening, I’ll try and take him down. I’m really confident in my game. I want to have a great fight with him and hope it’s one of the best of the night,” he said.
After his will be the main event of the evening, between current champion Miguel Torres and Manny Tapia, in a title dispute. Will’s next adversary should be determined by the results of that bout.
“God willing I’ll leave the cage with a victory, I’ll be sitting right there by the side paying attention to their fight,” he finished.
Check out the card:
Miguel Torres vs Manny Tapia
Brian Bowles vs Will Ribeiro
Wagnney Fabiano vs Akitoshi Tamura
Joseph Benavidez vs Danny Martinez
Justin Haskins vs Johny Hendricks
PRELIMINARIES
Ricardo Barros vs Mark Munoz
Blas Avena vs Kevin Knabjian
Diego Nunes vs Cole Province
Alex Karalexis vs Bart Palaszewski
Cub Swanson vs Hirouki Takaya
Shane Roller vs Mike Budnik
