Ricardo Ramos Happy To Fight On His Birthday At UFC 227

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Ricardo Ramos spoke about his fight with Kyung Ho Kang at UFC 227 tonight, which happens to fall on his birthday. Here are highlights:

On his goal to become a champion by the age of 23: “For sure. I don’t think anything is impossible and I’ve been saying that a lot to my management team. They said we have a short time, so it will take work, but that if we do things right and work well, we can do it. It’s a short window, but I don’t lack belief in anything. I believe in myself, most of all. I have a lot of trust in God in my life and I have a lot of trust on the paths he’s taken me in. So far, he hasn’t disappointed me in anything that’s happened and I think that it’s always going to be this way. I’m confident in that, and we’ll see what happens next. I think winning this fight, then calling out Sean O’Malley, we can think of what’s next.”

On fighting on the week of his birthday: “I strolled a little around Los Angeles. I went to Venice Beach to relax and get some energy from the beach. It was the best way of celebrating. For me, there’s no celebration better than to be doing what I love, at a time when I’m already used to getting so many positive messages – they were double, now, for my birthday and for support. There’s no better time to fight.”

On his plan for tonight: “The plan is to win, that’s the only thing in my mind now. With a win there, we’ll go into the next stage, which is preparing my head for a new fight. I’ll think about that then. But, for sure – I think when you aim high, when you set those goals ahead, then it’s easy. You don’t need to program, or keep mentalizing and memorizing what you’re going to say and things like that. You know your goal and you know every step you need to take to get there.”