Ricco Rodriguez - 'Suave' - MMA Fighter Profile

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Last seen: 5 months ago Ricco Rodriguez

Nickname: Suave
Age: 31
Location: UNITED STATES
City: N/A
Gender: Male
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
Story: A Native of New Jersey, Ricco began wrestling for Tottenville High School in Staten Island. After placing fourth, and then second in the state of New York’s wrestling championships, Ricco left home to train in California.

In 1997, he began studying under the Machado’s in Los Angeles and later that year traveled to Brazil to become the first American to ever win a gold medal in BJJ in Brazil’s blue belt divison. He later moved on to take the gold in the Abu Dhabi Combat Submission Championships in 1998, this was the first in a series of wins in Abu Dhabi spanning from 1998-2005.

It was at this time that Ricco was given the opportunity to hone his skills with several of the sport’s elite, including Takada, Kazusa Sakuraba, Mark Kerr, Tito Ortiz, Sol Soliz, Rob Garcia, Don House, John Lewis and many others, eventually paving the way to work with top organizations such as Pride, King of the Cage, and UFC. In 2003, Ricco defeated Randy Couture to win the vacant UFC heavyweight title. In the years following his win, Ricco has gone on to fight for several other up and coming organizations.
MMA Record: 28-9