Though he’s only managed to get in one bout each of the past two years, there’s a calculated reason for prospect Josh Moreno’s lack of fights.
Having originally started out as a light-heavyweight, Moreno is in the process of moving down to welterweight, and because of that he’s been careful to not make the move too fast, and take fights when he wasn’t ready for them.
“I actually had a 170lb lined up in late 2017, but as I was getting ready for that I decided to take more time off to prepare for 170lbs,” Moreno told MMAWeekly.com. “I didn’t want to be really weak. We decided to push the fight to June of last year.
“I wanted to make sure everything was good. I wasn’t going to be weak. I was going to be more prepared than usual (to face Josh Kelly at Jackson’s MMA Series 25). Fortunately for me the fight went exactly how I wanted it and I knocked him out in the second round.”
In addition to making sure his weight comes down slowly, Moreno has had a lack of opposition who actually wanted to step in the cage with him, which he doesn’t feel frustrated by.
“It’s more motivation,” said Moreno. “It tells me that there’s a lot of fighters out there that don’t want to fight me just because of my skills and my record. I’ve been knocking my opponents out or submitting them pretty quickly.
“I keep on pushing whether I have a fight and it falls through or whatever reason; I keep myself motivated, keep training and getting ready for the next fight.”
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
