“I’m training every day, I’m getting better every day, and I’m working on my striking, my wrestling, my jiu jitsu. Just trying to get better and evolve and grow in this company.”
The undefeated 29-year-old is part of the impressive graduating class from Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series, a group that has, on the whole, had a tremendous first year competing on the biggest stage in the sport.
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After earning his contract last October, del Valle debuted in May, dispatching Connor Matthews in less than three minutes to push his record to 9-0 and landing him a solid step up in competition on Saturday night against Isaac Dulgarian. And as good as he’s been thus far, “The Cuban Problem” said that the best is very much yet to come.
“We turned it up a notch in the gym as far as time is concerned as well, but I don’t think you’ve seen the best of me yet,” offered del Valle, who trains under Houston staple Kru Bob Perez at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai. “I haven’t been able to showcase the skills and evolution because if you think about my Contender Series fight, that was pure striking, and then we went to a debut that was pretty quick.
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