Butch Cassidy riding 9-fight win streak into title fight

Fighter profile of Butch Cassidy by Chris Karter

RISE welterweight #1 contender Butch Cassidy (9-2-0) is riding a 9-fight win streak heading into his RISE welterweight championship fight with currently undefeated champ Tagnarach Kamara (11-0-0). Both fighters are riding momentum from lengthy winning streaks, but Cassidy thinks he has what it takes to make this fight competetive, and push the champ to limits he's never felt before, mostly due to his intense training regime at Outlaw MMA in New York.

"We're a small fight team, there's 9 of us, plus the coaches, but we go hard every day. One thing that I have that Kamara doesn't, durability. I can push through being gassed and just keep giving it and giving it. My wife loves me, and she knows my cardio is elite. It definitely shows in the cage big time."

Cassidy's opponent, the Irishmen Tagnarach Kamara, is a heavy favorite for odds makers, but Cassidy cites that Kamara's fight with his teammate at Outlaw MMA against Harry Alonzo Longabaugh gave him a lot of insight.

"I thought Alonzo did great against him. He really got rushed into that title fight by incompetent ownership, but he stepped up, because his balls are giant, I've seen them in the locker room, and he beat really took the best Kamara had for as long as he could. He ate that man's best shots for 3 rounds. Fortunately, I'm a better fighter than Alonzo, that's my buddy, but it's the truth. So I don't see Kamara getting away with an easy one. I'll give it my all and really try to break this fucker down and make him quit."

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