This Thursday, fight fans will be treated to a dream matchup over two decades in the making, as Travis Fulton (254-54-10, 1 NC) takes on Shannon Ritch (57-85, 4 NC) at M-1 Global’s Road to M-1: USA 2 in Winterhaven, California.
With over 450 attested and documented mixed martial arts bouts between the two, this meeting of “The Ironman” and “The Cannon” is almost certainly unsurpassed in that regard in the history of the sport. However, between the résumé of the 41-year old Fulton and the 48-year old Ritch there is a difference of degree; the durable Iowan easily outstrips the combined fight total of Ritch and the man fighting directly after them on Thursday, up-and-coming prospect Travis Wiuff (75-22).