It took 10 long years for Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc to reach the “now or never” point in her combat sports career, which culminates with the Combate 10 mixed martial arts (MMA) event later tonight (Jan. 19) on Azteca America and UFC Fight Pass from inside El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City.
Rivera-Calanoc, 31, made her cagefighting debut in 2006, a technical knockout win over Sarika Patel at ACF: “Showdown at Sundown” in Stillwater, Oklahoma, way back in March of 2006.
Yes, 2006.
To put that in perspective, Anderson Silva had yet to make his UFC debut, Mirko “Cro Cop” had yet to win the PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix, and Conor McGregor was a senior in high school.