Ferdinando Acerra

Full Name:  Staff Sargent Ferdinando Acerra

Age: 27

Fighting Weight: 205lbs

Fighting Record: 5-1 Amateur 

Titles: Current Fight Lab 205lb Champion

Fighting out of: Columbia, SC

School and/or fight team: Ridge Point Fine Arts Academy / Team Force, Sor Sumrit Muay Thai

Fighting Style: MMA

Favorite punch, punch combo or submission: Ground and Pound

What's your ultimate goal regarding MMA: To be the best at what I do. Short term goal is to beat anyone and everyone I need to to get a belt around my waiste.

The reason you took the path of MMA:  I have always been competitive and athletic. MMA will test your heart and I like that. I am addicted to the feeling of having my hand raised and punching people in the face is pretty fun too.

What advice can you give to the young men and women beginning their path in MMA? This sport is a tough lifestlye to live. It is demanding and it will test your heart, but when you dedicate yourself and love what you do it will be most rewarding road you travel. Focus and train hard, don't settle and set your goals and blast through any wall you encounter.

Lasr Fight: Won the Fight Lab 205lb Championship against Ryan Freeman via second round guillotine choke at Fight Lab 19: Title Night At Coyote Joe's