Duran<\/a> to implement what he learned, which he will display when he faces the Colombian next month.<\/p>\nDOING IT FOR OTHERS<\/h2>\n
However, Duran, who works as a safety manager in the gas and oil industry, says he fights for the immigrants coming to the United States pursuing their goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am able to provide for my family and I am chasing the dream not only for myself but all those people that can\u2019t,”\u00a0 said Duran whose parents are Mexican.<\/p>\n
LIFE DECISIONS<\/h2>\n
Duran, who trains at several gyms including MMA Gym Studio in Orange County, has been athletic all his life.<\/p>\n
In fact, he was offered a scholarship to play soccer at Fresno State.<\/p>\n
Instead, he chose to work for the gas and oil industry in order to provide for his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made a tough decision, but I knew it was the good decision,\u201d said Duran, who was also offered a spot on the LA Galaxy soccer team.<\/p>\n
Later on, opportunity knocked at his door when he stepped inside a martial arts gym.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had the competitive itch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Rightfully so, he continues his pursuit to one day walking out of la jaula<\/em> with gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Duran fights for those chasing a dream. On August 28, Duran will meet Combate Americas newcomer Juan Puerta for the inaugural flyweight championship. Training with an Olympic Champion The Californian is coming in strong having recently been part of Henry Cejudo’s fight camp. Cejudo is a retired former mixed marital arts world champion and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3019],"tags":[5040],"class_list":["post-11279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-david-duran-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}