Editing Ricardo Mayorga (section)

==Mixed martial arts career==
On May 15, 2010, Mayorga was scheduled to make his professional MMA debut against [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] veteran [[Din Thomas]] on the Shine Fights: Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas card.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shine Fight announces "Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas" for May 15 in North Carolina|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/18072/shine-fight-announces-worlds-collide-mayorga-vs-thomas-for-may-15-in-north-carolina.mma|website=Mmajunkie.com|date=2010-02-24|access-date=2010-04-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505041049/http://mmajunkie.com/news/18072/shine-fight-announces-worlds-collide-mayorga-vs-thomas-for-may-15-in-north-carolina.mma|archive-date=2010-05-05}}</ref> Don King filed for an injunction the week of the fight to prevent him from participating, claiming Mayorga had an exclusive contract with Don King Promotions (DKP).

Shine Fights stated that Mayorga's contract with DKP was for boxing, and as such did not apply to mixed martial arts. Judge Marc Gold granted the injunction just several hours before the fight.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knapp |first=Brian |url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Judge-Grants-King-Injunction-Mayorga-Off-Shine-Fights-Card-24510 |title=Update: Mayorga Bout, Shine Fights Cancelled |website=Sherdog.com |date=2010-05-15 |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref> Later on the same day, Shine Fights officials conceded defeat in the matter and Mayorga was pulled off the card.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/19159/ricardo-mayorga-reportedly-pulled-from-shine-fights-worlds-collide-event.mma |title=Ricardo Mayorga reportedly pulled from Shine Fights' "Worlds Collide" event &#124; MMAjunkie.com |access-date=2010-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518190210/http://mmajunkie.com/news/19159/ricardo-mayorga-reportedly-pulled-from-shine-fights-worlds-collide-event.mma |archive-date=2010-05-18}}</ref>

Following his retirement from boxing, Mayorga decided to properly embark on a professional MMA career and faced Wesley Tiffer on May 3, 2013. He was kept on the ground but able to survive round 1. Tiffer continued to grapple with him on the ground until Mayorga landed a controversial and illegal knee to Tiffer's spine, which left Tiffer screaming in pain. Mayorga won via TKO after Tiffer didn't answer the bell for round 3. The Nicaraguan Mixed Martial Arts Commission declared the fight a No Contest for the illegal knee a week later on May 10, 2013, and also suspended Mayorga for 3 months for being 20 pounds over the contracted weight limit of 165-lbs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/mayorga-makes-mma-debut-secures-tko-victory--65140 |title=Mayorga Makes MMA Debut, Secures TKO Victory - Boxing News |website=Boxingscene.com |date=2013-05-04 |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>