Dick Delaware to Fight for Heavyweight Title at CCW 17

LOS ANGELES—Aaron Brink, aka veteran adult performer Dick Delaware, will meet Shannon Ritch in a heavyweight title fight at California Cage Wars 17: Ragnarok this Saturday night. The fight is the main event of a 20-bout card at a private residence about 40 miles north of San Diego located at 16760 Paradise Mountain Rd., in Valley Center, Calif., 92082. The 45-year-old Brink started his pro mixed-martial-arts career in 1998 and made his porn debut in 2003, racking up more than 500 credits. The native of Huntington Beach still performs in at least a couple sex scenes per month for Lethal Hardcore, while also working as a commercial diver for the Port of San Diego and an MMA trainer. He’ll enter the contest with 29 wins, 26 losses and two no-contests, riding a three-fight winning streak. His most recent win came on June 9, 2019, when he defeated Cody Sons via a first-round TKO at CCW 13. The 49-year-old Shannon “The Cannon” Ritch is one of the most active MMA pugilists of all time. While the MMA site Sherdog lists him with 145 professional fights, other published reports list the journeyman fighter with dozens more. According to Sherdog, Ritch has a 58-87 since 1998 and enters the bout on a two-fight losing streak. However in a 2019 interview on TheFightersVoice, the site listed Ritch with 128 MMA wins alone to go with a record of 25-3 in bareknuckle boxing and 36-7 in Muay Thai and kickboxing. Regardless, both fighters enter Saturday's confrontation with more than 20 years of experience in the cage for a bout that has been years in the making. “We were supposed to fight in so many different organizations,” Brink told AVN. “We’re both at the end of our careers. We need to get this done before it’s too late, before we’re too old. We’re getting there.” The fighters were supposed to face each other in another promotion, Gladiator Challenge, where both Brink and Ritch have won titles. “Shannon walked around with my Gladiator Challenge championship belt; he was putting it on my Facebook,” Brink said in April 2019. “I shouldn’t let it bother me but it does bother me. I just want to get one with him before we retire because he’s not going to be around much longer either. “I’ve been in touch with Shannon and told him, ‘Let’s get us a fight.’ I consider him a friend but we will put that aside for the fight.” Brink, who is 6-foot-3, says he’ll be weighing in at 225 pounds; Ritch is also expected to weigh close to 225, according to Brink. He stands 5-9. “He just won a jiu-jitsu world championship,” Brink said Wednesday. “It would be my honor to actually submit the jiu-jitsu world champion. To try to rock him and submit him.” Doors open at 3 p.m. on Saturday with the first bout at 4. Brink vs. Ritch likely won’t begin before 8. For tickets priced at $35 and $50, contact Brink at 619.376.5864.