Everything was going right for Tim Boetsch heading into his UFC 155 bout with Costa Philippou last December. He was unbeaten in four fights at middleweight, wins over Yushin Okami and Hector Lombard had him on the short list of 185-pound title contenders, and with a victory over Philippou, his road to a championship fight would grow even shorter.But then the fight happened, and everything that could go wrong for “The Barbarian” did. He hurt his right hand, he inadvertently got poked in the eye, and then got cut by a clash of heads. But what may have bothered him the most was seeing a long stre … Read the Full Article Here
Tim Boetsch: Keeping the Mean
Everything was going right for Tim Boetsch heading into his UFC 155 bout with Costa Philippou last December. He was unbeaten in four fights at middleweight, wins over Yushin Okami and Hector Lombard had him on the short list of 185-pound title contenders, and with a victory over Philippou, his road to a championship fight would grow even shorter.But then the fight happened, and everything that could go wrong for “The Barbarian” did. He hurt his right hand, he inadvertently got poked in the eye, and then got cut by a clash of heads. But what may have bothered him the most was seeing a long stre … Read the Full Article Here