It’s not that often that a fighter coming off a loss gets a fight that he couldn’t have picked much better if he had picked it himself, but that’s more or less what happened to lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg – albeit in a roundabout way. Originally slated to fight Danny Castillo at UFC 172, Vallie-Flagg will instead be fighting UFC and PRIDE legend Takanori Gomi on the same card on April 26 in Baltimore.Vallie-Flagg lost his last bout with undefeated up-and-comer Elias Silverio. It was something Ike hadn’t had to face in quite a while as he was heading into the bout undefeated in his last doze … Read the Full Article Here
Vallie-Flagg Thriving Under Pressure
It’s not that often that a fighter coming off a loss gets a fight that he couldn’t have picked much better if he had picked it himself, but that’s more or less what happened to lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg – albeit in a roundabout way. Originally sla…