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Phoenix Jones to return at WSOF 23, will face Robert Young on Sept. 18

Ben Fodor — a.k.a. “Phoenix Jones,” the Seattle-based street vigilante — will be making his return to the cage this fall.
Fodor (5-1-1) will be facing Robert Young (2-2) on Sept. 18 at WSOF 23 at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz. The …

Ben Fodor — a.k.a. “Phoenix Jones,” the Seattle-based street vigilante — will be making his return to the cage this fall.

Fodor (5-1-1) will be facing Robert Young (2-2) on Sept. 18 at WSOF 23 at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz. The fight will be contested at a catchweight of 160 pounds. MMA Junkie first reported the bout on Thursday.

After going undefeated on cards in the Northwest, Fodor debuted with WSOF in April against Emmanuel Walo. Fodor ended up losing a unanimous decision at a catchweight. The 27-year-old fighter has made waves on his work outside the cage, fighting crime on the streets in his hometown of Seattle. Known as “Phoenix Jones,” he was profiled on ESPN’s SportsCenter chronicling his masked superhero alter-ego, which prompted a bidding war among multiple promotions to sign him.

The Arizona-based Young, who trains at the MMA Lab in Glendale, has won back-to-back fights.

WSOF 23 will feature a headlining title bout between lightweight champion Justin Gaethje and Luis Palomino, a rematch from when the two met at WSOF 19 in March. In the first fight, Gaethje stopped Palomino via TKO in the third round.

The MMA Hour – 293 – Ray Sefo

World Series of Fighting president Ray Sefo will discuss Rousimar Palhares’ controversial actions at WSOF 22, as well as the altercation between Khabib Nurmagomedov and the Diaz brothers, among others.

World Series of Fighting president Ray Sefo will discuss Rousimar Palhares’ controversial actions at WSOF 22, as well as the altercation between Khabib Nurmagomedov and the Diaz brothers, among others.

Watch Ronda Rousey knock Bethe Corriea out cold in claymation

Let’s face it, Ronda Rousey fights were made for social media. The UFC women’s bantamweight champion’s 34-second romp over Bethe Correia at UFC 190 — and Correia’s subsequent faceplant on the mat — will forever go down as one of the iconic…

Let’s face it, Ronda Rousey fights were made for social media. The UFC women’s bantamweight champion’s 34-second romp over Bethe Correia at UFC 190 — and Correia’s subsequent faceplant on the mat — will forever go down as one of the iconic moments of Rousey’s career. A trash talking rival downed in less than a minute by an element of the champ’s game we barely knew existed. And Instagram user azxd, the artist behind the brilliant claymation recreation of Rousey-Zingano, couldn’t help but give it his own special treatment.

AND STILL

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Azxd’s channel has a few other MMA tributes on it — McGregor-Mendes got into the action — but Rousey’s bite-sized violence in the era of bite-sized entertainment has become something else entirely. Her last four fights, against the No. 5, No. 4, No. 3, and No. 2 ranked women in the division, have lasted a combined two minutes and 10 seconds. And with each passing win, the chances of your mom or your grandma asking you about that Rousey fight last night have exponentially skyrocketed. However you slice it, that’s a different kind of ridiculous. Now if we could only get Cyborg into the mix…