Press Release – CHICAGO, Ill. (January 25, 2011) —With his last fight coming in October of 2009, saying Zac George is eager to get back into the cage would be an understatement. Already with 20 professional victories under his belt, “The Red Devil” will get his chance to return to his winning ways in March as the explosive finisher has been confirmed to compete in the Bellator Season 4 Featherweight Tournament, which airs LIVE on MTV2.
Residing in Oklahoma while training out of Team Quest in Oregon, George (20-3) had the luxury of competing in a variety of combat sports prior to his career in MMA. After getting his start in wrestling at just 4-years-old and eventually becoming an All-State wrestler in high school, George continued to look for new challenges. While attending the University of Oklahoma to obtain his degree in Social Studies, the aggressive Sooner picked up boxing at a local gym. It wasn’t long before “The Red Devil” compiled an amateur boxing record of 15-1, an amateur kickboxing record of 18-1, and a pro kickboxing record of 2-0 with a pair of knockouts to his credit. The transition to MMA was an obvious one for George.
With eight knockouts and seven submissions in his twenty victories as a professional – including fourteen finishes in the very first round – George has clearly established himself as one of the more electrifying featherweights in the division.
“Zac George finishes fights and often finishes them early. Anyone he faces in our Featherweight tournament this March will need to be at the very top of their game to hope to get out with a victory,” said Bellator chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney.
“I’ve wanted to fight for Bellator for a while now,” said George. “It’s an exciting weight class and Bellator has a bunch of really talented fighters with records similar to mine. They’re hungry guys looking for their shot and they all want to go out there to beat some people up and make some money. I’m really excited about it.”
Even with his year long hiatus from the cage, George feels like he is on top of his game. Currently riding a six fight win streak, including an impressive 2nd round submission victory of Bellator veteran Bryan Goldsby in his last fight, George is ready to re-introduce himself to the MMA world, and make noise in the Featherweight Tournament.
“It’s going to mean the world to me “when” I win this tournament,” George said. “There is no “if” in my mind. I wouldn’t enter this thing if I didn’t know that I was going to go out there and stomp on some guys. I’m going to go out there and put on some exciting fights, beat these guys up, and make a living while I’m at it. “
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