CINCINNATI – Pat Healy can’t say he’s really all that surprised.
Before the lightweight fighter took a late-notice booking against Maximo Blanco, he looked up his opponent’s past bouts in Japan and noticed a disturbing trend: He often fought dirty.
Healy’s bout with Blanco at Saturday’s “Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” event nearly ended early due to his opponent’s illegal kicks. But Healy was determined to earn his victory the old-fashioned way.