LAS VEGAS – Former NFL player, ex-white-collar worker and all-around knucklehead Matt Mitrione knows Saturday’s UFC 137 co-main-event with Cheick Kongo is a big one. A really big one.
For a fighter just two years and five fights into his pro MMA career, a victory could prove he belongs with the world’s top heavyweights.
And though still green in the fight game, Mitrione truly believes it’s a matchup that was tailor made for him at this point in his career.