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UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo should probably pump the brakes on any thoughts of moving up to lightweight because his work at featherweight is far from finished. “I’m very excited to announce that I’m going to be [making my fea…
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo should probably pump the brakes on any thoughts of moving up to lightweight because his work at featherweight is far from finished. “I’m very excited to announce that I’m going to be [making my featherweight debut against] Diego Nunes,” UFC lightweight Kenny Florian said on ESPN’s MMA Live. “We’ll be […]
UFC: Kenny Florian to Face Diego Nunes in Featherweight Debut at UFC 131
Filed under: UFC, NewsFormer top lightweight contender Kenny Florian will make his featherweight debut at UFC 131.
Florian said earlier this month he would be dropping down to featherweight, and his first test will come against Diego Nunes. Florian m…
Former top lightweight contender Kenny Florian will make his featherweight debut at UFC 131.
Florian said earlier this month he would be dropping down to featherweight, and his first test will come against Diego Nunes. Florian made the announcement on ESPN’s “MMA Live” late Friday night. As he did Friday, Florian often serves as co-host of the show.
“It’s a new challenge,” Florian said of the drop in divisions. “I’ve never been afraid of a new challenge. I see it as an exciting opportunity to possibly face what in my opinion is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, which is Jose Aldo. He’s a tremendous fighter and I have a lot of respect for that guy. (But) I still have an opponent before I get there.”
Mike Thomas Brown use to have it all. On November 5, 2008 he had beaten big-time featherweight champ Urijah Faber for the title. Brown went on to defend his title successfully twice more, once against Leonard Garcia and once again versus Faber. But the…
Mike Thomas Brown use to have it all. On November 5, 2008 he had beaten big-time featherweight champ Urijah Faber for the title. Brown went on to defend his title successfully twice more, once against Leonard Garcia and once again versus Faber. But then Brown faced his toughest opponent ever, current UFC featherweight champion, Jose […]
(Plan your work, work your plan. PicProps: ESPN)
You didn’t think Kenny Florian would just drop to 145-pounds without a plan in mind, did you? If you did, you don’t know KenFlo. Nope, the now former perennial lightweight contender&rsqu…
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You didn’t think Kenny Florian would just drop to 145-pounds without a plan in mind, did you? If you did, you don’t know KenFlo. Nope, the now former perennial lightweight contender’s camp has a pretty detailed blueprint of what they’d like to see Florian do at featherweight. As manager Malki Kawa tells MMA Weekly on Wednesday, they think their guy will be on the fast-track to the top once he returns from a knee injury and gets his weight headed in the right direction. Check it out:
“A top contender,” Kawa says about Florian’s first 145-pound opponent. “Whoever the No. 1 contender is at that point is the guy I’d like to get. What would be my ideal situation is for him to get a fight in June, whoever the No. 1 contender is, win that fight and then hopefully set something up for Brazil with (Jose) Aldo, if the UFC’s up for it.”
With talk of the UFC’s Rashad Evans weight class change, lightweight Kenny Florian has decided to drop one step lower to the featherweight division. Florian was in a long line for a shot at the lightweight title, and with this move he opens himse…
With talk of the UFC’s Rashad Evans weight class change, lightweight Kenny Florian has decided to drop one step lower to the featherweight division. Florian was in a long line for a shot at the lightweight title, and with this move he opens himself up to a whole different class. The former Ultimate Fighter runner-up […]
UFC’s Kenny Florian Dropping from Lightweight to Featherweight Division
(They can beat up pretty-boys and clowns, but how will Florian and Griffin do against the featherweight elite?)
Now that the UFC has a 145-pound division, it was only a matter of time before a few lightweight contenders decided to chase the belt whe…
(They can beat up pretty-boys and clowns, but how will Florian and Griffin do against the featherweight elite?)
Now that the UFC has a 145-pound division, it was only a matter of time before a few lightweight contenders decided to chase the belt where the competition’s a little smaller. The biggest name so far is Kenny Florian, who told ESPN.com yesterday that he’s taking himself out of the lightweight mix to try his hand at featherweight:
"I started playing around with the idea: could I make 145? Originally, I didn’t think it was possible," Florian said. "I spoke with a few nutritionists, got their opinions, told them what my body fat was, my walking-around weight, all that stuff and the general consensus was that it was very possible…[The UFC] is very supportive. They’re very excited about the move…My goal is to get the 145-pound belt, and then go up to 155 and challenge for that belt as well."
You may recall that Jose Aldo‘s management turned down a fight with Florian at lightweight because Florian was coming off a loss, was never a champion, and isn’t in the pound-for-pound top ten. You have to wonder if the insult is still weighing on Ken-Flo’s mind. Florian’s manager Malki Kawa definitely still has Aldo in his sights:
