UFC Featherweights, George Roop and Josh Grispi are both determined to put their recent losses behind them by battling each other June 4th at the TUF 13 Finale.
Grispi suffered a stunning loss to virtually unknown, Dustin Poirier who took their UFC 125 fight on short notice when Grispi’s slated title-fight against champion, Jose Aldo was scrapped due to a neck disk injury incurred by Aldo. Many expected Grispi who was 4-0 in the WEC to walk through Poirier and were shocked when Grispi was manhandled for 3 rounds and dropped a Unanimous Decision to Poirier who had been 1-1 in the WEC. Now Poirier is on the fast-track as a contender to beat in the Featherweight division and Grispi is likely a few fights away from getting back into title-shot contention.
Meanwhile, George Roop who faced Mark Hominick back in January at UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 and was looking to ruin plans for a UFC 129 co-headlining event of Hominick vs. Aldo was devastated when his fight against Hominick was stopped due to TKO punches in the first round. Roop had been on an impressive streak of his own with a Fight of the Night match against brawler, Leonard Garcia that ended in a Draw and a subsequent KO victory over Chan Sung Jung.
Now both Roop and Grispi find themselves hungrily in the middle of the pack of UFC Featherweights as former Lightweights Tyson Griffin and Kenny Florian move into their division and this is no one’s fight to lose.