You think it absolutely was a mistake that U.S. Marine Brian Stann is taking portion from the Memorial Day weekend festivities tonight (May 28, 2011) at UFC 130: "Rampage vs. Hamill" on pay-per-view?
You actually believe so? Ufc 130 Fight Card Brian Stann vs Jorge Santiago
Ufc 130 Fight Card Brian Stann vs Jorge Santiago
Properly, it was not. As coy as Dana White may possibly turn out to be when asked that question, it had been a strategic move to area "All American" around the fight card on the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
But Stann is not just right here simply because he served our country for practically a decade; he's here because he just knocked out the iron-chinned Chris Leben several months ago and he is knocking on the doorway that leads to your middleweight elite.Standing in his way is a Japanese import who will be making his return for the UFC for his 1st fight inside of the Octagon because dropping consecutive bouts back again in 2006, to the previously pointed out Leben and the "Talented" Alan Belcher.Certain, he is amassed an astounding 11-1 file considering that his release, winning a 2007 Strikeforce middleweight tournament as well as the Sengoku middleweight championship (that he never ever actually misplaced). But he failed to complete that inside the confines of the eight-sided playground.
That is wherever it really is as actual since it gets ... at the least, within the court of public viewpoint.
Which is exactly where he'll try out to pick up exactly where he left off, only this time, with a lot significantly much better final results.Brian Stann, in spite of just five decades being a specialist in combined martial arts competition, has ompleted over most. He's a former WEC light heavyweight champion and one of only two males to actually end Chris Leben by means of strikes.
The other? Anderson Silva. Really the company to keep.
On top of this, he is an simply marketable fighter, an American hero who is more substantial than existence and represents every little thing 1 would search for inside a guardian of flexibility.
Ironically adequate, it had been this extremely reality that nearly kept him from competing tonight. The UFC had at first pegged Wanderlei Silva as his next opponent; even so, the Brazilian wasn't interested in taking part in the heel, since it were, and didn't need to fracture his fanbase by (probably) knocking out a revered American figure.
Specially on Memorial Day weekend.
Although Stann attempted to downplay his standing, he comprehended and respectfully accepted his place, undesirable because it may possibly happen to be.
Which is, until Jorge Santiago came along.
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