– UFC Lightweight Al Iaquinta made his professional wrestling debut of sorts recently. Iaquinta performed with a few wrestlers at a neighborhood birthday party late last month. You can see a video of the event above.<\/p>\n
– Josh Barnett continued his dominant run in grappling promotion Metamoris this weekend. He submitted Ryron Gracie with a toehold (commonly referred to as an ankle lock in professional wrestling) to win the company’s heavyweight championship. Gracie was a late replacement for Cyborg Abreu.<\/p>\n
Other familiar names on the show included Chael Sonnen, who went to a draw with Renato “Babalu” Sobral, after not being able to pass Sobral’s guard. UFC Fighter Joe Lauzon was submitted by black belt Dillon Danis on the show as well.<\/p>\n
– UFC Fighters continue to sound off regarding the upcoming Reebok deal, which stands to cost a large portion of fighters a great deal of money. Light Heavyweight Ryan Jimmo was very outspoken about the deal last week on MMA Fight Radio.<\/p>\n
“UFC, if you want to fire me, go ahead. You are not paying me very well anyway,” Jimmo said. Jimmo has fought for the promotion since 2012, going an even 3-3 during his run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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