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Saturday, October 31, 2009

UFC 105 Matchup Breakdown

In the first bout of the night on the Preliminary card is a match up between two former Ultimate Fighter reality show lightweight contestants. Rolando Delgado Vs. Andre Winner.


Andre Winner is 27 years old stands 5' 11" and weighs in at 155 lbs., fighting with a record of 12-3. Growing up in England Andre was a natural athlete who never considered MMA. When he got older he attended the Leicester Shootofighting Gym to take self defense classes, there he met UFC fighter Dan Hardy. Hardy talked Winner into trying MMA full time. Winner tried out for the Ultimate Fighter Season 8, but did not make it out of the tryouts. He later tried out again and Andre appeared on Season 9 of the Ultimate Fighter Team U.K. vs. Team U.S.A., he fought his way into the finals of the show losing to fellow Brit Ross Pearson by decision. On the show he demonstrated his work ethic, athleticism, and coachability on his way to the finals.

Rolando "Roli" Delgado is 27 years old weighs in at 155 lbs. and fights with a record of 6-4-1. Roli is about as tall as you can get in the lightweight division, standing at 6' 4" he towers over other fighters in his weight class. Roli owns a gym in Arkansas, it is one of the best gyms in Arkansas (which is not saying much at all). Roli appeared on Season 8 of the Ultimate Fighter losing to Junie Browning by decision. Roli owns a black belt on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but when questioned on the Ultimate Fighter show about the training and black belt ceremony by Coach Frank Mir, Roli replied most of the training was done over the internet and he spent a week in Brazil receiving his black belt. That defines the term McBlackBelt, where you can receive a Black Belt with your happy meal from the drive thru. Roli's two notable fights are losses to Paul Kelly and Jorge Masvidal, while there is not a lot of weight to support Roli's talents it should be noted he could still kick my ass.

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