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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – After over a year layoff, Clarksville native Jacob Kilburn will make his long awaited return to the octagon Saturday, Jan. 16 at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar.
“The Killer” is set to take on Austin “Lights Out” Lingo in a featherweight bout, as both fighters look to rebound from losses in their UFC debuts.
Not long after losing by submission against Billy Quarantillo in December of 2019 at UFC on ESPN 7, Kilburn began training at the world-renowned mixed martial arts academy American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida.
The gym is called home by many of today’s top fighters including current UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes, UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal and former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier.
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UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington says that former teammate Dustin Poirier is “gonna be crying” after he loses to Conor McGregor.
Covington and Poirier were former teammates at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida, and there is no love lost between these two and they truly do not like each other. Both Covington and Poirier have had negative comments to say about one another over the last year, and with Covington no longer a member of ATT, the trolling hasn’t stopped. With Poirier set for one of the biggest fights of his career next month when he takes on McGregor in the main event of UFC 257, Covington continued to take shots at Poirier.
Yoel Romero Was Offered Fights With Derek Brunson, Uriah Hall, And Johnny Walker Before UFC Release
When former multiple-time UFC middleweight title challenger, Yoel ‘Soldier of God’ Romero parted ways with the UFC last week by mutual consent, many were surprised given the fact the Cuban finisher still retained three-fights on his then Octagon deal.
Recently penning a multi-fight deal to link up with Bellator MMA after an almost seven-annum stay with the Dana White led UFC, the 43-year-old is linking up with the organization off the back of three consecutive decision losses, two of them albeit contentious.
Romero, who plys his trade at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida was recently pencilled in to meet with