Tamden "The Barn Cat" McCrory -190
Local kid (Cortland State Grad) 14-3 MMA record ... Tough as Nails ... 8 first round finishes and riding a 3 fight winning streak.
Back in 2009 Tamden "retired" and walked away from the UFC wanting to spend more time with his wife and kids. After 5 years away from the fight game he returned and signed a 2 fight contract with Bellator. In those 2 fights ... 1 KO and 1 submission lasting a combined 1:27. That KO was a 21 second first round highlight reel Blast vs Bellator badass Brennan Ward. Dana immediately signed him back to the UFC after his Bellator contract expired. In his homecoming back to the company he tapped out Josh Sammon in the 3rd round last December at UFC on FOX 17.
His opponent is 17-1 Krzysztof Jotkois who is also on a 3 fight win streak but hasn't faced an opponet like McCrory ... a fighter who posses both a strong stand up game with heavy hands and a solid ground game with the ability to pull off a submission from any angle. Tamden's power and array of weapons should be the deciding factor in this one.
Cowboy Cerrone -150
Fight of the Night Winner
Calderwood / Letourneau award winner (+800)
Local kid (Cortland State Grad) 14-3 MMA record ... Tough as Nails ... 8 first round finishes and riding a 3 fight winning streak.
Back in 2009 Tamden "retired" and walked away from the UFC wanting to spend more time with his wife and kids. After 5 years away from the fight game he returned and signed a 2 fight contract with Bellator. In those 2 fights ... 1 KO and 1 submission lasting a combined 1:27. That KO was a 21 second first round highlight reel Blast vs Bellator badass Brennan Ward. Dana immediately signed him back to the UFC after his Bellator contract expired. In his homecoming back to the company he tapped out Josh Sammon in the 3rd round last December at UFC on FOX 17.
His opponent is 17-1 Krzysztof Jotkois who is also on a 3 fight win streak but hasn't faced an opponet like McCrory ... a fighter who posses both a strong stand up game with heavy hands and a solid ground game with the ability to pull off a submission from any angle. Tamden's power and array of weapons should be the deciding factor in this one.
Cowboy Cerrone -150
Fight of the Night Winner
Calderwood / Letourneau award winner (+800)
