FIGHT NEWS
RETURN OF
CONAN
IN FORM
Jesse Taylor
The TUF alumni has
not lost since leaving
the UFC. He has put
together seven wins in
a row, including a first
round TKO over Drew
Fickett and a trip to
Japan to claim victory
over Dong Sik Yoon in
DREAM.
Tarec Saffiedine
The Belgian fighter was
completely unknown to
most before his appea-
rance in DREAM. But his
Marcus ‘‘Conan’’ Silveira is looking to return to MMA action
win over Seichi Ikemoto
on ATT boxing coach Howard Davis Jr’s promotion Fight Time
was his fifth in a row
productions. If the deal works out Conan, the one time Extreme
to give him an overall
Fighting Championship heavyweight title holder, will take on
record of 7-1.
former world boxing champion Ray Mercer, who recently KOd
Tim Sylvia in only nine seconds in his first official MMA match.
Brian Bowles
Undefeated in 8 fights,
the newly-crowned
WEC featherweight
TIM KENNEDY,
champion ran through
the previously domi-
nant Miguel Torres in
SOLDIER AND FIGHTER
August.
Mizuto Hirota
2009 has been the
Japanese fighter’s year.
After starting off slowly
with a draw against
Katsuya Inoue, he has
scored TKO
victories over his high-
ly-rated Mitsuhiro Ishida
and Satoru Kitaoka.
Dave Jansen
You can’t argue with a
perfect record. Jansen,
who has 12 wins in as
many fights, has won all
four of his fights in 2009
in dominant fashion,
Green Beret Tim Kennedy was resolved to giving up one of his dreams earlier this
earning himself a spot
year, serving in the military or fighting, but an article on
mmajunkie.com caught the
in the WEC.
attention of LTC Douglas O’Connell of the Texas National Guard. O’Connell made an
offer to Tim Kennedy to join his unit as a shooting and Army Combatives instructor
while continuing his career as a professional MMA fighter. Kennedy accepted
without hesitation.
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