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Florian Moving Down in Weight
(ESPN.com, by Franklin McNeil) UFC contender Kenny Florian told ESPN.com on Monday that he is taking himself out of the lightweight mix for now and moving down to featherweight.
Florian, who serves as an analyst on ESPN’s ‘MMA Live’ has a professional record of 14-5-0. In his most recent bout, he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Gray Maynard in August 2010 at UFC 118. Read More
Kenny Florian: Who Has Melvin Guillard Beaten?
(Fightline.com) Source: Pro MMA Radio
After taking an injured Kenny Florian’s place against Evan Dunham in last weekend’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 main event, Melvin Guillard asserted that he deserves a title shot and that the UFC needs to put new blood into the lightweight title picture instead of recycling contenders like Florian. Read More
Kenny Florian Breaks Down UFC Lightweights With WEC Influx (Video)
(MMAWeekly) Kenny Florian has a tough fight on his plate with Evan Dunham at UFC Fight for the Troops 2 in January. He also knows there are a lot more tough fights ahead, especially with the influx of the WEC lightweights into the UFC. Read More
UFC Fight For The Troops 2 Fight Card Announced For January
(MMAWeekly.com) The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Spike TV on Thursday finally made UFC Fight For The Troops 2 official, announcing the event for Jan. 22 in Fort Hood, Texas. Kenny Florian and Evan Dunham, as expected, will face off in a lightweight showdown in the evening’s main event. Read More
UFC planned Aldo vs. Florian in December
(tatame.com) WEC featherweight Champion Jose Aldo revealed to TATAME that he has been offered a fight against Kenny Florian, in which he’d move up to fight Kenny Florian, in December. According to the fighter, his managers declined the bout. “They made the proposal. I wanna fight, it can be at WEC or in the UFC”, he told TATAME. With the negative, Aldo will face Mark Hominick in January, while Kenny Florian (could possibly) fights Evan Duham at UFC 126.
Kenny Florian: “I started MMA thanks to Jiu-Jitsu”
(GracieMag.com) Kenny Florian was in Mexico on October 9. There, the black belt stopped by the Renzo Gracie academy led by our GMA Mario Delgado. Delgado’s team often receives UFC fighters, like Cain Velasquez, and Florian was kind enough to teach some techniques, on his visit. Read More
Florian Well-Grounded
(BostonHerald.com) Kenny Florian hasn’t spent much time ruminating about his loss to Gray Maynard at UFC 118.
Immediately after the loss, he enlisted the services of Boston University assistant wrestling coach Sean Gray and has been working extensively to improve his biggest weakness: the ground game. Read More
Kenny Florian Targeting a Return in December or January
(BostonHerald.com) Kenny Florian has been busy since losing to Gray Maynard at UFC 118 on Aug. 28. The Dover native hired a wrestling coach (Boston University assistant Sean Gray), visited Peru for a week and battled through some injuries.
Florian currently is in Montreal and he’s hoping to train without limitations, as nagging groin and hamstring injuries are on the mend. The injuries, plus the new training regimen, caused Florian to pass on a fight with BJ Penn at UFC 123 on Nov. 20. Read More
BJJ and MMA Seminar Review: Kenny Florian
(by Dev Kostal, fightworkspodcast.com) Top UFC lightweight Kenny Florian came down to Lima, Peru on Saturday, 18 September, and gave a 4 1/2 hour seminar that was about half BJJ and half MMA.
It was only about $40 per person to go, which is a great, affordable price for here. I was totally impressed with his generosity and overall composure. He even had t-shirts made up, which is not something you normally see at a seminar. Very cool. Read More
Florian Hires Wrestling Coach, Back in 5 Months
(by Joe Myers, Sherdog.com) UFC lightweight Kenny Florian dropped a unanimous decision to Gray Maynard at UFC 118 last month in Boston, costing him an opportunity at a third shot at the 155-pound title. Most fighters would be anxious to get back into action, hoping to dispel the memory of such a tough loss. Read More
