Den svenske welterviktaren Chris Spång har skrivit på för den amerikanska MMA-organisationen Resurrection Fighting Alliance, RFA, där bland annat Anthony Pettis yngre broder Sergio Pettis tävlar.
Spång som gjorde sin UFC-debut i sin senaste match har även tävlat för Strikeforce och har sammanlagt ett record 5-2. Spång gick sin första och enda UFC-match hittills i karriären på ”UFC Sweden 2”-galan i april tidigare i år, där han förlorade mot Adlan Amagov på enhälligt domslut.
Så här skriver RFA om Spång på deras hemsida:
How You Know Him: UFC and Strikeforce. In a sentence: Chris ”The Kiss” Spång was born to bang. His father was a professional Boxer in Sweden and his older brother Andreas is a fellow professional Mixed Martial Artist, who was a finalist in the Bellator season 6 middleweight tournament. Spång trains under the esteemed tutelage of Skipper Kelp in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kelp’s influence via ”Left Hook Productions” was on full display last spring. From March to May of 2012, Gilbert Yvel (RFA 2), Andreas Spång (Bellator 66), and Chris Spång (Strikeforce – Barnett vs. Cormier) all won high-profile bouts with devastating left hook KO victories. The younger Spång brother was then brought over to the UFC during the UFC-Strikeforce merger, but he dropped his lone bout for the promotion in his native Sweden via decision to the decorated Russian grappler Adlan Amagov who was making his welterweight debut. Spång is looking to build off of that experience, now that he is in the RFA, and has time to develop and add to his already impressive skill set.
Spång ska enligt hans Facebook-sida gå sin nästa match den 16:e augusti.
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