BJPENN COM

MMA News

Wednesday, 01/16/2013, 06:05 am

Pat Healy’s Opponent, Kurt Holobaugh Gets UFC Contract Even In Defeat | UFC NEWS


If last weekend’s Strikeforce event was indeed a try out for the UFC, Pat Healy’s opponent, Kurt Holobaugh passed with flying colors.

The featherweight competitor took the fight against Healy on just two-weeks notice in a division contested above his natural fighting weight and remained competitive for the majority of the match.

His manager took to MMAWeekly.com to announce thew news.

“I am very happy for Kurt and appreciative of the support and faith that Sean Shelby and the UFC have shown Kurt. I’m excited for Kurt to have the opportunity to showcase his skill and tenacity at his true weight class of 145 pounds and with the benefit of a full camp.”

comments





Related:

About the Author

Pedro Carrasco
- BJPENN.COM MMA News Director
Word Press

A pretty aggressive scuffle, two-missed weights and a former boxing world champion in Mike Tyson…

1.16.12@4:53 PM
Full Story »

By JAKE CHASTAIN | AKA head coach Javier Mendez stopped in shop this past Wednesday…

1.16.12@3:27 PM
Full Story »

By JAKE CHASTAIN | Legendary AKA Coach Javier Mendez joined our boys in shop over…

1.16.12@12:00 PM
Full Story »

By JAKE CHASTAIN | This past Wednesday AKA head coach Javier Mendez joined our boys…

1.16.12@11:30 AM
Full Story »

One of the more highly anticipated bouts on the upcoming UFC 160 card is between…

1.16.12@10:43 AM
Full Story »

In a Wednesday night interview with BJPenn.com Radio, Mike Pyle talked about the art of…

1.16.12@10:42 AM
Full Story »

By JAKE CHASTAIN | Wednesday night our boys over at BJPenn.com Radio invited AKA head…

1.16.12@10:40 AM
Full Story »

As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. An annoyed MMA journalist’s complaint…

1.16.12@10:39 AM
Full Story »

In anticipation of tomorrow’s UFC 160 pay-per-view event the UFC 160 weigh-ins ceremony goes down…

1.16.12@10:36 AM
Full Story »

Earlier this week UFC President Dana White stated during an interview on FUEL TV’s UFC…

1.16.12@10:30 AM
Full Story »

In the UFC 160 pre-fight media scrum Thursday, UFC President Dana White spoke on the…

1.16.12@10:20 AM
Full Story »

UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez, talks about his upcoming title defense against ‘Bigfoot’ Silva this…

1.16.12@10:18 AM
Full Story »

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>