Al-Hassan Set To Face Kingsbury at UFC 104
Kyle Kingsbury
Light heavyweights Razak Al-Hassan and Kyle Kingsbury have agreed to face one another at UFC 104 in October at the Staples Center in L.A. Both fighters will be looking to rebound after suffering defeat in their last outings, or potentially face being cut by the UFC. The formal contracts for Al-Hassan vs. Kingsbury have yet to be signed, but should be soon, according to MMAWeekly who first reported the match up.
Al-Hassan was last in action at “UFC Fight for the Troops” where he suffered defeat at the hands of Steve Cantwell. In the bout Cantwell locked in a tight arm bar that he used to eventually hyper-extend Al-Hassan’s elbow, since he would not tap. The resulting injury kept Al-Hassan out of action until he was cleared by doctors to resume training, which took place recently.
Kingsbury appeared on season eight of “The Ultimate Fighter” where he was defeated by eventual winner Ryan Bader. He was then brought back as a replacement for an injured fighter, only to be defeated Krzysztof Soszynski. Despite the two losses Kingsbury on “The Ultimate Fighter” Kingsbury made his official UFC debut at “The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale” where he was out wrestled by fellow “The ultimate Fighter” cast mate Tom Lawlor.
Also rumored for UFC 104 is Lyoto Machida’s first light heavyweight title defense against challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Tags: Kyle Kingsbury, Razak Al-Hassan
Loading ...
Gota go with Al-Hassan in this one. He was sick in KOTC.
kingsbury is one of the luckiest fighters goin, he lost his coming in fight on tuf, got brought back in, lost again, than got a shot on the tuf finale, lost that and now he’s being given another shot. he’s really not very good, no idea who will win this, anybody any idea? besides figs.
Ya he must be related to Dana or something.
Il go with Razak for sure. I dont feel that Kyle is realy that good in any area. Where as Al-Hassan has pretty deccent strikes, which is what I think will be the difference maker.
i’m guessing this is very bottom of the card material
Al-Hassan is a very good striker. He was putting it to Cantwell before he got taken down. Since Kingsbury is not the best grappler in the world I see him standing with Al and getting beat near to death.
Is it safe to assume that the loser of the Al-Hassan – Kingsbury fight will be cut by the UFC?
The two strikes and out policy seems to be applied unevenly at best.
definetly, the loser is definetly cut, i’m very suprised kingsbury isnt already cut
If you read my first paragraph in the article, you can see what I think about that possibility. Usually the UFC gives new fighters a four fight contract with a “must get a win in the first two fights” clause, Mike C. seems to have been the only exception to that rule (as far as non-stars go, Henderson lost his first two) since he went 1-1 and still found himself on the outside looking in.
completely wrong no name fighters are always givin a 2 fight contract and they must win the second fight.
No, you’re wrong.
Brian Cobb, Neil Grove, Stefan Struve, and Denis Stojnic all were given four fight contracts with a clause that they must win in the first two to continue on in that contract. And that’s just off the top of my head without doing any research into the other initial contracts fighters have been given.
its like justin said newbie fighters who arent a big name coming over from another organization are in the must win one in their first two fights or their cut situation. if the guy loses his first two like hendo did, but is a huge draw/name then they get the benefit of the doubt. plus when the guy is in the top 10 in his division and still drops two in a row you have to let him slide, shoot facing two top 5 guys in any division and being expected to win one out of two fights is hard as hell, just ask hendo. he lost to rampage and anderson. not that many people have beaten either guy, also wandy has lost 3 out of 4. theres so much pressure on young guys/inexperienced guys to win in the ufc, but they are facing guys in the exact same position they are in which is win or find a new job.
if a guy comes out and doesnt quit and is pressing the action the entire fight, win or lose they stay because they are “exciting” and the ufc can count on them to put on a show. they may not be the most gifted in any one aspect, but if a guy never quits and always shows up they will/should have a spot on the ufc roster. i.e. forrest, guida, wandy, leben[these are not the only guys that do this]. I have yet to see a chris leben fight where the guy quits and gives up, he may take a beating but he keeps coming at you, just like the other guys.
with the absence of pride there really isnt another top level place where guys can get experience against world class talent. sure there is strikeforce and dream, but if you take any champion from any division out of those two and put them in the ufc they cant hang with the top 5 in the ufc. possible exceptions are fedor, barnett, overreem. there is a big gap between the talent in other organizations and the ufc. a few years ago the best in the ufc got murdered in pride, now the tables have turned.
Ya the UFC has completely monopolized the talent pool of MMA. And I love it.
Is it just me or is this a pretty random picture of Kingsbury.
Drop Jason MacDonald who is exciting and keep these guys.. not the best management IMO
(No fighter bashing. -Justin)