Jon Koppenhaver May Drop Down To 155
The Ultimate Fighter 6 cast member and fan favorite Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver is eyeing a possible move to the UFC’s 155-pound lightweight division. Koppenhaver revealed the news in a recent MySpace bulletin according to MMA Junkie.
Koppenhaver (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was not an original member of the sixth season of the UFC reality series but was brought in as a replacement when Roman Mitichyan was forced out of the competition as the result of a broken elbow. Koppenhaver was defeated by eventual runner-up Tommy Speer in the opening round of the welterweight tournament but returned on the finale of the season to defeat Jared Rollins in a “Fight of the Year” candidate. Standing nearly six-feet tall, Koppenhaver would hold a distinct height advantage over other lightweight competitors including 5-foot, 9-inch champion BJ Penn and 5-foot, 6-inch contender Sean Sherk.
Following his appearance on the show, Koppenhaver has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. In December he plead guilty to a felony assault charge stemming from a September 2nd incident at a training center in San Diego in which a man was hit in the face and choked unconscious. The plea agreement, which is expected to reduce the crime to a misdemeanor, should allow Koppenhaver to avoid major punishment when he is sentenced later this month.
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war machine would be good at 155 im a big fan of this guy but he needs to get his cardio sorted and to belive in himself more, i worry that he thinks hes going to get beat and thats half the battle lost there, would love to see war kick **** out of danzig haha that would be class
Fight of the year candidate was right. That fight was sick. But the height advantage isn’t necessarily an asset – Fedor easily beat Hong Man Choi, and Corey Hill will never dominate the weight class despite a 302 ft height advantage
just heared bonnar out for 6 month ide put the guy who beat heath in tim boetsch to face hamill?
WHAT????????????? Tell me your kidding Johnboy!
I am glad (kind of) that “EAR” is getting a liter sentence, but hope he learned not to be choking people out on the streets. He would do well at lightweight, but Mac would punish him.
By the way, I am sure I already know this, but who won Fight of the Year? I am sure it differs from place to place, but who won “UFC’s FTOY”
Hey Kris, there is a good poll question-
Not really a big deal, but he didnt lose in the opening round, he lost in the 2nd, just thought i’d throw that out there……
Chris – It was the opening round. Speer faced Saunders in the quarterfinals.
War machine is good fighter, he needs stop being is damn emotional( crying all the damn time).
Dude, they all cry! I would cry if I just beat someone down in front of millions of people and put my heart and soul in trainging for that fight.
I’m not talking about after a fight. Did you see th Ulitmate Fighter show. Every time he was in the interveiw room with the camera, thats all he did was talk about how F up his life is.
You’re right they aired his crying on TV. I am sure quite a few of those guys cried on camera but they probably chose to show TUF viewers his story because it’s a good one. That’s one way to build a fan base. I personally would rather see an emotional fighter than just a robot. But to each his own.
Damon,
Good point
Yea war machine even made VH1’s bext week ever where through out the show they sprinkled his several crying scenes.Pretty funny but im a fan of his!
LOL