TJ Grant Signs With The UFC, To Debut Against Ryo Chonan at UFC 97
TJ Grant
Canadian welterweight TJ Grant has signed a four-fight deal with the UFC and will make his promotional debut in his home country on April 18th in Montreal against Ryo Chonan.
Grant revealed the news in a recent interview with Sherdog.
Grant (13-2), who has fought exclusively in Canada with a variety of promotions including TKO and King of the Cage, holds recent victories over UFC veterans Chad Reiner and Forrest Petz and has lost just once in his last eight bouts.
Chonan (16-8) is a PRIDE and DEEP veteran who has gone just 1-2 since debuting in the UFC in late-2007. “The Piranha”, who defeated current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in 2004, rebounded from his UFC debut loss to Karo Parisyan with a split decision victory over Roan Carneiro in September, but was again defeated in December, suffering a unanimous decision loss to Brad Blackburn.
Though Grant has agreed to the 170-pound matchup Chonan has not yet made the bout official.
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Tags: Ryo Chonan, TJ Grant
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Nice to see another homegrown Canadian boy getting a crack at the UFC. Although he’s essentially beaten “nobodies”, his win over IQMMA middleweight champ Lamarche was impressive. I’ve seen Lamarche fight and am going to see him again tonight on a Native reserve, and that guy’s a beast (and speaking of beasts, Severn’s going to be fighting tonight as well!!!!!)
Grant’s a workhorse, and Chonan’s an enigma, so this should be a good fight.
my muay thai trainer! good luck TJ