Captain America 93 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 Rather than focus on wrestlers who play football on a wrestling forum why not focus on a sport that is more closely related to wrestling and has equal if not more Bling man for man.Coture ,Lesner ,Edger,Henderson,Many Many more started as wrestlers .Even Shamrock from way back was a High School wrestler . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmiller13 14 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 There are few Ky boys that are equally good at MMA Deck brothers, Miller twins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain America 93 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 Last I heard ,Cody Miskell Grant County's first state Qualifier was having a go at MMA and doing well,ATM a former Ohio Naga Youth Champ and SAM a former nationally ranked Naga competitor .Im sure there are a lot more in KY who participate and who will make the change after wrestling in HS and or College . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FalconWrestling 147 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 Robbie Browning haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tja 150 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 Thomas Campbell from Ft Campbell was and is a pretty decent fighter Steven Derr from Calloway County fought on Strikeforce XFC and ONEfc cards same organization Ben Askren fights for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBearPig 3 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 Tyler Voth is out at team alpha male with TJ dillashaw and Uriah Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tja 150 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 That's awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jwoo160 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2015 This list would be almost endless wrestlings prolly the best base for mma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
385 109 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 ^ Woelsifer in the house. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim 2 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Jon bones jones wrestled high school maybe college as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FalconWrestling 147 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Jon bones jones wrestled high school maybe college as well JUCO I believe, could be wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tja 150 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 He was a juco national champ or all american Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyotto 381 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Matt Hamill comes to mind. Also, Lance Palmer (4x Ohio H.S. D1 state champ, 4x AA at Ohio State). I believe Ben Askren is still at it. 2x Hodge winner, 2x Nat Champ. Matt Hughes was a badazz. Wrestling relates well to MMA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
385 109 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Jon Jones was a JUCO runner up. Want to see a list of wrestlers who excel at MMA? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_UFC_fighters About 80% of that list Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tja 150 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=O2r3VNuJCsuCsQTz1oK4BA&url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2014/04/24/championship-fighter-jon-jones-got-start-at-iowa-central/8113525/&ved=0CCgQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNH1YfamadWVvP_ERz_JUEvlD7AeVA&sig2=fZONZq09xD6HvikDokl2Fg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tja 150 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Urijah Faber wrestled at UC Davis Chad Mendes wrestled for Cal Poly the majority of fighters at team alpha male one of the better fight camps have wrestling backgrounds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmiller13 14 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Chuck Liddell is noteworthy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain America 93 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Hamill for sure wins over Tito and Jardine , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FalconWrestling 147 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 There is only one UFC Champion without a wrestling background (Fabrico Werdum) and if Cain Velasquez wins the unification fight everyone will have wrestling backgrounds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyotto 381 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 There is only one UFC Champion without a wrestling background (Fabrico Werdum) and if Cain Velasquez wins the unification fight everyone will have wrestling backgrounds Great stat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBearPig 3 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Do aldo and Pettis have wrestling backgrounds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tja 150 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Aldo has a soccer back ground Pettis I'm not sure about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FalconWrestling 147 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Jose does not, for some reason I forgot about him which is bad because he is one of my favorite fighters. Jose is a BJJ guy with great kickboxing, Chad Mendes has a wrestling background but I don't think Mendes will ever beat Jose. Pettis has a very small wrestling background Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyotto 381 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Can't believe I didn't mention two of my favorites. Gray Maynard and Rashad Evans. Teammates/roommates and AAs while at Michigan State. Maynard moved from Nevada (I think) to Ohio and wrestled 2 yrs for St Eds. Won a title senior year. Josh Koscheck is another wrestler (Edinboro?) turned MMA stud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southern145 3 Report post Posted March 5, 2015 Johnny Hendricks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
