News Jordan "The Monkey King" Leavitt vs. Matt Sayles set for upcoming UFC Event, Dec. 18th

[Gio]

"A pair of UFC lightweights will be looking to get back into the win column at the end of the year."




"On Saturday, Sayles announced on his Instagram that he will be fighting Jordan Leavitt on December 18 at a yet-to-be-announced UFC event. Leavitt would confirm the booking on his own Instagram account shortly after.

"After having an excellent 2020, Leavitt (8-1) suffered his first professional loss in his last outing. In June, he lost a unanimous decision to Claudio Puelles. Before his loss, he went 4-0 in 2020, in which he won a UFC contract on season four of Dana White’s Contender Series and then viciously knocked out and retired Matt Wiman."

"By the time Sayles (8-3) enters the octagon in December, it will be more than two years since he last competed. In his last outing, he was submitted by Bryce Mitchell via the ultra-rare twister. Sayles will be moving up to lightweight after going 1-2 in the featherweight division."

Here's the lineup for the Dec. 18 card so far:

• Amanda Lemos vs. Nina Ansaroff
• Anthony Hernandez vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
• Don’Tale Mayes vs. Josh Parisian
• Raphael Assunção vs. Ricky Simón
• Gerald Meerschaert vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov
• Jordan Leavitt vs. Matt Sayles

@Ares Black your boy is back.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Pretty low level fight tbh.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Pretty low level fight tbh.

I think it might be one of those “loser leaves town” type of things

 

[H41ph_84k3d]

Yeah, Leavitt looked good against Matt Wiman.

 

[EndlessCritic]

Abus Magomedov got signed to the UFC?!?

(He was favoured to win the inaugural PFL middleweight tournament in 2018, and shockingly got KO'ed in the finals. He's only fought twice since.)

Very tough fight for Meerschaert.

 

[Gio]

Yeah, Leavitt looked good against Matt Wiman.

Yeah, vicious slam. I can almost feel the pain just watching that gif

<{CMPALM}>

 

[Gio]

Abus Magomedov got signed to the UFC?!?

(He was favoured to win the inaugural PFL middleweight tournament in 2018, and shockingly got KO'ed in the finals. He's only fought twice since.)

Very tough fight for Meerschaert.

Yep, here's the link of the thread buddy.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/...-magomedov-set-for-ufc-event-dec-18th.4205037

And yeah, he was +500 against Muradov. This is not his first rodeo

 

[Ares Black]

Leavitt broke my damn heart with that tepid performance against Puelles. He should be able to handle Sayles pretty easily, but not if he fights like he did in his last fight.

I still like the guy and I hope he does well. He's a dork, and I appreciate that.

 

[svmr_db]

The Monkey King's fundamentals looked pretty shoddy in his last fight, hopefully he has leveled up in training since then.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Leavitt broke my damn heart with that tepid performance against Puelles. He should be able to handle Sayles pretty easily, but not if he fights like he did in his last fight.

I still like the guy and I hope he does well. He's a dork, and I appreciate that.

Sayles managed to get himself twistered at UFC level, so that should give Leavitt hope.

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

Hope he makes it into another wwe style match.

 

[Substance Abuse]

I don't like the "Monkey King". I just don't. Sue me, lol.

 

[Ares Black]

Sayles managed to get himself twistered at UFC level, so that should give Leavitt hope.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Hopefully Leavitt has been working on the holes in his game.

 

[Ares Black]

I don't like the "Monkey King". I just don't. Sue me, lol.

 

[Gio]

Leavitt broke my damn heart with that tepid performance against Puelles. He should be able to handle Sayles pretty easily, but not if he fights like he did in his last fight.

I still like the guy and I hope he does well. He's a dork, and I appreciate that.

He's actually one of my picks for Paddy Pimblett's next opponent so I hope he wins. Style wise and personality wise, I think that would be an interesting and entertaining fight to see

 

[Substance Abuse]

 

[Hellowhosthat]

He's actually one of my picks for Paddy Pimblett's next opponent so I hope he wins. Style wise and personality wise, I think that would be an interesting and entertaining fight to see

I could see them making that, it's a pretty favourable match for Paddy style wise if they want him to string some wins together.

 

[Dude Incredible]

Leavitt creeps me the fuck out. The weird controlled smile thing he does isn't okay. Still root for him because he is articulate and seemingly a deep thinker but if they find bodies in the floorboards I won't be surprised.

 

[Gio]

I don't like the "Monkey King". I just don't. Sue me, lol.

Oh c'mon.

He's fabulous.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Oh c'mon.

He's fabulous.

He just really grinds my gears, lol.