Vagnar Rocha back on short notice at UFC 172

[Leprousy]

Just saw it on newsfeed. My old BJJ / Judo instructor while he was still at Pablo Popovitch's school. Good luck Vagner!!! At work, no source. Sorry!

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[JKS]

Yes....read this yesterday.

 

[RankingMMA]

Surprised he got the call back after his last fight with Brookins. Looks like he won a few on the regional circuit. Ellenberger is coming off a long layoff, so Vagner has a shot to win.

 

[RankingMMA]

A lot of guys floating around at 155 that the UFC could have signed...

Ronys Torres
Lowen Tynanes
Gilbert Burns
Islam Makhachev
Marcus Edwards
Mansour Barnaoui
Scott Holtzman

 

[Leprousy]

Sorry. Didn't know it was posted...

 

[Da Speeit]

HOW DARE YOU TS.
How dare you


But really, Vagner seemed like a nice guy. Glad hes getting a second shot

 

[Leprousy]

Yeah I don't check the forums too often and didn't see it on the frontpage, so I was just trying to share hehe.

 

[tom aint short]

They should bring brookins back only lost to very good guys in the UFC. Always liked him. His KO of Rocha was nice.

 

[RankingMMA]

They should bring brookins back only lost to very good guys in the UFC. Always liked him. His KO of Rocha was nice.

He's fighting at 125 lbs. now...crazy

 

[tom aint short]

Holy shit that is crazy. He beat Michael Johnson (who's looking very good right now) at LW. I would think he would be skinny as shit at FlW, he always seemed kind of tall to me for the lighter divisions.

 

[Dontevenguess93]

Rocha is a gamer. Fought Cowboy Cerrone on his debut on one week notice, made it to decision. Now he's stepping up against Ellenberger.

 

[RankingMMA]

Rocha is a gamer. Fought Cowboy Cerrone on his debut on one week notice, made it to decision. Now he's stepping up against Ellenberger.

You do realize this is against Jake Ellenberger's brother, Joe, right?

Definitely props to Rocha for stepping up and fighting Cerrone. He definitely showed his toughness that night.

 

[Arkridge]

All I can remember about the guy is him getting stuffed, reversed and KO'd by Jonathan Brookins all in a matter of like 15 seconds.

 

[omawho402]

You do realize this is against Jake Ellenberger's brother, Joe, right?

Definitely props to Rocha for stepping up and fighting Cerrone. He definitely showed his toughness that night.

True true. Jake Ellenberger did fight a Rocha. Carlos Eduardo Rocha, if I reclal right.

 

[Raylan]

Rocha is a gamer. Fought Cowboy Cerrone on his debut on one week notice, made it to decision. Now he's stepping up against Ellenberger.

How the hell did he make it to a decision against Cerrone again? I remember thinking that Rocha had some of the worst striking i've ever seen during his UFC run.

 

[Dontevenguess93]

How the hell did he make it to a decision against Cerrone again? I remember thinking that Rocha had some of the worst striking i've ever seen during his UFC run.

He is tough, Cerrone landed a ufc record 49 leg kicks on him but he made it.

It's also because once he realized he couldn't hold Cowboy down he did a pretty decent job of focusing surviving. It ain't the same as a guy like Barboza who was trying to win and take Cowboys head off you know.

 

[Turtleguard]

As a BJJ guy I support Rocha, hope he does well.