Well, don’t act too excited.
When Japanese featherweight Hatsu Hioki officially joined the UFC, we all felt pretty cool for calling that one. We even suggested a first opponent for him in Kenny Florian. Well, turns out the UFC brass doesn’t see things the same way that we do. I’ll pause for you to add your own sarcastic comments.
Rather, Sherdog is reporting that George Roop will be Hioki’s first opponent in the UFC. This fight is scheduled to take place at UFC 137 in Las Vegas. So far, the only other fight to be announced for UFC 137 is the welterweight showdown between Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz and UFC champion Georges St. Pierre. George Roop is 2-1-1 under Zuffa as a featherweight, most recently punching out Josh Grispi at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale back in June.
Yeah, Roop isn’t exactly the guy we would have picked to fight Hioki. But perhaps it makes sense. Hioki was a beast in Japan, but we all know that stuff isn’t real anyway. Time will tell if Hioki dominates this one or if he goes the path of Jorge Santiago.
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seroiusly though i hope this guy really fucks some shit up in the ufc, he truly was a badmutha over in japan. it would be nice to see just how bad roop get fucked up