With T.J. Grant Injured, Efrain Escudero Returns to Face Jacob Volkmann at UFC 141
by Scott Haber on Dec 6, 2011 6:00 PM EST
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With UFC lightweight, T.J. Grant suffering an injury in training, a former Ultimate Fighter winner has gotten the call to return to the UFC and replace him in a fight against Jacob Volkmann at UFC 141. As announced on UFC.com this afternoon, TUF Season 8 champion, Efrain Escudero, will once against step foot in the Octagon and face Volkmann on December 30th:
TJ Grant has been forced to withdraw from UFC 141 due to an injury, according to UFC president Dana White. Stepping in to replace him will be TUF 8 winner Efrain Escudero, making his return to the UFC against Jacob Volkmann. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the new match.
Escudero was only the second TUF winner to be released by the UFC after a submission loss to Charles Oliveira in late 2010, a bout in which Escudero also came in 4 pounds overweight, which likely contributed to the UFC's decision to release him, since Escudero still had a winning UFC record of 3-2 at the time. Since then, Escudero has stayed active and successful on the regional scene, going 5-1 and most recently, choking out Cesar Avila at Bellator 55 last month. Escudero-Volkmann will likely remain on the preliminary card for UFC 141.
Efrain "Hecho en Mexico" Escudero (18-3)
W Cesar Avila (submission) - Bellator 55
W Mike Rio (unam. decision) - CFA 2
L Fabricio Camoes (unam. decision) - TPF 9
Jacob "Christmas" Volkmann (13-2)
W Danny Castillo (unam. decision) - UFC on Versus 5
W Antonio McKee (split decision) - UFC 125
W Paul Kelly (unam. decision) - UFC on Versus 2
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Escudero also missed weight against Cole Miller but made it on the 2nd try
Volkmann by UD. I guess with Efrain coming in on short notice they’ll give him another fight W or L but I don’t see how he wins this.
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Volkman by UD he has the ability to take and hold Escudero down
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Yep.
It’s going to be an ugly as hell fight though. Volkmann is pretty boring.
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him and nik lentz would be a might mma tag team
add in Fitch and you have yourself the most powerful stable of ALL TIME
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Lentz vs. Volkmann is a must
Clearly it would just be a kickboxing war!
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what do you see happening in Lentz-Bocek?
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by John Danaher's Hair on Dec 6, 2011 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
Lentz taking Bocek down and pounding him out.
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by MicahtheCynic on Dec 6, 2011 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
I think Volkmann wins it.
I’m a fan of the guy.
He put on a pretty gutsy performance against Paulo Thiago…so it sucked seeing him drop his 2nd in a row(and on short notice no less) against Kampmann.
I really like that he has put together such a good win streak since he moved down to LW and hope he keeps it up.
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Volkmann at Lightweight and Claude Patrick at Welterweight are two fighters that have been quietly putting together win streaks on the prelims. I think that Volkmann should win this with his wrestling, but Escudero isn’t a bad wrestler himself. However, he is taking the fight on short notice, and isn’t always consistent.
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Bellator sues Escudero and/or Zuffa in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1
Sam Caplan is a sneaky bastard. It seems like every time a guy thinks he is free to sign elsewhere, Bellator drops the hammer on him and claims he is still their property.
Efrain didn't fight in the tournament, so he might not be bound to any clause
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Escudero
better not blow his second chance wad.
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I don't get it.
Since he’s from Sonora, and I’m from Sonora, I feel like I should write a totally biased, pathetic post explaining y’all not only why he’s gonna win, but also why he’s a credible threat to the title and basically has it in his back pocket (no disrespect to Frankie Edgar), and be a hall of famer… … …but I’m no Michael Bisping.
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by Unabomberman on Dec 6, 2011 6:58 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
That really sucks.
I was really looking forward to Grant-Volkman.
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by John Danaher's Hair on Dec 6, 2011 7:01 PM EST reply actions
Next fight assuming that they both win their next fights should be Volkman-Lentz then they should be one fight away from a contender fight then after they fight someone like Miller, Guida, Guilard, Maynard, they should get a shot at thew Title, assuming all this happens they way I imagined.
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I dont know how they feel about fighting each other. Especially with seemingly endless other options for each of them.
penis head kick me...
by Earl Montclair on Dec 6, 2011 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
Man
What the fuck are these people talking about? Volkmann vs Lentz would never happen. That’s like the fourth dude to call for it. How random.
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That fight is as likely as a Minnesota Vikings win streak.
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Volkmann about to be on one of the least impressive 4 fight win streaks in UFC history.
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Keep em coming, you guys are on fire.
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most def fight of the year potential! lmao
by biggant on Dec 6, 2011 9:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Glad
To see Efrain back. With the right training and dieting he’s a decent fighter. Volkmann dropping to lightweight was (and i don’t say this for many fighters due to so many damn lightweights already) a great career move.
Lotta hating Volkmann and Lentz, but anyone that actually watched Lentz’s last fight (against Oliveira) or Volkmann’s last fight (against Castillo) knows better. Both of those fights were OUTSTANDING.
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by BVandDietPepsi on Dec 7, 2011 3:42 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I can’t remember the fight, but wasn’t Lentz’s fight against Waylon Lowe exciting as hell too? He’s on a two fight awesome streak.
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Nik Lentz is very exciting when he’s losing.
by discoandherpes on Dec 7, 2011 6:14 AM EST up reply actions
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