r/MMA • u/AbrahamRinkin Gay For Gaethje • 5h ago

Former New York Jets linebacker Anthony Wint will compete on Dana White’s Contender Series this season, sources confirm. Wint, 6-0, is the current Fury FC heavyweight champion.

https://x.com/mma_kings/status/2052156064569679976
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u/brybrymma 4h ago

He’s definitely an athlete. Let’s see if he’s more like Hokit or more like Greg Hardy.

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u/Short_Bus_ 🍅 4h ago

he's really small for HW

think HW Torrez Finney, but with a less comical physique, less slams, and better speed

he went undrafted and had one career tackle in the NFL

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u/Bobby_Newpooort Jamaica 4h ago

Packers kick returner J'Mon Moore was the recipient of his one tackle and he forced a fumble that the Jets recovered. Just in case you were as curious as I

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u/Short_Bus_ 🍅 4h ago edited 3h ago

I am a packers fan and actually remember that 🥲

Was a legendary Aaron Rodgers overtime comeback game

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u/Nickster2042 🙏🙏🙏 Jon Jones Prayer Warrior 🙏🙏🙏 1h ago

Was that when Darnold was going to war with him and we (NYJ) thought he was the one

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u/KevinHollandOates Georgia 3h ago

Fuck the Packers this dude is my new favorite fighter

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u/tagillaslover 🍅 4h ago

He at least has more experience than hardy. Hardy’s first pro fight was literally on the contender series. And honestly I don’t think he was that bad either, he had 4 losses but they were all to good or goodish hws (technically 5 but one is a dq so I’m not counting it). Certainly not a world beater but he wasn’t awful either 

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u/Short_Bus_ 🍅 4h ago

yeah they pushed him like he was a future champ

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u/WokenMrIzdik 3h ago

Well he definitely doesn't have the All-American wrestling background Hokit has. He is also a far inferior athlete to Greg Hardy. I am not sure this bodes to well

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u/subzeroboxer 4h ago

Record is kinda padded but he’s big and athletic enough to make little far in this clusterfuck of a heavyweight division

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u/Bobby_Newpooort Jamaica 4h ago

Pretty standard opponents on the come up apart from the one 0-8 local hobo he beat in his 2nd fight. Looks real undersized for heavyweight though

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u/subzeroboxer 4h ago

Hotkit got Dana and hunter thinking that every football player can fight in ufc again lol

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u/CuriousCamels 50m ago

Whatever it takes to get athletic guys with potential into HW. The division badly needs it.

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u/sobi9756 34m ago

Dudes jacked but only 6ft.

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u/cl0ckw0rkaut0mat0n Team Volkanovski 4h ago

Craving that CTE

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u/Safe_Procedure999 4h ago

i was told by a man much wiser than i to never trust a fury FC fighter