Subsequent to being dropped by the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit five years prior, Metamora High School graduate Kenny Robertson is back with the UFC and on a roll.
Robertson spent the main segment of his UFC life working two jobs while he worked his normal everyday employment as a woodshop educator at Metamora. At that point he took a classroom break to concentrate on battling.
The outcomes have paid off. Robertson has won three of his last four battles and is on the principle card for "UFC Fight Night: Hidalgo," Saturday on Fox Sports 1, against Roan Carneiro. Broadcast of the preparatory sessions starts at 7 p.m. The session will be Robertson's second since taking his break from educating.
In the wake of losing his introduction in February 2011 to Mike Pierce, Robertson was dropped from the advancement before returning in July 2012 and losing his second session to Aaron Simpson by consistent choice.
"The first was the primary battle, I don't know whether I was the distance arranged for it," Robertson said. "The second battle I got called finally and wasn't fit as a fiddle for the battle. Other than those, whatever remains of my battles I have either ruled or had greatly close battles. It's simply being set up for the battle and that is the thing that I've possessed the capacity to do the last six battles."
The rough begin, which was exacerbated by wounds, was insufficient to dissuade Robertson, who lives in East Peoria and trains in Germantown Hills at the Human Performance Lab.
As a wrestler at Eastern Illinois University, Robertson was no more interesting to wounds. Between his lesser and senior years, he tore the foremost cruciate tendon in his right knee. As a star contender, he tore his left ACL, yet he never lost confidence in himself.
"I had ACL surgery when I was in school," he said, so "I knew to what extent it would take. It was dependably an arrangement to get back. There wasn't any uncertainty that I could do it."
At EIU, Robertson was a three-time NCAA Tournament qualifier and a Western Regional Conference finalist four times, a champion twice.
His wrestling foundation is imperative to his prosperity as a UFC warrior. The foundation helped him procure a $50,000 reward with the "Accommodation of the Night" on Feb. 23, 2013, utilizing a variety of the stretch kneebar.
"My style of wrestling sort of transitioned well from the Jiu Jitsu part," Robertson said. "To the extent battles: figuring out how to strike. That just took some time."
Robertson credits individual EIU alum Matt Hughes for his move shape the mat to the octagon. As an EIU understudy, Robertson watched Hughes protect his UFC title. At the point when Hughes came back to Charleston, the twosome worked out together. Robertson said he won't not have had a future in UFC notwithstanding Hughes.
"He would return and wrestle and after that I went down to prepare at his exercise center when he had a rec center, so we prepared before," Robertson said. "There's not that numerous UFC warriors in Illinois, particularly in the southern range."
Robertson enters "Battle Night: Hidalgo" with a 4-4 UFC record and is 15-4 generally speaking. Carneiro is 20-10, with a notoriety of being predisposied to move the match to the ground, which additionally benefits Robertson.
"He's solid, athletic. He's better than average on the ground," Robertson said. "He certainly likes to get the match on the ground, which I wouldn't fret."
Robertson spent the main segment of his UFC life working two jobs while he worked his normal everyday employment as a woodshop educator at Metamora. At that point he took a classroom break to concentrate on battling.
The outcomes have paid off. Robertson has won three of his last four battles and is on the principle card for "UFC Fight Night: Hidalgo," Saturday on Fox Sports 1, against Roan Carneiro. Broadcast of the preparatory sessions starts at 7 p.m. The session will be Robertson's second since taking his break from educating.
In the wake of losing his introduction in February 2011 to Mike Pierce, Robertson was dropped from the advancement before returning in July 2012 and losing his second session to Aaron Simpson by consistent choice.
"The first was the primary battle, I don't know whether I was the distance arranged for it," Robertson said. "The second battle I got called finally and wasn't fit as a fiddle for the battle. Other than those, whatever remains of my battles I have either ruled or had greatly close battles. It's simply being set up for the battle and that is the thing that I've possessed the capacity to do the last six battles."
The rough begin, which was exacerbated by wounds, was insufficient to dissuade Robertson, who lives in East Peoria and trains in Germantown Hills at the Human Performance Lab.
As a wrestler at Eastern Illinois University, Robertson was no more interesting to wounds. Between his lesser and senior years, he tore the foremost cruciate tendon in his right knee. As a star contender, he tore his left ACL, yet he never lost confidence in himself.
"I had ACL surgery when I was in school," he said, so "I knew to what extent it would take. It was dependably an arrangement to get back. There wasn't any uncertainty that I could do it."
At EIU, Robertson was a three-time NCAA Tournament qualifier and a Western Regional Conference finalist four times, a champion twice.
His wrestling foundation is imperative to his prosperity as a UFC warrior. The foundation helped him procure a $50,000 reward with the "Accommodation of the Night" on Feb. 23, 2013, utilizing a variety of the stretch kneebar.
"My style of wrestling sort of transitioned well from the Jiu Jitsu part," Robertson said. "To the extent battles: figuring out how to strike. That just took some time."
Robertson credits individual EIU alum Matt Hughes for his move shape the mat to the octagon. As an EIU understudy, Robertson watched Hughes protect his UFC title. At the point when Hughes came back to Charleston, the twosome worked out together. Robertson said he won't not have had a future in UFC notwithstanding Hughes.
"He would return and wrestle and after that I went down to prepare at his exercise center when he had a rec center, so we prepared before," Robertson said. "There's not that numerous UFC warriors in Illinois, particularly in the southern range."
Robertson enters "Battle Night: Hidalgo" with a 4-4 UFC record and is 15-4 generally speaking. Carneiro is 20-10, with a notoriety of being predisposied to move the match to the ground, which additionally benefits Robertson.
"He's solid, athletic. He's better than average on the ground," Robertson said. "He certainly likes to get the match on the ground, which I wouldn't fret."
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