Subsequent to being dropped by the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit five years prior, Metamora Township High School graduate Kenny Robertson is back with the UFC and on a roll.
Robertson — 4-4 in his UFC vocation and 15-4 by and large — spent the primary part of his UFC life as a woodshop instructor at MTHS before taking a break from the classroom to concentrate on the UFC.
The outcomes have paid off. Robertson has won three of his last four battles and is on the primary card for UFC Fight Night: Hidalgo, Sept. 17 on Fox Sports 1 against Roan Carneiro.
His battle at UFC Fight Night might be his second since taking a rest from educating.
In the wake of losing his presentation in February of 2011 to Mike Pierce, Robertson was dropped from the advancement before returning in July of 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 is left of my battles I have either overwhelmed or had to a great degree 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 stop 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 year, he tore his right front cruciate tendon. As an expert warrior, he tore his left ACL, however he never lost confidence in himself.
"I had ACL surgery when I was in school between my lesser and senior year, 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," Robertson said.
At EIU, Robertson was a three-time NCAA Tournament qualifier and a Western Regional Conference Finalist four times, including ahead of all comers as a lesser and a senior.
His wrestling foundation is imperative to his prosperity as a UFC warrior. The foundation helped him acquire "Accommodation of the Night" on Feb. 23, 2013 — a $50,000 reward — with a variety of the stretch kneebar, however his prosperity was additionally met with developing torments.
"My style of wrestling sort of transitioned well from the Jiu Jitsu part. To the extent battles: figuring out how to strike. That just took some time," Robertson said.
Robertson credits individual EIU graduate Matt Hughes for his move frame the mat to the octagon. Amid Hughes' chance as a champion in the UFC, Robertson reviews his time as an understudy watching Hughes battle.
At the point when Hughes came back to Charleston, the pair worked out in spite of never going to school in the meantime. In the event that it were not for Hughes, Robertson said, the UFC may have never happened.
"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 contenders in Illinois, particularly in the southern zone."
Carneiro enters Fight Night: Hidalgo with a 20-10 record and an inclination 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 unquestionably likes to get the match on the ground, which I wouldn't fret."
Robertson — 4-4 in his UFC vocation and 15-4 by and large — spent the primary part of his UFC life as a woodshop instructor at MTHS before taking a break from the classroom to concentrate on the UFC.
The outcomes have paid off. Robertson has won three of his last four battles and is on the primary card for UFC Fight Night: Hidalgo, Sept. 17 on Fox Sports 1 against Roan Carneiro.
His battle at UFC Fight Night might be his second since taking a rest from educating.
In the wake of losing his presentation in February of 2011 to Mike Pierce, Robertson was dropped from the advancement before returning in July of 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 is left of my battles I have either overwhelmed or had to a great degree 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 stop 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 year, he tore his right front cruciate tendon. As an expert warrior, he tore his left ACL, however he never lost confidence in himself.
"I had ACL surgery when I was in school between my lesser and senior year, 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," Robertson said.
At EIU, Robertson was a three-time NCAA Tournament qualifier and a Western Regional Conference Finalist four times, including ahead of all comers as a lesser and a senior.
His wrestling foundation is imperative to his prosperity as a UFC warrior. The foundation helped him acquire "Accommodation of the Night" on Feb. 23, 2013 — a $50,000 reward — with a variety of the stretch kneebar, however his prosperity was additionally met with developing torments.
"My style of wrestling sort of transitioned well from the Jiu Jitsu part. To the extent battles: figuring out how to strike. That just took some time," Robertson said.
Robertson credits individual EIU graduate Matt Hughes for his move frame the mat to the octagon. Amid Hughes' chance as a champion in the UFC, Robertson reviews his time as an understudy watching Hughes battle.
At the point when Hughes came back to Charleston, the pair worked out in spite of never going to school in the meantime. In the event that it were not for Hughes, Robertson said, the UFC may have never happened.
"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 contenders in Illinois, particularly in the southern zone."
Carneiro enters Fight Night: Hidalgo with a 20-10 record and an inclination 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 unquestionably likes to get the match on the ground, which I wouldn't fret."
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