Rob Yundt Gets Second Chance To Make A First Impression

February 25, 2008

Imagine being an MMA fighter whose ultimate goal is to someday compete for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. You’ve compiled six straight victories in your career and things are starting to look good. You decide to try out for The Ultimate Fighter 7 show but only make it as an alternate. You stay in shape but begin to wonder when your time will come. Then you get a phone call…

Agent: “Hey, listen, you know how Alan Belcher was supposed to fight Ricardo Almeida at UFC 81 in a few days? Well, he has a bad case of bronchitis and had to pull out.”

You: Yeah…and?

Agent: Well, the UFC wants to know if YOU would be willing to replace him?

You: You mean fight on three days notice?

Agent: Yeah.

You: Give me five minutes to pack my bag and I’ll be ready.

While I can’t confirm the conversation between agent Ken Pavia and Rob Yundt went exactly like that I am pretty certain that’s a close enough reenactment of it. Of course, Yundt ended up losing to Almeida in 68 seconds via guillotine choke but, fortunately for him, he recently signed a four-fight contract with the promotion and will get a second chance to make that first impression.

I spoke to Yundt about his UFC debut, his amazing Petey Williams-esque slam during the bout, when he expects to fight next and much more. Take a listen.


Rob Yundt – 02/25/08

  1. 3 Responses to “Rob Yundt Gets Second Chance To Make A First Impression”

  2. That slam was so awesome. I too instantly thought about the good ol’ canadian destroyer.

    Jury is still out on him as a fighter though

    By Dubs on Feb 25, 2008

  3. Given that he was fighting on 3 days notice against a guy who was once considered one of the best at 185 I think he did just fine.

    People forget how good Almeida was. Wins over Chonan, Marquardt, Sasaki, Misaki…not bad.

    By AH on Feb 25, 2008

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