| Paul Georgieff released from the UFC |
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| Written by Nate Schafer | |||||||||||||||
| Monday, 14 January 2008 14:45 | |||||||||||||||
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According to Sam Caplan at ProElite:
As you may remember, Madison resident Paul Georgieff (7-2) was a contestant on the Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale last month. Georgieff was the only cast member who had to fight a UFC veteran in his UFC debut. His opponent, Jonathan Goulet had an MMA record of (20-9) going into the bout with a UFC record of (2-3). Goulet won the bout with a rear naked choke submission late in the first round. Caplan claimed he believed the cuts were due to the depth of the UFC’s Welterweight Division. There has been no word yet as to whether any other promotions are in the process of picking up the reality show star and signing him to their roster. In any event, I’m sure a number of local organizations would like to get Georgieff signed to do a show and pit him against one of the state’s top welterweight MMA fighters. Wisconsin has a wide array of welterweights that would make for interesting match-ups including Jon Friedland, Caleb Krull, Charles Brown, Jacob Kuester, Donovan Foley, or Jason Allar. Jon “White Trash” Friedland would make an interesting opponent in that he also auditioned to be on the cast of the Ultimate Fighter Season 6. The (14-4) BJJ blackbelt came close to making the final cut but was selected as an alternate for the season. Friedland most recently defeated Derek Abram via first round TKO (Ground and Pound) on the Combat USA: Seasons Beatings show last month. For more information on Paul Georgieff please read my earlier article by clicking here. Wisconsin Combat Sports will keep you posted on Paul Georgieff news and updates as they become available.
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gswahhab
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... i have an opinion that they pit someone they are likely to cut from TUF against the veterans that are kind of in the same situation. kind of like we are giving you both one shot whoever wins is in. |
Mark
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... Yeah, Paul kinda got screwed on that whole deal. I was actually really impressed with how Paul handled teh fight with Goulet. We worked hard on many things and Paul stuck to the plan and was doing well. At one point, he had Goulet stunned and was backing him to the fence with punches. Paul has tekn some time off to relax. During his training for the Goulet fight, Paul was also finsihing his Masters in Structural Engineering and had a lot going on. Now that is all done with, he wants to take some time to himself. He is currently being a ski Bum in Colorado and then is looking to pursue his career using his engineering background. I do believe that they matched Paul against Goulet to "knock" him out of the UFC, which is really too bad. That said, he fought his hardest and we were all very proud of him. |
Nate
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... He can always get a job in engineering, but there are only so many years you can be a fighter. Hopefully he gets a couple good fights in before he decides to do the career thing. I'd hate to see him look back some day when he was so close to making it and regret not giving it a go. Best of luck in either of your futures Paul. |
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