WWE Talent Open To Fighting In UFC

The crossover from professional wrestling to mixed martial arts is far from a guaranteed path, but one WWE superstar is open to fighting in sister company UFC, if the opportunity arises.

Several stars on both sides of the TKO fence have expressed their interest in crossing over, with the latest being WWE’s Montez Ford, with Ford saying the following to Comicbook.com:

“I don’t think people know, but yes, I was in the military and I was also a brown, almost a black belt in the military as well. Now, not only do I have hand-to-hand combat experience, but I got life experience. Bobby [Lashley] said I would do exceedingly well, especially because he knows my training regimen and my drive. He knows by getting some assistance in that area, I should do exceedingly well. I can throw hands with anybody here backstage, including this one [Angelo Dawkins]. I don’t get tired unlike some people. I’m very motivated to do so. I even told Nick Khan, I said, ‘Hey, I know you’re doing all these crossovers, but if you need somebody to do another crossover and step to the octagon, I’ll be that guy.’ 

“I think the weight that people need to be worried about is whatever weight I decide to do, because I’m throwing hands. I put it right here officially on Comicbook right now: If anybody truly feels like if I crossover, that they could just take me down very easily because I’m not so used to this field and UFC, tell ’em to holler at me. As the wrestlers say, for shoot. I’m ready. If they want to do something in the octagon, if they want to place me in a crossover event, WWE versus UFC, I would gladly be that representation. Right now, we don’t have any more representation. I would definitely be the representation,” said Ford.

Whilst Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley successfully transitioned from pro wrestling to MMA, there are a whole host of names who did not, such as CM Punk, Alberto del Rio, and Jushin Liger amongst many others.

WWE has become home to many former UFC fighters such as Ken Shamrock, Ronda Rousey, and Dan Severn, with it revealed recently that UFC’s Derrick Lewis has been speaking with WWE about potentially coming in.