THE RETURN OF ABONGO
March 25th, 2010 | Published in FIGHTER NEWS
Friday March 26th Ron Humphrey AKA, “Abongo” will make his return to the cage and debut as a light heavyweight contender at the Strikeforce Challengers series live on Showtime.
Abongo gained national recognition after he won the heavyweight tournament on the BET mixed martial arts show The Iron Ring. He signed to fight with the EliteXC promotion shortly before its collapse, never officially debuting in a fight.
In April 2009, Humphrey made his debut in the Strikeforce promotion and faced fellow undefeated Heavyweight Brett Rogers. He suffered his first career loss and made the choice to move down to Light Heavyweight where he will fight George Bush III this Friday on the March 26, 2010.
“I’m really looking forward to this fight and giving the fans a good show”, said Abongo, “I’m going in for the finish in this fight and I am ready claim my spot in the light heavy division of Strikeforce.”
Abongo’s coach, Mr. Gary Brown tells us, “I get asked all the time what style of fighter Abongo is and my answer is we train in everything. We don’t classify Abongo as a striker, wrestler or BJJ guy, he is a fighter and we train him to win fights. I have coached a lot of fighters in my day and I have never seen anyone as athletic and powerful as Abongo, he is a natural and we feel good about this fight.”
Check your local cable provider and tune into Showtime to watch Strikeforce Challengers on Friday night!
