Former WWE Star Dave Bautista to make MMA debut this October
Posted on July 14, 2012, 10:48 AM by Mike SearsonDave Bautista from the WWE has announced that he will his have first MMA fight this October. Bautista will fight Rashid Evans (not to be confused with Rashad Evans of UFC fame) for CES MMA League at Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on October 6th.
The former wrestler tweeted:
m.tmz.com/article_head.f… I'm making my MMA debut oct 6th live on PPV check it! BOOOOM there's the announcement. Sorry haters!
— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 13, 2012
Bautista has been training in MMA for a few years under Cesar Gracie and Nick Diaz. Bautista was involved in lengthy negotiations with StrikeForce to fight fellow WWE star Bobby Lashley until the MMA promotion was purchased by Zuffa last year and the deal fell apart.
Outside of Professional Wrestling, Bautista has been acting in several action films including the upcoming Quentin Tarrantino film: The Man with the Iron Fist which will feature UFC fighter Cung Le. He opened his own MMA gym in Florida last year.
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Holy shit the media is startig to get his name right
here comes another big jackshow that will beat everyone with no skill, *cough cough* brock lesnar without the wrestling credentials. Eventually hell be hype and fight someone who can put more than 2 punches together correctly and hell get knocked out
Seems like he is putting in the work, dont see any reasont hate, he even opened gym for the commuity
big Batista no fight no any with skill.Bye bye sleepy sleepy Batista no with my sleep on mat like wresseling.Will go back to WWE like Lesnar.Batista and Lesnar complane to both other on MMA fighters to tuf to get win.Batista 1st fight set for him win.After few fights Batista fight some one to good will no win see for with days ha! *facepolm* :-) =
Huh?
co-signed ....wtf HUH?
one interview i saw a while back with dave was someone asking him what he hoped to accomplish in mma, he said "im not thinking like championships, but that he just wanted to establish himself as a legitimate fighter." another was him asking if he would fight fedor back when he was supposed to debut in strikeforce and he said something like "hell no, fedor is the best heavyweight in the world," and hes also recognized his age and starting mma this late. i havnt seen in recent interviews but it his attitude is the same i think he deserves a shot, and at least he startin in the lower leagues, but i wouldnt complain if he got to strikeforce.
At 2:07
Man! If Batista is 6' 6 so the guy in blue must be at least 6' 10 (O_o)
he is about 6'3
I love his attitude. Good Luck.
I initially confused it with Rashad Evans lol. I don't know why that bizarro sh** is funny to me.. anyway umm what skills does Bautista have? Does he have a history of competition? Serious question no joking it's just he's not worth my time on Google.