BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Top Of The Heap https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 WSOF 4′s Tyrone Spong finds transition between MMA, kickboxing ‘nothing special’ https://www.badmma.com/wsof-4s-tyrone-spong-finds-transition-between-mma-kickboxing-nothing-special.html https://www.badmma.com/wsof-4s-tyrone-spong-finds-transition-between-mma-kickboxing-nothing-special.html#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 05:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/wsof-4s-tyrone-spong-finds-transition-between-mma-kickboxing-nothing-special.html Just because they’re both combat sports doesn’t mean it should be easy for a kickboxer to give MMA a shot — and have relative ease picking the new sport up. But that’s pretty much how it worked for Tyrone Spong (1-0), who next month fights for just the second time in his pro MMA career – and carries the card for World Series of Fighting 4 as the main event against Angel DeAnda (11-2). Spong’s MMA debut in November at WSOF 1 was so impressive when he knocked out Travis Bartlett in the first round that he went straight to the top of the heap for the Las Vegas-based promotion. “I feel very special that they put me as the main event, and I think it’s also due to the fans,” Spong told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “That card (in November), I wasn’t going to be on the main card – I was going to be on the undercard. But by the demand of the fans, I ended up on the main card. Now I’m in the main event

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WSOF 4′s Tyrone Spong finds transition between MMA, kickboxing ‘nothing special’ – MMA Junkie

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