Heavyweight newcomer Tyrell Fortune wakes up every day thinking about his professional MMA debut. Obsessive? Maybe, but for the former collegiate wrestler turned fighter, that’s a good thing. “I woke up at 6 o’clock this morning thinking about it, and if anybody knows me, I do not wake up at 6 o’clock in the morning,” Fortune told MMAjunkie. The anticipation is building for the 26-year-old’s Bellator 163 fight with Cody Miskell, who has but one amateur fight on his record, a first-round TKO win. Fortune (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) initially wondered whether the 300-pound fighter could make weight, but his concerns were allayed on Thursday when Miskell (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) clocked in at 263 pounds for the 265-pound fight.
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Tyrell Fortune doesn’t want to be an average wrestler at Bellator 163 – MMA Junkie