UFC 121: Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Ryan Jensen
Spike TV will show two undercard fights from UFC 121 on Saturday, October 23. The second of the two fights will pit Court McGee against Ryan Jensen.
McGee will return to the octagon for the first time since winning The Ultimate Fighter this past June. He won the crown by submitting Kris McCray via rear-naked choke in the second round. The submission was also good enough to earn McGee “Submission of the Night.”
The win against McCray was McGee’s sixth in a row. He has amassed a 12-1 record in his career with six of his wins coming by submission. His lone loss was by unanimous decision against Jeremy Horn at the Ultimate Combat Experience in December of 2007.
Ryan Jensen has been competing in MMA since 1997. He has compiled a 15-6 record in the timeframe and is 2-4 in UFC fights. Jensen is 2-2 in his last four fights. He lost to Wilson Gouveia at UFC Fight Night 19 and to Mark Muñoz at UFC 108. Both losses came by way of submission. In his most recent fight, he defeated Jesse Forbes with a guillotine choke submission 66 seconds into the first round.
As the winner of a popular reality show, McGee comes into the fight with a lot of hype. Jensen isn’t concerned about the hype or about McGee’s strong record and believes he can win back-to-back UFC fights for the first time. “I’m not really worried about this dude at all technically,” said Jensen. “He hasn’t fought anybody tough.”