Teaching gig forces Kennedy to turn down Machida
UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy was forced to turn down a fight with Lyoto Machida when military teaching jobs intervened on his schedule.
UFC fighter and US soldier Tim Kennedy had to miss fight with Lyoto Machida because of prior engagements, including a teaching gig at a military urban combat course.
Kennedy (18-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) on Monday told MMAjunkie the promotion wanted the two to fight in February at an unnamed event, bringing him into Machida’s (22-7 MMA, 14-7 UFC) orbit once again after an ill-fated booking in 2013 and public snipes that failed to produce a meeting.
This time around, Kennedy said his schedule is to blame, with a personal defense workshop set for February in his hometown of Austin, Texas, in addition to a teaching gig at a military urban combat course.
Kennedy said he didn’t care whether the UFC had moved on from the matchup, but added, I still want Vitor Belfort.
The former UFC champ and perennial contender knocked out Dan Henderson this past month at UFC Fight Night 77, prompting another round of call-outs from Kennedy, one of his loudest critics during his time as a public user of the now-banned testosterone-replacement therapy.
