Y’all watch me choke my chicken in Austin,
TX on June 18th!!!!!! 🍗 🐔 🦢Ohh and I cashed out on that Cowboy Oliveira bounty…. 50G’s baby
#dirtybird
#austintx #2022
#fightnight
#webackoutside
#onlyfanshaditfirst pic.twitter.com/1jBfmkWh10— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top)
April 29, 2022
Leave it to the Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipKevin Holland to
turn a standard fight announcement into a big drama show.
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Holland (22-7, 1 NC) released a video on Friday that gave out the
date and location of his next fight, as well as his opponent.
Fighting with someone dressed up as Big Bird wearing roller skates,
Holland declared that he would be taking on Tim Means
(32-12-1, 1 NC) on the unnamed
UFC Fight Night card on June 18. The two will tangle in the
welterweight division at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas,
signaling his return to his adopted state of Texas for the first
time since 2018. It will be the first appearance for Holland in the
Lone Star State since joining the roster later that year.
“Trailblazer” Holland dropped back down to the welterweight
division after a long stretch at 185 pounds, where he competed 13
times inside the Octagon at that weight category. A rough patch of
two defeats and a no contest due to an accidental clash of heads
prompted a move back to welterweight, and he emerged victorious in
that outing by knocking Alex
Oliveira out with elbows in March. Before his shift down in
weight, Holland had a stretch of five straight wins over the likes
of Ronaldo
Souza and Joaquin
Buckley that tied the UFC record for the most victories in a
calendar year.
Like Holland, Means is an entertainer, with the lion’s share of his
career wins – a clean 75% — inside the distance. At 38 years of
age, “The Dirty Bird” has won three fights in a row, for his
longest win streak since he rattled off four straight in 2014 and
2015. In this period, he has beaten Laureano
Staropoli, Mike Perry
and Nicolas
Dalby, all on the scorecards, and after the first two missed
weight by several pounds each.
There is currently no headliner for the UFC Fight Night event on
June 18, one that will be held inside the Frank Erwin Center in
Austin, Texas. Beyond Holland vs. Means, other fights likely to
serve on the main card include a bantamweight clash between
Cody
Stamann and Eddie
Wineland, a lightweight battle pitting Damir
Ismagulov against Guram
Kutateladze, and a middleweight tilt as Julian
Marquez faces off against Gregory
Rodrigues.