Violent Bob Ross will finally get a chance to paint another canvas in blood when Luis Pena faces Richie Smullen at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale next month.
As expected, the colorful ‘Violent Bob Ross’ will get another crack the the UFC. Late Wednesday, the promotion announced that Luis Pena, he of the Bob Ross hairdo and laid back attitude, would face SBG Ireland’s Richie Smullen at the TUF 27 finale. Both fighters were forced off the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter due to injury.
#TUF27 fighters meet in Vegas.@ViolentBobRoss & @Richie_Smullen join the TUF Finale on July 6th. pic.twitter.com/MOYEoP9JZu
— UFC (@ufc) June 14, 2018
Pena (4-0) defeated Jose Martinez Jr. in the TUF 27 quarter-finals, only to suffer a foot injury that prevented him from continuing on in the show. That saw the 6″3 lightweight favorite on the sidelines for the remainder of the season, but given months have passed since filming, he’s ready to get back in action.
Playing the role of the happy little bush man standing opposite ‘Violent Bob Ross’ will be Richie Smullen. Smullen (3-0-1) was another favorite on TUF 27, only for circumstance to pull him out of his quarterfinal bout. Cramping up badly in both calves just hours before his fight against Allan Zuniga, Smullen was deemed unfit to compete. Zuniga advanced (the visibly upset fighter was granted a knockout bonus by Dana White), and Smullen, like Pena, was left on the outside, looking in.
Hopefully, both men will have better luck when they face off at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on July 6 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
