Ike “Hurricane” Villanueva (16-10 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Middleweight (185lbs): 3-3 (MMA), Missed weight in 2016
Catchweight (195lbs): 1-0 (MMA)
Light Heavyweight (205lbs): 3-2 (MMA), Missed weight in 2012
Heavyweight (265lbs): 0-1 (UFC), 2-0 (MMA)
Ike is a veteran of the fight game. Villanueva stands at 6’1″ and has a 73″ reach but has had multiple fights at heavyweight. Villanueva’s debut fight was in the heavyweight division a couple of months ago against Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville. Ike weighed 232lbs. for that bout but it did not go his way as his opponent stopped him in the second round with elbows and punches. Villanueva predominately fights at 205lbs. at this point in his career, now 36 years old, but he has fought at catchweight bouts in the 190lbs. range and a few middleweight bouts as well.
For UFC Vegas 7, Ike Villanueva will put his former heavyweight frame, in the light heavyweight division against a man in Jordan Wright, that has already received a Contender Series shot in the middleweight division.
