Featherweight champ Dennis Buzukja defends title in ROC 75 main event
Interview with Dennis Buzukja above
Louis Neglia and Frankie Perez‘s Dead Serious Promotions kickoff their 2022 Ring of Combat schedule on Friday, February 18th inside the Ballroom at Tropicana Casino and Hotel Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. ROC 75 is headlined by returning 145 lb champion, Dennis “the Great” Buzukja (6-2) defending his title against Josh Rohler (6-4).
Buzukja appeared on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2020 and put on an amazing show. Despite losing on the scorecards, he was very impressive and showed how much heart is inside of his chest. The now 24-year-old has vowed to himself that he will get back and climb even higher the next time he has that opportunity. Training with a host of UFC vets and high level mixed martial artists at Serra-Longo, they never let him forget that it is one fight at a time in this unforgiving sport.
MyMMANews caught up with Buzukja to see his projection for the fight and the rest of 2022. He tells us…
“I’ve gotten to spar and train with Aljo (UFC 135 lb Champ Aljamain Sterling) in the past couple of weeks and I can see and feel my progression. Josh is a wrestler and I expect after he feels my hands on him, that he will be looking for the takedown. I’m ready for anything. This camp has been great and I’m excited to get back in there and work towards my ultimate goal.”
Please click on the video link above to see our full interview
Dennis is joined on the card by fellow Albanian, Armando Gjetja. Armando looks up to Dennis and is always excited to share the locker-room with someone who he respects and feels comfortable talking to about anything. Gjetja is matched-up against Christian Lopez in a classic striker vs striker battle. In the night’s co-main event, the title is on the line as Phil “the Hitman” Caracappa (8-2) takes on James “the Alley Cat” Gonzalez (8-4). Caracappa returns to his roots at ROC where he is the former bantamweight champ. Gonzalez is looking to become a champ-champ as he drops down a weight class. Both of these guys believe they belong at the next level and only one will have their hand raised on this night.
ROC 75 looks like another stacked with talent event and we will be cageside bringing you live results. The card will also be streamed live on FITE.TV
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