Grayson Wells

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Grayson Wells on Unified MMA 45 title fight and being on A Million Little Things

Grayson Wells challenges Christian Larsen in a rematch for the heavyweight title at Unified MMA 45 on May 27th.

I spoke with Wells ahead of this high-stakes championship sequel and excerpts from our conversation are below.

Grayson Wells

Being featured as an actor on the ABC broadcasted season finale of A Million Little Things

“Well, it came through my agent. I have a pretty solid agent out in Vancouver. She was able to get me the audition. They liked what I did. So I landed it and it turned out really well.”

Thoughts on this Larsen sequel and the short notice nature of this after Rashad Coulter dropped out

“I think I got the call from Sunny (Sareen), Unified promoter, I think it was eight days before the fight. It was just over a week and it was kind of a long shot. I haven’t been doing a lot of fight training so I’m healthy. My last fight with Larsen, I fought injured. I hadn’t trained at all. Not being in the gym or anything for the last five weeks leading up to the fight. But you know, I signed the contract and I’m a professional. Once I agree to fight then I fight.”

Unified MMA 45

“After the fight after the loss, I didn’t want to make any excuses as to why I lost. Because honestly, nobody really cares and it’s just not really my style to make any excuse. You lost, you suck it up, you move on. Now when I got the phone call, I’m in the best shape that I’ve been in in years. With no injuries. I haven’t been fight training but I’ve been in the gym working on my fitness twice a day. I feel like I’m in really good shape. What I took away from the last fight with Larsen is that I got to feel what it was like to move around with him.”

Grayson Wells continued, “The fight was short because I slipped right into an arm triangle and I got tapped out right away. But I did manage to get him off of me. He did throw me and he got full mount on me. Which is obviously a horrible position. But I did get him off, I felt his size, and I think it humanized him a bit for me… I don’t want to say that I was scared but I was definitely cautious of him… Just being in the condition that I was last time, I was very anxious to fight. Whereas now I feel a lot calmer. I’m actually really looking forward to getting in there this Friday.”

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Dylan Bowker
I've been enamored with combat sports for as long as I can remember. I've hosted MMA talk shows Lights Out and Pure Fight Radio with featured guests like Jens Pulver, Roy Nelson, Miesha Tate, Mark Coleman, and more. I've been an MMA broadcaster for XFFC as well as BTC and have done play by play commentary on live pay per view on GFL as well as FITE TV. I've provided written, audio, and video content covering some of the biggest MMA promotions like Rumble in the Cage, Unified MMA, and King of the Cage. I've worked as a sports entertainment personality for over five years and given play-by-play or featured promotions of KSW, ONE Championship, TKO, and Invicta FC. My work can be found in the USA Today Sports affiliate MMA Torch, Cageside Press, MMA Sucka, and Liberty Multimedia.