Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia To Become Pro Wrestler

[Mr. C]

Originally Posted by MMAFighting.com Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia will be joined by fellow heavyweight Bobby Lashley in Japan to take part in a couple of professional wrestling matches, with the first coming in two weeks. Terms of the deal, as well as which promotion, were not disclosed. Sylvia, 34, beat Andrei Arlovski at UFC 59 to win the title and defended it twice before losing it to Randy Couture at UFC 68. Rare is a fighter who crosses over to wrestling. Most notable in that category is Ken Shamrock, who left the sport for several years before returning to MMA.

I’d love to see Sylvia on RAW. He’s a heel if I ever saw one.