CT's Brett Oteri to face UFC vet Ricardo Funch at next Reality Fighting event
by Brian Woodman Jr. on 10/01/12
It's been a busy year for Reality Fighting's Brett Oteri. Not only did he win the Marlborough-based company's welterweight belt after submitting Nate Lamotte (see story at http://nutmegmma.com/Spring-Summer2012_Archive4.html), but he won at WCMMA's first event when his opponent, Wang Sai of Team China was disqualified (see story at http://nutmegmma.com/index.html).
On January 5, he will meet former UFC fighter Ricardo Funch during Reality Fighting's next event at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville. Spokespersons for the organization announced this during its latest event at the resort (coverage to be posted as a blog entry this week).
Funch, who has an 8-4 record according to his profile at www.ufc.com, is not the first fighter from the sport's best-known brand to compete in Reality Fighting. Gabriel Gonzaga, who returned to the UFC in January, fought Southington native Parker Porter at one of the company's events at the resort on Oct. 8. The fight, and Oteri's subsequent career in both Reality Fighting and WCMMA, should prove interesting.
