STAMFORD, Conn. – Rudy Schaffroth has an interesting few back stories with opponent Tyrell Fortune on Saturday.
Schaffroth (6-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) and Fortune (6-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) briefly were wrestling teammates in college. When Schaffroth transfered, they eventually met on the mat as opponents – a match won by Fortune. And then there’s the part about Fortune’s twin brother training with Schaffroth.
But Schaffroth says they’re just opponents Saturday and the back stories are just footnotes. He also wishes the Bellator brass had waited till the two of them were, say, maybe 10-0 each before pairing them up. But it’s too late for that, and now they meet in a heavyweight showdown of unbeatens to open the main card.
Bellator 225 takes place Saturday at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. The main card airs on Paramount and streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
Check out what Schaffroth had to say about Fortune, as well as working his way to the next level in Bellator, in the video above.
