VIDEO: Jersey’s Nick Catone on verge of UFC debut Vs. Sadollah & Catone training video

September 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Rider graduate and Ricardo Almeida 185lb protege Nick Catone appears to be on the verge of breaking into the UFC with a soon to be finalized bout agreement to fight Amir Sadollah at UFC 91 in Las Vegas, according to fiveouncesofpain.com. Catone continues the growth of the central New Jersey MMA scene that touts Frankie Edgar, Chris Liguori, Kurt Pellegrino, Tom Gallichio, Steve DeAngelis and Ricardo Almeida as local MMA icons.

TriStateFighter.com spent a little time with Nick Catone in June, before his last victory, and shot this sparring video. It was speculated at the time that with another win and Catone would be moving to the UFC. Catone beat Eric Tavares at ROC 20 an it now appears this Jersey kid is on to greener pastures.

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3 responses so far ↓

1 Ricky Jimenez // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:31 pm

It’s time to go to war
2 ERZA // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Cant wait for FRI NIGHT
3 Jim Tranz // Jul 2, 2008 at 1:08 am

The MMA World is looking forward to watching you progress in the sport as you deserve to move onto the next level. With your hard work and dedication, along with your tenacious approach in and out of the cage, I am confident you will one day have the opportunity to hold a Title Belt in the UFC. You have the greatest fan base in the mma filled with great friends, family, respected members of the sport, and everyone that comes out to watch your career. The respect you have earned extends far beyond the cage and ring. You are a perfect role model for anyone that follows this sport. Your competetive spirit and loyalty is admired, as well as your support and respectful demeanor to those around you. Everyone is behind you, wherever you go.

Off The Cuff... Edgar VS. Alvarez!

In early May, I was down at Almeida BJJ to shoot and produce a feature on Frankie Edgar tied to his photo shoot for FIGHT! magazine. That video will be on Fightmagazine.com soon. While working, I was lucky to witness one of the great sparring sessions in my day. Edgar was going toe-to-toe with Eddie Alvarez who was one week out from his fight V. Josh Neer. Now, I have known Frankie for some time, so I might be biased but he did seem to control the action. Standing, his fast hands and feet allowed him to get off first much like we saw against BJ and Sherk. Each man got a couple takedowns but the overall pace and forward movement seemed slightly in favor of Edgar. Now, in Eddie's defense, he may have been only seeking to work on one element of his game V. Edgar and only trying to react or setup something only he knew of, specific to the Josh Neer fight ... so in that respect, it was not a true test of each fighting the other under the same context. That said, there was not really anything off limits - it was vicious jab/right combos from Frankie followed, at one point, by a head over heel body-throw take-down from Eddie on Frankie ... neither giving an inch. It felt like the real thing minus the the bright lights and octagon. It seemed to get harsh a couple of times but that may have just been my read. In the end, hard core sparring at play. Two of the top-5 lightweights on the planet going after each other at 110% on a lazy Thursday morning in Hamilton, NJ. After the session, what did Edgar do... relax-no, he went to use a chainsaw and chop down small trees in a friend's backyard for three hours.