UFC light heavyweight Ike Villanueva joins The AllStar’s John Hyon Ko ahead of his bout at UFC Vegas 41 on Oct.23 against Nick Negumereanu. “Hurricane” on having his high school football standout sons in training camp, learning lessons from last loss, and grinding at 4oz Fight Club in Houston.
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Fighter profile
“Hurricane” Ike Villanueva is a 37 year old male fighter from United States with 18 pro wins and 12 losses. Villanueva is scheduled to fight Nick Negumereanu at UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori on Saturday October 23, 2021.
Villanueva’s recent form coming into this matchup

Villanueva has gone 2-3 in his last 5 professional MMA fights.
- Loss vs Marcin Prachnio • KO/TKO R2 0:56 • 2021-06-26
- Win vs Vinicius Moreira • KO/TKO R2 0:39 • 2021-01-20
- Loss vs Jordan Wright • KO/TKO R1 1:31 • 2020-08-22
- Loss vs Chase Sherman • KO/TKO R2 0:49 • 2020-05-13
- Win vs Rashad Coulter • KO/TKO R1 3:17 • 2019-12-13
Ike Villanueva’s next opponent: Nick “Nicu” Negumereanu

Negumereanu’s recent form coming into this matchup
Nick “Nicu” Negumereanu is a 27 year old male fighter from Romania with 10 pro wins and 1 losses. Negumereanu is scheduled to fight Ike Villanueva at UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori on Saturday October 23, 2021.

Negumereanu has gone 4-1 in the last 5 professional MMA fights.
- Win vs Aleksa Camur • Decision R3 5:00 • 2021-06-19
- Loss vs Saparbeg Safarov • Decision R3 5:00 • 2019-03-16
- Win vs Dan Konecke • Submission R2 0:30 • 2018-11-19
- Win vs Kovács Kami Kálmán • Submission R1 3:12 • 2018-10-01
- Win vs Olutobi Ayodeji Kalejaiye • KO/TKO R2 3:04 • 2017-12-18
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