More than 50 fights into his MMA career, one might think Ben Rothwell would be running out of interesting fight options. But the Wisconsin-based heavyweight, who will turn 40 this fall, thinks he’s got a lot of potential bookings as possibilities. But there’s one in particular he’d gladly sign on for – if only the UFC’s matchmakers would get behind it. Rothwell (39-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) submitted Chris Barnett (21-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 188. And later on the same card, Jared Vanderaa (12-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) took a unanimous decision against Justin Tafa (4-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
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Ben Rothwell down to fight Jared Vanderaa – but says he got told ‘LOL’ – MMA Junkie