Desmond Green begs for hometown fight at UFC Rochester: ‘I don’t want to fight for free, but I will’
PHILADELPHIA – Demond Green knows exactly what he wants next after scoring a first-round finish of Ross Pearson on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 2. Green (22-8 MMA, 3-3 UFC) scored one of the bigger wins of his career when he crushed Pearson (20-16 MMA, 12-13 UFC) with strikes in the opening round of their lightweight fight, which took place at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and aired on ESPN. It was a perfect result for him, because with the UFC going to his hometown of Rochester, N.Y., on May 18, Green said he has to be on the card, which serves as UFC on ESPN+ 9. “I couldn’t ask for a better outcome,” Green told reporters, including MMA Junkie, post-fight at UFC on ESPN 2.