Kenny Florian
Kenneth Alan Florian ( born May 26, 1976 in Westwood ) is an American martial artist.
In his youth trained Florian tennis, martial arts and football. Originally it focused mainly on football, but after his college days Jiu Jitsu has become more important. He started Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu training and participated in tournaments. In 2002, he earned his first mixed martial arts fight and then began to train rings. In 2003 he received a black belt in BJJ. In 2004 he took Muay Thai in his training and graduated on another MMA fight, in which Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, noticed him and signed him for the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, where the final Diego Sanchez he subject. In other UFC events he won against Alex Karalexis, Kit Cope and 2006 in the light weight class against Sam Stout. His next fight he lost to Sean Sherk, the resulting UFC Lightweight Champion was. After further victories Florian defeated in August 2006 BJ Penn, again in the fight for the UFC Lightweight championship titles. At the stand of August 2010 his professional MMA career includes 18 fights, including 13 wins and five defeats, the USA Today / SB Nation MMA ranking led him in second place of the best MMA lightweight fighter in May 09.
In addition, Kenny Florian has worked as a presenter for the show MMA Live on ESPN and was hired as a commentator and analyst for addition to the transfer of UFC 83. In 2007 he visited U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
On 31 May 2012 he announced his resignation.