FloCombat Prospect Of The Month: Deron Winn
FloCombat Prospect Of The Month: Deron Winn
Wrestling standout Deron Winn earns top honors as the FloCombat featured prospect for the month of September.
Our Prospect of the Month for September is Deron Winn, who earned another spectacular first-round finish on Sept. 30. Winn scored the TKO victory at 1:57 of round one against Cody Sons at URCC 32 in San Mateo, California.
Record: 3-0
Fighting out of: Dethrone Base Camp (Fresno, California)
Winn took this fight on just a few days' notice and earned his third straight win by knockout. FloCombat subscribers will remember Winn for his first-round TKO win against Deven Fisher at Sioux Falls Fight Night 1 back in April.
The 28-year-old spoke to FloCombat earlier this year about making the transition from wrestling to MMA.
Winn was a former college wrestling standout who finished fourth at the Team USA Olympic trials. Winn is currently ranked No. 13 on the FloCombat North American Prospect Rankings at middleweight and took this past weekend's fight two weight classes above at heavyweight.
He has yet to compete at the 185-pound weight class but plans to call middleweight his home in the near future.
The California native, who is originally from Liberty, Missouri, trains at Dethrone Base Camp with former UFC title challenger Josh Koscheck along with Bellator standouts Chris Honeycutt and Ed Ruth. He also works closely with UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, a man he's usually compared to due to his style and build.
Time will tell if he will ascend to the same platform as "D.C.," but Winn is well on his way to greater things.
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Deron Winn
Age: 28Record: 3-0
Fighting out of: Dethrone Base Camp (Fresno, California)
Winn took this fight on just a few days' notice and earned his third straight win by knockout. FloCombat subscribers will remember Winn for his first-round TKO win against Deven Fisher at Sioux Falls Fight Night 1 back in April.
The 28-year-old spoke to FloCombat earlier this year about making the transition from wrestling to MMA.
Winn was a former college wrestling standout who finished fourth at the Team USA Olympic trials. Winn is currently ranked No. 13 on the FloCombat North American Prospect Rankings at middleweight and took this past weekend's fight two weight classes above at heavyweight.
He has yet to compete at the 185-pound weight class but plans to call middleweight his home in the near future.
The California native, who is originally from Liberty, Missouri, trains at Dethrone Base Camp with former UFC title challenger Josh Koscheck along with Bellator standouts Chris Honeycutt and Ed Ruth. He also works closely with UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, a man he's usually compared to due to his style and build.
Time will tell if he will ascend to the same platform as "D.C.," but Winn is well on his way to greater things.
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