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Luis Pena plans to show returning Matt Wiman that ‘the game’s evolved’

UFC Greenville will feature a generational clash on the preliminary portion of the card.

Luis Pena a.k.a. “Violent Bob Ross” meets “Handsome” Matt Wiman in a lightweight bout on Friday, a matchup that came out of left field given that Pena is a 25-year-old prospect and Wiman is fighting for the first time in four-and-a-half years.

To add some perspective, both men joined the UFC after participating on The Ultimate Fighter. Pena was on TUF 27. Wiman was on TUF 5.

When Wiman (16-7) was going to war with the likes of Spencer Fisher, Sam Stout, and T.