After dropping two split decisions in a row, veteran UFC welterweight Tim Means (27-10-1) is frustrated. But ‘The Dirty Bird’ has a shot at bouncing back from those disappointments this this Friday when he competes at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale versus Ricky ‘The Sniper’ Rainey (13-5).
To get his fight with Rainey, the 34-year-old Means had to wait on the sidelines for nine months, which was not ideal. “I was supposed to fight in July, but then something must have happened and I didn’t,” sighed Means, in an interview with Bloody Elbow.
“Then [my fight] got moved to October and I saw Sean Shelby in Dallas and there he apologized to me and said, ‘Hey, it’s a headache getting you matched.