Bloody Elbow · Sep 18, 2021
UFC main eventer says former NBA player ‘whooped’ him in training
Deron Williams while playing with the Brooklyn Nets.Tonight Ryan Spann is scheduled to appear in his first ever UFC main event. There, at UFC Vegas 37, he will find former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith. Beating Smith would catapult Spann into the top ten of the division and potentially see him taking on the current crop of elites at 205 lbs.
This fight week Spann revealed that he once sparred with a former elite athlete from a different sport, pro basketball. With TMZ he described sparring with three-time NBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medallist Deron Williams.
“Deron whooped my ass one day. I’m dead serious. You can call him and ask him,” he said.