MIAMI – For the first time in more than eight years, Tyrone Spong is going to get in an MMA fight.
But it’s not like Spong has been inactive. The kickboxing standout in recent years has been boxing, a sport in which he’s 14-0 and holds the WBC Latino and WBO Latino heavyweight titles. He’s got more than 100 kickboxing wins on his record.
But he’s only had two MMA fights, both under the WSOF banner in 2012 and 2013. Friday, Spong (2-0) will return to the sport to take on Sergei Kharitonov (33-9) at the U.S. debut of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC promotion in Miami.
