Adams picked up a victory before Griffin took to the cage in Las Vegas back in July and he’ll look to do the same this weekend in Milwaukee as well, as the undefeated heavyweight makes his maiden voyage into the Octagon in a showdown with veteran Chris de la Rocha in Saturday’s opener.
A gigantic human being with a 4-0 record, the 26-year-old Adams is an intriguing new addition to the big boy ranks.
Standing six-foot-five with an 81-inch reach, the brash and confident Houston native has yet to see the second round as a professional and has never tasted defeat inside the cage, posting four consecutive stoppage victories as an amateur before doing the same to kick off his pro career.
This is a very interesting matchup for Adams, as he’s faced very little adversity to this point in his career. The 39-year-old de la Rocha is slightly more experienced than Adams and enters off a third-round stoppage win over Rashad Coulter in June, where he weathered an early onslaught to score his first UFC victory.
There is a real possibility that de la Rocha tests Adams early in this one, but with his massive frame and thunderous power, don’t be surprised if “The Kraken” continues rampaging to start his UFC career, establishing himself as the next newcomer to track in the heavyweight division.
