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Back in July of 2016, Jackson-Winkeljohn student Lando Vannata made a short notice UFC debut against one of the best lightweights in the world: Tony Ferguson. Though Ferguson was expected to blow through his debuting foe, this is not the way things went down.<\/p>\n

Twice in the fight’s first round, a surprisingly confident Vannata was able to push his experienced foe to the very brink of a stoppage. In the second round, Ferguson was able to shake off the cobwebs and lock up a d’Arce choke for the win, but Vannata’s performance immediately earned him a reputation as a fighter to watch in the UFC lightweight division.<\/p>\n

When Vannata went on to land\u00a0a knockout of the year contender of the veteran John Makdessi at UFC 206<\/a> in December, he solidified his status as one of the division’s hottest prospects.<\/p>\n

With his strong showing against Ferguson and incredible knockout of Makdessi in the rear-view, Vannata is keen to keep climbing the lightweight latter. The next step of his climb will see him take on David Teymur at UFC 209<\/a>. If he passes this test, he’s hoping for a big step up in competition.<\/p>\n

He explained his goals in a recent interview with FloCombat.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to sleep David Teymur and then try and get a top 20 guy and continue to progress from there,” he said. “I want to try and go top 20, top 10, top five\u00a0with good highlight [reel] finishes in each one. That’s what I’m looking for this year.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vannata went on to explain that he hopes his upward climb through the lightweight ranks will lead him to a rematch with Ferguson, who is scheduled to take on Khabib Nurmagomedov for the interim lightweight championship at UFC 209<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“F*ck yeah,” Vannata said when asked if he wanted to rematch Ferguson in the future. “That’s one that I try not to hold onto anything or keep that brick in my pocket, but yeah, it’s one I want to get back in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I’m going to keep climbing up the rankings, and in time, me and Tony are going to meet again and it’s going to make for a good story \u2013 I can’t f*cking wait for the day.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do you think a Lando Vannata vs. Tony Ferguson rematch would go? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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