SPISAK HOPES THIRD TIME'S A CHARM AGAINST JANSSEN

Feb 10, 2016

EDMONTON — Matt Spisak is hoping the third time’s a charm.

The Edmonton fighter is now set to fight Red Deer standout Wolfgang Janssen at #Unified26 on March 4 in Edmonton, after the injury bug bit his two other slated opponents — Edmonton’s Parwez Ghulam and Calgary product Noah Ali.

Originally set to fight at 145 pounds, Spisak will meet Janssen, a slick Brazlian jiu-jitsu purple belt, in a lightweight tilt. With a new opponent set, Spisak is ready to put these distractions behind him when the cage door locks.

“I’ll fight anyone anytime,” Spisak, a winner of five straight, offers. “I just try to focus on my training. It’s a little discouraging when guys sign contracts, then say they’re injured and pull out. You’ve got to fight through the adversity, which I’m doing.”

Meanwhile, Janssen, who fought in amateur MMA, boxing and kickboxing bouts before turning pro, is looking to pick up his fifth stoppage as a professional fighter over Spisak — and move up the rankings in the process.

“Matt’s a scrappy dude, he hits hard, he’s good BJJ, good wrestling — he’s very well-rounded,” Janssen says. “But I feel really good about this fight. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got. And when I do that, I’m really hard to beat.”

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