Winnipeg bantamweight Brad (Superman) Katona comes full circle in return to the UFC
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'It's crazy thinking about (how) pretty much a year ago today how unhappy I was. It wasn't for failing and that was the most frustrating part.'
The UFC is back in Toronto. And so is Brad (Superman) Katona.
The 32-year-old bantamweight from Winnipeg, who now calls Dublin home, is the lone fighter on Saturday’s UFC 297 card at Scotiabank Arena who also took part in UFC 231 in December 2018, the promotion’s last visit to Toronto.
A lot has happened to Katona since.
After winning a decision over American Matthew Lopez at UFC 231, the winner of Season 27 of The Ultimate Fighter reality TV show lost his next two UFC fights and was cut. With fights hard to get during the pandemic, Katona signed with the Bahrain-based Brave Combat Federation and won four straight bouts — three in Bahrain and one in Kazakhstan.
Offered a way back in the UFC, he joined the cast of Season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter, which pitted prospects against former UFC fighters. Katona (13-2-0) won a decision over Cody (The Renegade) Gibson in August 2023 to win the bantamweight bracket and earn another UFC contract.
Which brings him back to Toronto, where he will take on American Garrett Armfield (9-3-0) on the undercard of UFC 297.
“It’s come full circle,” Katona said of being back in the fold. “It’s exciting in some ways but it just feels right. It’s hard to put into words. We’re home. We’re home where we always belonged and that’s the UFC and that’s fighting in Toronto again.
“The road back wasn’t easy.”
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