Gerald Harris vs Mike Massenzio for Ultimate Fight Night 20 with Tim Credeur hurt

by Alpha Male on Dec 11, 2009 9:20 AM EST

An undisclosed injury has forced "Crazy" Tim Credeur to withdraw from his upcoming fight against Mike Massenzio at the Jan. 11 Ultimate Fight Night 20 event from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA, according to MMAMadness.com.

Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 contestant Gerald Harris has answered the call to face the Paterson native.

Harris (13-2) was bounced from the Spike TV reality show by eventual winner Amir Sadollah. Since then, Harris has been on a torrid six-fight winning streak, including a devastating knockout over Nissen Osterneck this past September to become the Shark Fights middleweight champion.

Massenzio (11-3) is a two-time high school state wrestling and a national junior college champion from Bergen Community College out of Paramus, N.J. He was among several talented fighters the UFC signed to multi-fight contracts after the now defunct International Fight League (IFL) fire sale.

He looked impressive in his debut for the promotion, submitting Drew McFedries via first round submission (Kimura) at UFC Fight Night 15 in Omaha, Neb., on September 17. He was cooled off in his sophomore effort by CB Dollaway in December of 2008 despite the controversial "Tapgate" fiasco.

This will be an exciting match up between two very talented middleweights.

UFC Fight Night 20 features a rematch between Ultimate Fighter rivals Gray Maynard (8-0) and Nate Diaz (11-4), who will duke it out in a possible number one contender bout for the 155-pound title. Undefeated lightweights Efrain Escudero and Evan Dunham are also scheduled to hook 'em up.

For more on UFC Fight Night 20 click here.

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That should be

a sweet card.

Hadoken!!

by Brizzle T on Dec 11, 2009 10:32 AM EST reply actions

About time

I always thought that Gerald was really good from the show and was pretty surprised to see that he wasn’t asked to fight at the finale. Best of luck for Gerald!!

by jriddle89 on Dec 11, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions

+1 I thought he’d get a fight in the Finale for sure…. i think he’ll get tapped here though. Massenzio is pretty good on the ground.

by Synyster_08 on Dec 11, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions

i feel for gerald

though he should be on the finale, glad he made it i remember him from a couple of IFL fights, he got robbed a decision by some brazillian

by dazzlebreath on Dec 11, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions

thoughT

by dazzlebreath on Dec 11, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

Gerald has been a beast ever since he left TUF

He killed Nissen Osternick in their fight. I don’t care what anyone says – Nissen is dead. Brutal business. He has progressed very nicely. UFN is perfect where he’s at in his career and he’s gonna be a force if he keeps progressing.

by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Dec 11, 2009 11:54 AM EST reply actions

yeah hes been on a real streak 5 is it good for him

by irish maniac on Dec 11, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions

Good signing

Good for Gerald, I was surprised when Amir beat him but he’s done a great job since then. Massenzio’s decent and has submitted a couple of guys (yes CB you did tap) prone to getting submitted, but Gerald should be too much for him.

"I’m in great shape...I feel 100% you know it’s nice to move my hips and not have any problems...I’ll take my loss as a man. I’m willing to die for my cause, are you?" Tito Ortiz before UFC 106

"I wasn’t able to spar at all...I had bulging disks...I want to see somebody fight with a cracked skull, I came in and stepped in with a cracked skull...why the fuck did you give that fight of the night?...for me not getting Fight of the Night I’m taken aback by it...I gave my heart and soul and to be robbed like that, yeah it is what it is." Tito Ortiz after UFC 106

by David W-S on Dec 11, 2009 1:01 PM EST reply actions