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Former UB wrestler Desmond Green wins UFC debut in front of electric hometown crowd

Before Desmond “The Predator” Green threw a punch at UFC 210, the crowd already loved him.

When Green scored a takedown, the crowd burst into cheer. And when Green got his hand raised at the end of the fight, the crowd erupted. Saturday night’s thunderous crowd was ready to watch the hometown fighter get the biggest win of his career.

Green, a former UB wrestler, made his UFC debut at UFC 210 Saturday night at the KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo.

“It was unbelievable,” Green said in the post fight media scrum. “I knew I was going to have a lot of supporters, but when I came out and they roared like that for me, I was like, ‘is all of this for me?