Before UFC Fight Night 91 took place, there weren't many people inside mixed martial arts who knew JacksonWink-product Lando Vannata. By the event was over, however, it'd be hard to argue his performance against Tony Ferguson on incredibly short notice wasn't memorable.
Originally slated to face Michael Chiesa, Ferguson instead ran into the largely unknown Vannata, a then-undefeated fighter making the rounds in regional MMA circuits. Chiesa, however, withdrew due to injury roughly two weeks before the bout. That's when Vannata got the call to step in.
"I wasn't surprised," Vannata told Ariel Helwani on Monday's The MMA Hour.