With Battlefield Fight League set to make its debut on UFC FIGHT PASS tonight with BFL 66, here’s a look at the seven athletes to compete under the promotion’s banner that have graduated to the UFC Octagon and some fighters that could follow suit in the not-too-distant future.
The current Top 10 welterweight and former Ultimate Fighter winner only made one appearance under the BFL banner, venturing to Vancouver Island to face Darcy James at BFL 7 in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
“I played a little bit of the heel role that fight — I fought the local guy and did a little taunting to the crowd because I was getting booed a little bit,” recalled Chiesa, who secured a first-round submission win to move to 4-0 in his young career.