The Resurrection Fighting Alliance revealed this week that the former Golden Gopher grappler will go up against Rode "Chunk" Vocu at RFA 36: Barcelos vs. Vannata on Friday, March 4 at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, Minn. just outside Minneapolis-St. Paul.
It will be a battle of young Dakotans as Storley, 25, a six-time South Dakota state wrestling champ, will be fighting Vocu, a 19-year-old from North Dakota. Vocu won his pro debut in October when he defeated Dustin Larocque via second-round TKO. Despite his youth, Vocu brings experience in two martial arts, having wrestled for New Town High School and boxed in Golden Gloves competition.
Storley announced his plans for a pro MMA career last spring, after winning three amateur bouts. The former Golden Gopher grappler won his first two pro matches in short order, scoring a first-round TKO via punches over Bill Mees at RFA 29 in Sioux Falls, S.D. in August. In January, Storley earned another TKO victory in the opening round, this time vs. Marc "the Pummel" Hummel at RFA 32 at Prior Lake.
Storley graduated from the same high school - Webster -- as Brock Lesnar, 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champ for Minnesota who went on to win UFC and WWE titles. In addition to his impressive prep mat career, Storley had considerable success as a collegiate wrestler. He became only the tenth Minnesota grappler to become a four-time NCAA Division I All-American, racking up four top-six finishes in the 174-pound weight class. Storley was also a four-time placer at the Big Ten conference championships, making it to the finals in 2012. As a Gopher, Storley compiled an overall record of 119-27.
The Storley-Vocu welterweight (170-pound) bout is one of six featured matches announced for RFA 36. The main event for the featherweight championship features Raoni Barcelos defending his title vs. Landon Vannata. In a co-main event at featherweight, Melvin "Career Killer" Blumer will face Shawn "The Exception" West, while the feature match has flyweights Chico "The King" Camus vs. Matt Brown. Other top-of-the card bouts include Reese Hernandez vs. Kassius Holdorf, and Dan Moret vs. Josh Wick. All of these events will be shown on AXS TV.
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