{"id":27063,"date":"2025-06-29T22:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27063"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:55:25","slug":"breaking-news-bengals-rookie-competes-with-ufc-champion-in-impressive-wrestling-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27063","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Bengals Rookie Competes With UFC Champion in Impressive Wrestling Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_640\/MjEzNTczOTQ1NzIxMzY1OTY3\/teehiggins_jamarrchase.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals Rookie Dylan Fairchild Competes With UFC Champion Sean  Strickland in Impressive Wrestling Video - Athlon Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dylan Fairchild has a chance to be an immediate starter on the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0offensive line as a rookie this season.<\/p>\n<p>Drafted in the third round of the 2025\u00a0NFL Draft, the Georgia product is expected to compete for the starting left guard spot with Cordell Volson,\u00a0who was mentioned as a cut candidate if the Bengals prefer Fairchild and want to generate cap space.<\/p>\n<p>With training camp just a few weeks away, Fairchild has been putting in the world to improve his body and be in the best shape possible for camp. Some of those workouts have seen an unconventional approach. Over the weekend, Fairchild traded out the cleats to go barefoot in the octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Fairchild tested his wrestling skills face to face with UFC champion Sean Strickland in a workout session.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie (in the t-shirt) held his own and earned the respect of one of the best in the business. See for yourself:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cincinnati Bengals guard Dylan Fairchild training with Sean Strickland <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WrL5ffFW7I\">pic.twitter.com\/WrL5ffFW7I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Otto rocket (@Jon3sy937) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jon3sy937\/status\/1939090424599044506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The man can wrestle!&#8221; Strickland yelled after the scrum. Strickland holds a 29-7 UFC record and beat Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in 2023 for the middleweight title belt. He currently ranks as the No. 2 middleweight fighter in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Fairchild held his own thanks to his past experience on the mat.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-5, 320-pound lineman was a dominant high school wrestler, finishing his career with a 67-0 record. He won two heavyweight state titles and finished 22-0 as a senior at West Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia. Fairchild also played on both offensive and defensive lines in high school, earning four-star status as a football recruit.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior with the Bulldogs, Fairchild was a finalist for the Joe Moore Award given to the nation&#8217;s top interior offensive lineman. Last season, he earned Second Team All-American honors.<\/p>\n<p>Fairchild&#8217;s movement and dexterity was put on full display at the\u00a0NFL\u00a0Scouting Combine earlier this spring, posting a ridiculous\u00a096 athleticism score\u00a0&#8211; the second-highest among all guards in the class.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals and\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Joe Burrow\u00a0are getting a world-class athlete in Fairchild at his size and strength. These traits grow the optimism that he will have great success anchoring the interior of Cincinnati&#8217;s O-line for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : Bengals Rookie Competes With UFC Champion in Impressive Wrestling Video - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27063\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Bengals Rookie Competes With UFC Champion in Impressive Wrestling Video - 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