Joe Solecki Paid Homage to Late Ray Liotta by Rewatching ‘Goodfellas’ ahead of UFC Fight Night 207

Nothing pumps up Joe Solecki and his team better than watching some good gangster movies before a fight. Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Solecki (11-3, 3-1 UFC) will be pursuing his fourth victory under the Ultimate Fighting Championship banner when he locks horns with Alex da Silva Coelho at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 207, also known as “UFC Vegas 56.” Before his upcoming assignment, the Gym-O representative rewatched “Goodfellas” for the umpteenth time. Solecki felt it was the right thing to do in homage to iconic actor Ray Liotta, who recently passed away. According to the fighter, the 1990s film is a great story that has plenty of action and features many Italian characters, more than enough to get him psyched for an Octagon battle.

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(00:00) Intro
(00:35) Honoring Ray Liotta and “Goodfellas”
(01:40) Discussing mafia movies
(02:09) Watching movies during fight week
(03:05) His camp
(04:41) His corner
(05:30) Bringing his sparring partner to his corner
(07:13) His loss to Jared Gordon
(09:06) Whether he thinks the judges’ decision was questionable
(10:58) Picking Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Alexander Volkov
(11:36) A prediction of his own fight
(12:57) Walking out to “Bury My Bones” by Whiskey Meyers
(13:40) His plans for the summer
(15:50) Competing in grappling matches
(18:18) Outro and acknowledgments

Tudor Leonte started writing about mixed martial arts in 2013 for Italian media outlets. His journey with Sherdog began in 2018 and he now covers One Championship and countless European shows. You can follow him on Twitter @MrTudorLeonte.