Jack Swagger Will Have His First MMA Fight Next Month for Bellator

WWE
Indie / Misc
Dec 3, 2018

Jake Hager, formerly Jack Swagger in WWE, will be making his MMA debut on January 26 at Bellator 214. He’ll be facing JW Kiser.

He made the announcement today on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, which you can listen to below. Hager is on at around 1:47:00.

Hager signed with Bellator in November of last year.

He’s been wrestling in indie promotions since leaving WWE, including in MLW, House of Hardcore and Lucha Underground.

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