Andre Fili is branching out from his role as a UFC featherweight to be typecast on film.
Prior to booking a fight against Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night 135, Fili (18-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) signed on to “Green Fever,” a movie produced his longtime coach and friend, Team Alpha Male founder Urijah Faber.
“He said, ‘I’ve got a role for a sketchy, weed trimming cousin,'” said Fili, who faces Johnson (17-13 MMA, 9-9 UFC) in the FS1-televised co-headliner of Saturday’s event at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. “I said, ‘Say no more. That’s me.'” ....
UFC's Andre Fili talks role of lifetime as 'sketchy, weed trimming cousin'
