Tim Sylvia to play Jason in Friday the 13th

[2mcgrath]

Former UFC heavyweight champion “Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia (24-6) is currently in Boston playing horror film icon Jason Vorhees in the yet-to-be-titled “Friday the 13th” sequel, Fighters.com has confirmed with a source close to the fighter.

On a three-fight losing streak and most recently on the horizontal end of a “Merciless” Ray Mercer (1-0) nine-second knockout at Adrenaline MMA 3 in Birmingham 13 June, Sylvia will get to diggin’ himself out of the deepest trench of his underrated career versus Jason Riley (6-1), at Adrenaline MMA 4 in Omaha 18 September.

Sylvia is one of the actors playing the hockey mask-mugged serial killer in the movie franchise began in 1980 and spanning 12 volumes.

While filming in Boston, Sylvia is training at Sityodtong USA with trainer Mark DellaGrotte, who trains two-time UFC lightweight title challenger “KenFlo” Kenny Florian (11-4), former UFC middleweight challenger “Predator” Patrick Cote (13-5), and The Ultimate Fighter 1 finalist “American Psycho” Stephan Bonnar (11-6).

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lol this could be good

[jhell]

I wonder what happened to Derrick mears? He played him in the remake and was also the big hillbilly mutant in the hills have eyes. Tim Sylvia? What a trip.

[2mcgrath]

^^ lets hope ray mercer doesnt play as one of the ones jason tries to kill lmao

[jhell]

I wonder if he jabs his victims to death?

[Boo]

When I saw this thread title I thought it was a joke of some sort. You know, 2mcgrath sucking me in for a "gotcha."

lol, at the jab to death comment. repped for making me laugh before nighty night.

[2mcgrath]

yeah i would think it was a joke to when reading the title,but looks like tim is indeed the next jason

[Boo]

Glad he's getting some work after the mess he's made of his MMA career lately. I just can't hate on the guy. He's gets plenty of that already.

[2mcgrath]

Monte Cox has confirmed to Bloody Elbow that Tim Sylvia will be "the stand-in for Jason Voorhees in the current [Friday the 13th] movie... now filming new movie in Boston."

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[markzabin]

I wonder if he jabs his victims to death?

the movie would have to be four hours long

[brutus]

I wonder what is meant by "stand in"? If he will just be standing there, fine. They will need to shoot him from the knees up though. Mears did an excellent job of playing Jason as a more aggressive killer as opposed to the old Jason who just stalked after his prey. Sylvia will have trouble moving as well as Mears did.

[SnapLocally]

I think they should maybe save Tim for a part like an evil clown.

[brutus]

^he could have been in Devil's Rejects by Rob zombie.

[rightcrosslefthook]

Tim would be perfect for the Sloth role in the upcoming Goonies 2 movie.

[Nos19]

Does this mean Freddy's going to crap his pants?