Former sanshou fighter Mark Eddiva became the first homegrown Filipino mixed martial artist (MMA) to win in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Eddiva, 28, showed enough guts and consistency in his striking and takedown to hack out a unanimous win over Chinese bantamweight fighter Jumabieke “The Wild Wolf” Tuerxun on Saturday in UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter: China Finale held at the Cotai Arena in Macau.
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