It was a history making night for the Ultimate Fighting Championship as they presented their first ever women’s bout, with Ronda Rousey facing Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC 157, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on ESPN here in Britain.
The broadcast began with the prelims and Sam Stout taking on Caros Fodor in the lightweight division.
This proved to be a very enjoyable encounter. We literally had no feeling out process, mainly because these two wanted to engage straight off the bat.
Stout looked good in the first two rounds. His striking looked top notch, especially his hard lefts to the body. His best moment though came towards the end of the first when he went for an armbar. But as the old saying goes Fodor was saved by the bell.
Fodor looked okay with his clinching and takedowns early on, but by the time he upped his game in the third round he’d left himself too much to do.
As for the judges they had differing opini...
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