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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
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MANILA – Jenel Lausa hopes to return to his winning ways in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) when he battles Iranian-Australian Ashkan Mokhtarian on June 23 in Singapore.
Lausa, a native of Concepcion, Iloilo, will be engaging in his fourth fight under this mixed martial arts promotions since being signed up in 2016.
The Ilonggo debuted with the UFC with a unanimous-decision victory over Chinese Yao Zhikui on Nov. 27, 2016 in Australia. But he lost his next two matches against Russian Magomed Bibulatov and American Eric Shelton.
Also a professional boxer, Lausa hopes that, with an early preparation for his upcoming fight, he will be able to notch his second win in the prestigious MMA outfit.
“Every defeat we suffer in life is an opportunity for us to learn,” he said. “I will use my two losses as motivation to be a better fighter and a better representative of this country.”
The 28-year-old Lausa, a former Pacific Xtreme Combat titleholder, will be parading an impressive 7-4-0 win-loss-draw record.
The 32-year-old Mokhtarian, on the other hand, has a 13-3 MMA record.
Like Lausa, he also dropped his last two matches – against John Moraga via decision and Ryan Benoit via knockout./PN
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