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Eddiva succumbs to Hooker’s guillotine choke at UFC Fight Night 85

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Eddiva succumbs to Hooker’s guillotine choke at UFC Fight Night 85
The 26-year-old Kiwi made quick work of Eddiva, finishing the 30-year-old Baguio City native in just 84 seconds with a high-elbow guillotine choke.

MANILA. Philippines – Filipino fighter Mark Eddiva lost his third straight fight as he yielded to New Zealander Daniel Hooker on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 85 on Sunday, March 20 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia.

The 26-year-old Kiwi made quick work of Eddiva, finishing the 30-year-old Baguio City native in just 84 seconds with a high-elbow guillotine choke.


 

The long-limbed Hooker was looking to impose his length and height leverage early on by advancing in front of Eddiva, but he was welcomed with stinging jabs and a couple of sidekicks to the midesection. 

As Eddiva closed the distance and attempted to convert a single-leg takedown, Hooker avoided being plunged to the mat by grabbing his opponent’s neck for a guillotine. 

When both men went crashing down to the canvas, Hooker placed himself in the full mount position with the unremitting choke still fastened tightly.

Eddiva resisted for a brief moment, but he had no other choice but to tap at the 1:24 mark of the first round as the strangle was extremely constricted. 

The 5-foot-8 Team Lakay representative finds himself in dangerous territory as his third-straight setback may earn him a pink slip from the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization.

With the disappointing defeat at the hands of Hooker, Eddiva downgrades to a 6-3 win-loss slate and has not won a single bout since outpointing Jumabieke Tuerxun in his March 2014 promotional debut. 

On the other hand, Hooker enters the winner’s column for the first time since May 2015 and improves his professional record to 13-6. 

In addition, Hooker claimed his sixth triumph by way of submission in his 7-year prizefighting career. – Rappler.com

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