The young man from Lanzarote, Manuel Borges Peña, has been proclaimed Madrid MMA Champion (Mixed Martial Arts) in the B senior category at the championship held this Saturday, May 16.
The athlete achieved victory after three fights and three wins and after months of preparation exclusively for the championship, where he had to cut weight and lose nine kilos for the weigh-in day.
In the first fight, Manuel submitted his opponent with a technique called a rear-naked choke, and he did so in the second round. In the second fight, the rounds consisted largely of ground fighting, fighting his opponent with ground and pound and jiu-jitsu techniques, and he won after the rounds ended by judges' decision.
In the championship final, he faced a tough opponent who did not allow the man from Lanzarote to take him to the ground and fight on the ground with him. It was a war of striking exchanges and a pure cardio fight, and after the rounds, he won on points by judges' decision.
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