One of the best grapplers of all-time added another win to his MMA record in September, and could be one fight away from the big leagues.
Bruno Malfacine choked Christian Rodriguez in the first round of their flyweight bout at Brave CF 16, which took place Sept. 21 in Abu Dhabi, improving to 3-0 with all of his wins coming by way of first-round submission. Against Rodriguez, a fellow jiu-jitsu black belt, Malfacine admits he had to change his strategy a little bit.
”Everything went as planned, take him down and submit,” Malfacine told MMA Fighting, “but my original plan was to test myself more on the feet, but he was too tall and it was hard to find the distance, so I changed my strategy early in the fight.