Sodiq Yusuff has only one fight under the UFC banner, but a quick knockout win over Suman Mokhtarian in December -- and a decision over Mike Davis at the Contender Series — was enough to put him on a long list of featherweights to watch in 2019.
“Super” returns at Saturday night’s UFC Philadelphia against Sheymon Moraes, who admits that the Nigerian’s previous performances made him train even harder for his fourth Octagon appearance.
”I think he’s a very aggressive athlete, comes forward all the time,” Moraes told MMA Fighting. “But every time I’ve faced someone like that in my life, since my muay thai days, I had good results — and it won’t be different this time.