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Russian ‘freakshow’ combat queen Mazdyuk – who beforehand defeated 530-pound man – crushed as she makes Bellator debut in Moscow
MMA fighter Darina Mazdyuk, who shot to fame after beating an enormous male opponent in a controversial cross-gender combat, was defeated on her Bellator debut as she fell to a second-round TKO loss in Moscow.
Mazdyuk was propelled to world consideration in MMA circles when she took on blogger Grigory Chistyakov in an intergender ‘freakshow’ bout in 2020, ending her 529-pound (240kg) rival after a barrage of punches within the first spherical.
Dubbed ‘The Crimson Queen’, Russian fighter Mazdyuk earned a Bellator deal off the again of the eye that combat earned, and admitted this week that her aware efforts to construct up hype had paid off.
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However returning to extra typical types of fight within the cage (and in opposition to a much smaller opponent), the flame-haired Mazdyuk didn’t impress on her Bellator bow as she met Poland’s Katarzyna Sadura in a flyweight bout on the VTB Enviornment in Moscow.
In entrance of an expectant residence crowd for Mazdyuk, each fighters got here out of the traps rapidly within the first spherical, launching a flurry of punches and low-kicks however with neither doing vital harm.
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By the early phases of the second around the tempo had already slackened considerably, with Sadura having fun with increasingly more success – particularly together with her overhand proper.
After your complete combat had remained on the toes, the 30-year-old Pole dropped a tired-looking Mazdyuk with a mixture of punches contained in the final two minutes of the spherical.
Sadura then adopted up with hammerfists as Mazdyuk curled up, inflicting referee Kevin MacDonald to step in and cease the bout.
Bellator debutant Sadura improved her total report to 5-Four with the win, whereas the 29-year-old Mazdyuk left the house crowd dissatisfied as she slipped to Four-2 total.
The pair had been combating on the prelims of the Bellator 269 card headlined by the homecoming of Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko as he takes on number-two ranked heavyweight Tim Johnson of America.
