UFC: ‘The Tibetan Eagle’ Su Mudaerji flies high on Fight Island with third straight win
- Rising Chinese flyweight star ducks and weaves and lands enough for decision over Zarrukh Adashev
- ‘My lead hand is my weapon and I try to learn from the best UFC fighters, including Max Holloway,’ says Su
Chinese flyweight Su Mudaerji celebrated his 25th birthday in style on Wednesday, using his impressive reach to keep Zarrukh Adashev at bay, and landing shots at will as he claimed a unanimous decision on the UFC Fight Island 8 card.
It was a third straight win for “The Tibetan Eagle” (14-4) as he looks to climb into the flyweight rankings, and on show once again was the skill-set that has the buzz building around him.
Su dodged and wove and damaged Adashev from all angles but he said afterwards things hadn’t gone completely to plan.
“I’m not really satisfied with my performance,” Su told Daniel Cormier inside the cage. “I was planning to do a lot more.
“My lead hand is my weapon and I am trying to learn from the best UFC fighters, including Max Holloway from last week.”
As a former stand-out kick-boxer, the 28-year-old Adashev (3-3) had plenty of wiles about him in the stand-up game, and fired off some early shots as he looked to drag Su into a scrap.
