LAS VEGAS – Hayisaer Maheshate had a sense of genuine desperation when he stepped into the octagon with Gabriel Benitez at UFC on ESPN 55 . Maheshate (8-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) thinks that showed in his performance, as he battled back from a two-fight losing skid to a take a split decision over Benitez (23-12 MMA, 7-8 UFC) in their lightweight bout on Saturday at the UFC Apex. “Of course the two losses before this fight was an extra burden or pressure on me,” Maheshate told MMA Junkie and other reporters through an interpreter post-fight at UFC on ESPN 55. “But I had to transfer it to my motivation and get the win this fight.
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