function not found While at times his lack of experience has gotten him into trouble, Jackson’s MMA up-and-comer Cody East has been able to overcome it. Because of that, he was able to claim the King of the Cage heavyweight championship from Nick Rossburough late last month. “I could have finished that fight if I really pushed the pace, but fighting five rounds I was kind of holding back because I didn’t want to get tired,” said East. “There’s times if I would have stayed on him I would have finished him, but I let him up because I didn’t want to get tired. It was good to go five rounds because now I know I can.” While East feels he could have done more, he was hampered in the fight by an injury he sustained early on. “In the second round, I broke my fibula with a kick, so a lot of the fight I had to fight as a southpaw,” he said. “My options weren’t very good after that
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King of the Cage Champ Cody East Wants to Be First Fighter to Hold Four Belts – MMA Weekly