Raufeon Stots was a two-time NCAA Division II wrestling champion at Nebraska-Kearney, and it’s clear his wrestling base is guiding his MMA career. In a main-card bantamweight bout featuring a pair of competitors making their big-league debuts, Stots (13-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) used that wrestling knowledge to grind out a victory Saturday in Honolulu over Hawaiian son Cheyden Leialoha . The judges’ scores were 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27 for a unanimous decision. The first half of the opening round was a clinch war along the fence which ended with Leialoha attempting to throw Stots. Stots, however, ended up on top after the scramble. He maintained dominant position the rest of the way, but did not score much in the way of offense.
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Bellator 236 results: Raufeon Stots outworks Cheyden Leialoha for decision victory – MMA Junkie