Sarkis claims featherweight title at inaugural 'Undisputed'championship

MadFit has been having themselves a helluva end to the year, especially in their amateur division. Barely two weeks after winning three titles at the Barebones MMA Championships, they added another one at the weekend.

Undisputed MMA Championships hosted their first event on Saturday night in Kenwyn and MadFit’s own Devon Sarkis was the man trusted to close the show.

The featherweight title fight deserved every bit of its main-event status judging by the performance delivered by Sarkis and his willing dance partner on the opposite corner, Zaahir Abrahams.

Anyone who has watched Sarkis and Abrahams compete before would have expected high-pace, heavy pressure and a constant push to dominate. And Sarkis brought exactly that.

From the opening second the tone was set with his physicality, grappling presence and need to control every sequence.

The fight was the type of high-octane clash that even tires out people watching from a distance. The grappling exchanges, which ran through the full five three-minute rounds, tested both men to their limits.

Sarkis was the clear aggressor, the one dictating direction, tempo and positioning throughout. His ability to transition, pressure and maintain top control showed exactly why he is one to watch going forward.

But to Abrahams’ credit, his defensive grit and refusal to break turned the fight into the spectacle it became. Even while being controlled, he made Sarkis work for every inch, which only highlighted Sarkis’ composure, fitness and fight IQ even more.