Marwan Rahiki takes no pride in breaking opponent's jaw: 'Not my goal'
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LAS VEGAS – Marwan Rahiki's first UFC win was made more vicious and brutal, keeping in mind the time of damage he dished out.
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Rahiki (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made his UFC debut this past Saturday in the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 269 (Paramount+) – which took place at the Meta APEX. He took home an extra $100,000 for Fight of the Night in his wild brawl against Harry Hardwick. However, unlike your usual Fight of the Night, the bout didn't go the distance. It was stopped in between Round 2 and 3 due to what looked like a nasty jaw break from Hardwick (13-4-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) – something Rahiki takes no pride in.
"It's a hard sport, and we damage each other, but I don't want to break someone's jaw and send them to hospitals and stuff," Rahiki told MMA Junkie and other reporters at the UFC Fight Night 269 post-fight press conference. "I'd rather have a quick knockout or a submission, and they're going to get up and be like, 'Oh, thank you, thank you,' and go home, go to their families with not much damage. I want to get a knockout and finish, but I don't want to hurt people too much. That's not my goal. That's not who I am. I'm a peaceful person. I look for peace. And it's unfortunate for him like that, but I don't think that took anything away from my victory. There's nothing more I could have done. I broke his jaw and the teeth. It's just going to be worse and worse, so it's better ending that way."
Although Rahiki remained undefeated all while winning his UFC debut by stoppage, Rahiki is not fully happy with his performance. He didn't like how much damage he took in the fight, leaving a bit of a sour taste to what made would consider a successful debut.
"I'm hard on myself with these things," Rahiki said. "When I get caught in fights, I hate that because I work hard. So I don't take it easy on myself. I felt those punches. I felt them. They landed on me, and they made me rethink myself and dig deep. I'm not satisfied, you know. To be honest, like that's not like a satisfied victory. I took some punches and I the goal is to take no damage, and yeah, I have go back and keep working and work on the mistakes so it's good it's good that always we get the victory and we also get something we learn something you know."
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