MMA World Championships day 4: Three Swedes through to the finals!

Sahand Shokohi gets tough loss against the Asian champion

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Following three straight walkovers Sweden’s Sahand Shokohi was finally set to compete and did so against the reigning Asian champion Arkom Uzakov. Shokohi got an early takedown but was reversed and ended up in bottom position, taking smaller shots. In the beginning of the second round Uzakov threw a high kick that hurt Shokohi. While Shokohi did his best to recover Uzakov battered him with shots on the ground, finishing with an uppercut as the Swede was getting back up.

• Bantamweight: Akrom Uzakov (Tajikistan) def. Sahand Shokohi (Sweden) via knockout (uppercut), round 2