I believe that matchups are huge in MMA and they make fights. “I think it just happens to come down to certain weaknesses or certain matchups. “I don’t think it matters necessarily what guy shows up, because I think every Mizugaki shows up tough as nails,” said Caraway. Yet at the same time, the Japanese fighter is erratic, with his last 11 fights following a loss-win-loss-win pattern that would presumably make him hard to get a read on. In fact, with a new year underway, it’s just beginning, especially when facing an opponent like Mizugaki, one who has only been finished once in the last three years (by Urijah Faber in 2010). “I’ve been fighting almost ten years, I definitely feel like I’m a pioneer of the sport in the smaller weight classes, and it feels good to start getting more credit and have people recognize me for my talents and my name. That aspect was a long time coming for the 28-year-old from Goldendale, Washington, who has been competing in MMA since 2004.
The good part is that Caraway is back in action this Saturday against Takeya Mizugaki, and that he’s coming into the bout off a win that did lift his profile considerably in a talent-rich bantamweight division. That’s the bad part of the whole scenario. “Even in wrestling it would take a few matches into the season to start getting momentum, so that’s definitely a challenge in MMA, not being able to fight soon, and it seems like almost every fight you’ve got a little of the Octagon jitters or a little rust. “I’m used to wrestling and competing growing up and we’d wrestle two, three times a week – we’d have a dual on Tuesday, a dual on Thursday, and then we’d wrestle three, four, five times on Saturday,” said the former Central Washington University wrestler.
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No encore, no chance to build on the momentum of his biggest pro win, as he was forced to the sidelines due to injury. That’s how high people were on the former Ultimate Fighter competitor’s come from behind win over Mitch Gagnon at UFC 149 last July.Ĭontaining all the drama you want from a bout that ends up taking home Fight of the Night honors, Caraway shook off some rough moments early on to submit the tough Canadian in the third and final round and wrap up his second UFC victory and first at 135 pounds.īut then, nothing.
If you’re using a music comparison to describe Bryan Caraway’s 2012 campaign in the Octagon, it’s like Led Zeppelin played a show and didn’t come back for an encore of Stairway to Heaven.
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