Trent Girdham victorious at UAE Warriors 7
Western Sydney’s Trent “Niño Loco” Girdham secured his second straight win under the UAE Warriors banner on Friday night in Abu Dhabi.
The 21-year-old bantamweight defeated Moroccan fighter Hamza Bougamza who trains alongside the likes of Alexander Gustafasson and Ilir Latifi at the acclaimed Allstars Training Center in Sweden.
Girdham was aggressive early as he looked to chop down his opponent’s legs before a stray finger poked the Aussie in the eye and led to an early break. Girdham wasted no time in recovering. Bougamza landed a leg kick of his own that tripped Girdhm momentarily to the canvas. Upon the restart, Girdham secured a takedown where he transitioned to the back standing. Bougamza saw the danger and utilised the cage to protect himself but only for Girdham to land a takedown straight to side-control.
With the cage in the way, Girdham had to give up on a head-arm submission, switching back to full mount. There he unloaded with elbows and hammer-fists as Bougamza regained full guard. Girdham put an exclamation mark on the round with another takedown.
Bougamza had no answer to the takedowns from Girdham who continued with ground-and-pound from both full mount and half-guard. Bougamza left his back exposed attempting to escape and Girdham immediately capitalised, locking up the rear-naked choke to get the tap.
The win came into the bout as Girdham moved his listed record to 11-2 (2-0 UAE Warriors) and puts himself in prime position for a title shot within the promotion. Girdham went on to call for a rematch against Kyle Reyes before sending a special message to a former training partner, screaming down the camera “Ashkan Mokhtarian, keep running your mouth.”
In the main event, undefeated UK heavyweight Chi Lewis Parry needed just 8-seconds to stop his opponent Mahmoud Hassan to claim the heavyweight title.
Results (Pro):
- Chi Lewis Parry def. Mahmoud Hassan via KO, Rd 1, 0:08 – Heavyweight title
- Amin Ayoub def. Youssef Wehbe via Technical Submission (Head-Arm Choke), Rd 2, 1:22– Lightweight title
- Mohammad Fakhreddine def. Dan Vinni via KO (Body Kick), Rd 1, 2:09
- Bruno Machado def. Rami Aziz via Submission (Strikes), Rd 1, 3:14
- Trent Girdham (Australia) def. Hamza Bougamza via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 2, 3:00
- Jaures Dea def. Fabio Mello via Decision (Unanimous)
- Jason Ponet def. Ahmed Labban via Decision (Split)
- Siyovush Gulmamadov def. Adamson Torbiso via Submission, Rd 1, 3:49
- Dan Collins def. Pepito Masangkay via TKO (Strikes), Rd 1, 4:25
- Alexandru Chitoran vs. Hussien Fakhir – No Contest
- Marcos Paulo Costa def. Bachir Yammine via Decision (Unanimous)
- Rey Nacionales def. Marcelo Pontes via TKO (Strikes), Rd 1, 4:12
Results (Amateur):
- Mohammad Mute def. Ali Abbas
- Hamid Barhom def. Humaid Eisa via Submission (Armbar), Rd 3, 1:33
- Jason Kerns def. Ali Mohammad via Decision (Split)
Trent Girdham plans on beating Hamza Bougamza, fighting for the UAE Warriors title
Started Martial Arts training after watching Mr Miyagi and Daniel-son in Karate Kid back in 1987. By the time MMA arrived many years later, I was hooked. Coverage of local MMA was via scarce posts on forums like the Underground and Sherdog. I embarked on covering the sport in 2002 and since then have written thousands of articles for both print and online media, before branching out and starting Fight News Australia in 2010. Outside the site, I dream of riding in an F1 car.
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