Mixed Martial Arts
An expert in Muay Thai, and trained by Cyrille Diabate (also a mixed martial arts fighter and muay thai expert), the majority of Foupa-Pokam's victories have come via knockout, but he has shown considerable improvement in his ground skills in recent fights, four of which he lost by submission and the other one by TKO. A significant part of his career has been spent in British MMA promotion Cage Rage. He rebounded from losses to Paul Daley and Sol Gilbert by going on a five fight winning streak, including impressive victories over Cage Rage veterans Alex Reid and Tom Watson, along with a brutal knockout of Pierre Guillet. This streak however, was broken when he faced Ninja Rua at Cage Rage 24, Ninja pulling off a win via a second round rear naked choke.
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