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    Rei Tsuruya enjoyed UFC debut win, but wanted finish of Carlos Hernandez at UFC 303

    By Matt EricksonKen Hathaway,

    20 days ago
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    LAS VEGAS – Rei Tsuruya stayed unbeaten and won his UFC debut Saturday, but maybe not in the way he dreamed it up.

    Tsuruya (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) held on and took a trio of 29-28 scores on the early prelims against Carlos Hernandez (9-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena. Tsuruya said he was hoping to get a finish.

    “The grappling is something I expected,” Tsuruya said. “I definitely wanted to finish in the first round. I tried – armlocks, knees – I tried a lot of stuff, but I just couldn’t get that finish.”

    Still, Tsuruya said he’s happy to stay unbeaten and get his UFC debut out of the way with a win and experience at that level of competition.

    Check out Tsuruya’s full post-fight news conference in the video above.

    For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 303.

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