Chookagian proved to herself that she belonged in NYC

Katlyn Chookagian was five minutes away from her first professional MMA loss, and she and her coach Mark Henry knew it as the New Jersey bantamweight rose from her stool for the third round of her UFC 205 bout against Liz Carmouche.“All right, yo…

Katlyn Chookagian was five minutes away from her first professional MMA loss, and she and her coach Mark Henry knew it as the New Jersey bantamweight rose from her stool for the third round of her UFC 205 bout against Liz Carmouche.“All right, you lost those first two rounds,” Henry said. “You need a knockout to win.”Chookagian had her doubts.“I was thinking, ‘Well, that’s not gonna happen; I don’t have knockout power, so I’m gonna have to try and get a submission or TKO.’”Then she landed a head kick on Carmouche and almost ende … Read the Full Article Here