Featherweight sensation Hyder Amil nonetheless can’t imagine how far he’s are available in his combined martial arts profession.
After incomes his UFC contact throughout a 2023 look on Dana White’s Contender Sequence, ‘The Hurricane’ added a pair of highlight-reel knockouts to his resume, KO’ing Fernie Garcia within the second spherical of their February Struggle Evening conflict earlier than dispatching Jeong Yeong Lee in 65-seconds through an absolutely insane 38-punch combo on Saturday.
Amil banked an additional $50,000 efficiency bonus for his quick and livid end inside The APEX.
Even after his second-straight knockout contained in the Octagon, the budding Filipino-American star nonetheless finds himself waking up and questioning if this complete loopy profession he’s carved out for himself is actually only a dream.
“The entire thing has been surreal. I can’t even imagine I’m right here,” Amil said at the post-fight press conference. “That’s why I get pleasure from and embrace it and it means a lot to me. I’m gonna battle my coronary heart out. It means the world to me — MMA, martial arts, and sure, it’s nonetheless surreal that I’m even on this. I wake like, ‘What am I doing? Am I actually on this?’ It’s loopy.”
Shifting to an general file of 10-0 in his MMA profession, it’s clear that the sky is the restrict for Hyder Amil.
Hyder Amil is shortly changing into must-see-tV within the featherweight division
Taking his first battle when he was simply 17 years previous, Amil discovered success beneath the Bellator and LFA banners earlier than scoring a spot on DWCS final summer season. He made the a lot of the alternative, touchdown a unanimous determination over Emrah Sonmez.
What comes subsequent stays to be seen, however after his whirlwind efficiency at UFC Vegas 94, battle followers are already chomping on the bit to see him again contained in the Octagon.
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