D’Anjou captures amateur gold at MMA fight night

Draped in Gold! Carlos D’Anjou poses with his spoils of war after capturing the lightweight amateur championship on the CUFF 18 fight card

Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Corwin D’Anjou captured the lightweight amateur championship on the Caribbean Ultimate Fist Fighting (CUFF) 18 fight card, prevailing via a stunning knockout on Saturday evening at the Eastern Regional Sporting Complex, Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago.

D’Anjou, who is the captain of Guyana’s MMA team and is signed to Fight Central locally, claimed his first regional title on his return to the international circuit by stopping Canadian Nicholas Araujo in the first round of bouts via a technical knockout following a ground and pound sequence.