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“The first time I fought there was in 2021, in December 2021 — I couldn’t have fights in Quebec, there were no promotions, and it was difficult to go in the United States or elsewhere, so get to BFL, the biggest promotion. In Canada, I was like, “I can fight and this is a really good opportunity for people to see me and climb the ladder and improve.” »
“We went to BFL, and the rest is history.”
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Decision victories over Makinde Adeyemi and Josh Kwiatkowski showed the French-Canadian featherweight was a contender, and with reigning champion Mateo Vogel focusing on his appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series, the promotion pitted Soucy against Ouellet in a clash for the interim title.
The first round couldn’t have gone worse for Soucy, as he spent the vast majority of the period being outplayed by the British Columbia native. But that was largely what he and his team expected, and late in the second half, as Oullet was disappearing, Soucy drove a left kick into his midsection that bent him over and ended the fight.
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