Post by @orthodoxgrit

ANDRUSCA, THE DEBUT NO ONE SAW COMING 🇲🇩☦️ Pavel Andrusca did it. Five days notice. Full weight class jump from bantamweight to featherweight. A ranked veteran across the cage. A packed Accor Arena that came to see the home fighters, not him. He walked out with a unanimous decision. 30-27, 30-27, 29-28. Now 9-0 as a pro. Round 1, he set the pace. Sharp right hand. Takedowns. Flying knee. Short elbow. Nathaniel Wood was in trouble from the opening bell. Round 2, Wood landed the shot that should have ended the night. A heavy right hand that dropped Andrusca cold. Most fighters stay down. Andrusca climbed back into a takedown, threatened an arm-triangle, and finished the round pushing forward. Round 3, he pinned Wood against the cage and unloaded. Short punches. Elbows. Knees. A cut opened on the veteran's head. The scorecards were a formality. Moldovan grit. Orthodox soul. The kind of debut that turns a nobody into a name overnight. The UFC just met Pavel Andrusca. It will not forget him. ☦️ @pavelandrusca #OrthodoxGrit #Andrusca #Moldova #UFCParis #OrthodoxFighter