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UFC 157: Sam Stout decisions Caros Fodor

Sam Stout speaks during a UFC 131 news

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A guy nicknamed "Hands of Stone" using wrestling? An armbar submission attempt?

An interesting development for Sam Stout, a fighter who has spent 90 percent of his MMA career on his feet striking (according to Fight Metric).

But Stout's lightweight bout against Caros Fodor at UFC 157 on Saturday still came down to -- shocker! -- striking. Stout won a split decision over Fodor,...

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