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Women’s boxing champ Claressa Shields still has work to do in MMA training.
On Saturday, Shields participated in her third MMA fight during the PFL vs Bellator card against Kelsey De Santis.
Shields got into some early trouble when De Santis took her down, took full mount, and appeared to have Shields in a deep armbar.
Shields somehow didn’t tap out to the submission and was able escape.
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After the fight Shields, who the fight via split decision, admitted that she almost got her arm broken during the armbar attempt.
“It’s not easy what I’m trying to do and I’ve been so respectful of the sport… I almost got my arm snapped in the freakin’ armbar.”
"It's not easy what I'm trying to do and I've been so respectful of the sport… I almost got my arm snapped in the freakin' armbar."
Claressa Shields let out the emotion after winning a split decision at #PFLvsBellator
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Claressa is going to have to keep working on her jiu-jitsu and wrestling skills if she plans to have a succesful MMA career.