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Fall River’s Yorgan De Castro wins 3rd MMA heavyweight title in 2024
Fall River MMA fighter Yorgan De Castro has won another MMA title.
On Saturday night, the now 12-6 De Castro took on champion Jahsua Marsh, who fights out of Florida, for the Cage Titans Heavyweight Title at Plymouth Memorial Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
De Castro dominated Marsh winning by TKO in the first round after a flurry of punches while Marsh was attempting to protect himself while on the mat.
The title is De Castro’s 3rd MMA heavyweight title in 4 fights in 2024.
On May 3rd, the UFC and PFL veteran battled Denver’s Kevin “King Kevi” Sears (9-8) for the vacant CES MMA Heavyweight World title at Foxwoods Casino. “The Mad Titan,” a Cape Verdean native fighting out of Regiment Training Center, won by first round KO/TKO leaving him undefeated in 7 appearances with CES MMA.
On June 29th, De Castro won the vacant New England Fights Heavyweight Championship by KO/TKO in the second round against Michigan’s Alex Davidson in Lewiston, Maine.
On September 7th the #1 ranked MMA heavyweight in the northeast took on Slovenia’s Miran “Slo Rocky” Fabjan for the Fight Nation interim Heavyweight Championship all the way in Pula, Croatia. De Castro lost by TKO.
The win Saturday for De Castro caps off a great 2024.
