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  - TEAM QUEST FIGHTER IN FOR GRACIE AT SENGOKU 5
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - by Mick Hammond - MMAWeekly.com
(Photo courtesy The Guillotine)
Travis Wiuff confirmed to MMAWeekly.com that his new opponent for the upcoming Sengoku 5 event in Tokyo this weekend will be recent Team Quest (Murrieta) acquisition Muhammad “Mo” Lawal.
Lawal has an impressive freestyle amateur wrestling background, with accolades including the 2002 NCAA Division II National Championship, and First Place finishes at the 2006 U.S. Open and 2007 Pan-American Games.
Most recently the native Coloradan finished second at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, just missing out on an opportunity to compete in recent Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
This will be Mo’s first MMA bout, as he joins Team Quest (Gresham) lightweight Ryan “The Lion” Schultz on the card.
Wiuff – a veteran of over 60 MMA bouts – will be making his second trip to Sengoku after knocking out Japanese “Iron Head” Kazuyuki Fujita at the promotion’s third event this past June.
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