HISTORY WAS MADE at UFC Fight Night 102 in Albany, but not in the way that you might expect.

During his bout against Tiago Trator, Shane Burgos received a haircut between the second and third rounds, as it was getting in his face and blocking his vision.

It turned out to be a productive move as Burgos, who took the fight on two weeks’ notice, scored a unanimous decision victory over Trator in the lightweight bout.  The final scores were 30-26, 29-28 and 29-27 for Burgos.

Speaking to MMA Fighting, Burgos revealed that the hair-styling strategy, was pre-planned.

“I told my corner that if the fight goes past the first round and my hair is getting in my face to cut it [pony tail] off. It wasn’t getting in my face the first round, but it started to in the second, so I told them to cut it off. It was pretty memorable, but it was planned beforehand. That was the first Octagon haircut, right? I think that’s worth a bonus, fight of the night maybe?”

Well it was certainly an unusual sight but as for the bonus, he could be waiting a while for that one.

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