Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) 121 took place on Friday, January 14, live from Dallas, TX. On a card filled with finishes, one stood out, in particular. Undefeated prospect Michael “The Mullet” Cyr put on a grappling clinic against fellow prospect Alden Coria, displaying brutal jiu-jitsu on his way to a
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Legendary jiu-jitsu competitor Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida continues his march into the MMA world. On Friday, at ONE Championship: Winter Warriors, Almeida picked up his second professional MMA win when he submitted the previously undefeated Ji Won Kang in the first round. Watch video of Almeida’s fight and finish below. Almeida
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On Friday At ONE Championship: Revolution, Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida lived up to the lofty expectations in his much-anticipated MMA debut. One of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu players ever, Almeida made quick work of Anderson “Braddock” Silva, submitting him with a north-south choke in just under three minutes. Considering that Silva
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On Saturday at UFC on ESPN 29, a flyweight bout featuring top contenders Alexandre Pantoja and Brandon Royval carried big title implications, and Pantoja walked away the winner, having secured a shot at Brandon Moreno‘s UFC flyweight title with a second-round submission win over Royval. The win was arguably the
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Bellator MMA seems to have a bona fide prospect on its hands in Jornel Lugo. On Friday at Bellator 265, Lugo improved his perfect professional record to 6-0 with a technical submission win over Keith Lee. Lugo was in control for essentially the full five minutes of the bout, controlling
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On Friday, strawweight fighter Yajaira “Pantera Negra” Cunningham picked up one of the most brutal submission finishes of the year when she put Iveth del Carmen to sleep in the main event at Combate Global. What makes the submission so brutal is not only the way del Carmen stares directly
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Bellator lightweight contender Aviv Gozali came into his Bellator 259 bout against Sean Felton with a perfect 5-0 record, with all five of those wins coming by first-round submission. On Friday, Gozali extended that first-round submission streak to six, as he secured a beautiful outside heel hook in just over
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The submission finishes at UFC Vegas 23 just keep on coming. In the second round of his middleweight fight with veteran Sam Alvey, Julian Marquez hurt Alvey with strikes before securing a no-hooks rear-naked choke that put Alvey all the way out. Watch cageside video of the brutal finish below.
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