Tuco Tokkos scored his first win contained in the Octagon at UFC Nashville, submitting Junior Tafa within the second spherical of their most important card opener.
After tasting slightly little bit of Tafa’s energy, Tokkos wasted no time taking pictures in for a takedown and muscling ‘The Juggernaut’ all the way down to the mat, a lot to the chagrin of the stay crowd.
Tokkos landed 4 of six takedown makes an attempt and managed a lot of the motion, but it surely was Tafa who managed to reverse place and drop some stable ground-and-pound strikes within the closing seconds of the primary.
Tafa got here out swinging massive within the second and caught Tokkos with a fast proper hand that had the Brit on wobbly legs. After making an attempt to get a end on the mat, Tafa opted to again away, forcing Tokkos again to his toes. Sadly, that proved to be a mistake for Tafa.
With a chance to catch his breath, Tokkos shot in for an additional takedown, working Tafa to the canvas and dropping some floor strikes of his personal. With Tafa’s fuel tank depleting quick, Tokkos labored himself into place for an arm triangle, cinching it in and forcing the Aussie to faucet out with lower than a minute to go within the spherical.
Official End result: Tuco Tokkos def. Junior Tafa by way of submission (arm triangle) at 4:25 of Spherical 2.
