NEWARK, N.J. β Jailton Almeida got it done inside one Saturday at Prudential Center to bounce back into the win column.
In under 20 seconds, Almeida (21-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) took down challenger Alexandr Romanov (17-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) throughout their UFC 302 initial card bout. After a coupleof efforts, Almeida protected a rear-naked choke for the tap at 2: 27 of Round 1.
Almeida was psychological after the success, which comes less than 3 months after a knockout loss to Curtis Blaydes in March. That defeat was the veryfirst of his UFC period.
JAILTON ALMEIDA FORCES THE TAP IN ROUND 1 π #UFC302 pic.twitter.com/lQU4xyeMc4
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While Almeida has had relatively constant results over the course of his eight-fight UFC period, heβs sometimes hadahardtime to surface battles inside the range. The fast submission Saturday moved him evenmore in his meant instructions and he called for a battle at the UFC Fight Night in September in
Romanov has lost 3 of his most current 4 trips after a five-fight winning streak