Bryce Mitchell defeated beforehand undefeated Santiago Luna at UFC Vegas 118 to earn his tenth Octagon profession win.
Each fighters began swinging early, however Mitchell secured a takedown close to the fence and rapidly gained aspect management lower than a minute into the opening spherical. Though there was little offense from Mitchell on the mat, “Thug Nasty” gained almost 4 minutes of management time within the spherical and put Mitchell’s rating on the scorecard.
Mitchell did the identical in the second, rapidly closing the space and on the lookout for an early takedown. Nonetheless, it was Luna who in the end got here out on prime earlier than falling again and letting Mitchell get up.
This choice allowed Mitchell to safe his personal takedown and survive the spherical in aspect management.
Luna had her finest second of the match within the third spherical, gaining prime management and almost getting an anaconda choke, however was unable to lock down the maintain. Mitchell strikes into reverse place and strikes to full mount for an arm triangle choke.
With lower than 10 seconds left within the match, Mitchell pressured a tapout, handing Luna the primary lack of his combined martial arts profession.
official outcomes: Bryce Mitchell def. Santiago Luna by submission (arm triangle) at 4:52 of spherical 3.
