The opening bout of UFC Fight Night 211 ended in just over a minute.
Guido Cannetti caught fellow bantamweight Randy Costa with a rear-naked choke, but his squeeze was so tight that he didn’t worry about hooking in his legs, as typically seen with the submission technique.
At 1:04, Costa (6-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) tapped from the tight squeeze, and the celebration for the 42-year-old Cannetti (10-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) was on.
Watch video of the submission below (via Twitter):
Age is nothing but a number 😤
42-year-old @NinjaCannetti with the statement submission in tonight's opening bout! #UFCVegas61 pic.twitter.com/sR0aGRFsCx
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022
Cannetti makes it two-straight first-round finishes with tonight’s result. He previously defeated Kris Moutinho by TKO from a series of punches just over two minutes into their UFC Fight Night 203 bout in March.
On the other side, Costa, 28, drops his third result in a row, entering on a two-fight skid. All three losses during this stretch have come by stoppage.
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