Deadspin | Mario Bautista secures submission victory in main-event debut – Imperial Wire

Bantamweight Mario Bautista handed his first UFC main-event check with flying colours, securing a second-round rear-naked-choke submission in opposition to Vinicius Oliveira of Brazil to cap a six-fight UFC Vegas 113 principal card on Saturday.

Bautista (17-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) earned his first submission win since March 2023, which additionally got here by the identical technique. Oliveira (23-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) had not misplaced since July 2022.

“I met the highest of that degree and it rubbed off on me tonight,” Bautista mentioned following the stoppage win.

The co-headliner noticed flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi’s productive putting make the distinction, because the Japanese fighter gained a unanimous determination 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in opposition to Iraq’s Amir Albazi to extend his flyweight successful streak to 5 in a row and his total successful streak to seven.

After his second convincing victory in lower than 4 months’ time, Horiguchi (36-5 MMA, 9-1 UFC) made it clear he desires a flyweight title shot after beating Albazi (17-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in his first battle since November of 2024.

Russian heavyweight Rizvan Kuniev’s clinch work was sufficient to outlast Jailton Almeida of Brazil and win a unanimous determination 30-27, 30-27, 29-28. Kuniev (13-3-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who shouldn’t be at the moment within the UFC heavyweight rankings, handed Almeida (22-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC), who entered because the No. 6 heavyweight contender, his second straight loss.

Middleweights Michal Oleksiejczuk of Poland and Marc-Andre Barriault of Canada introduced the META Apex to their ft as each males left all their power within the Octagon. After two carefully contested rounds, Oleksiejczuk (22-9 MMA, 10-7, 1 NC UFC) was in a position to safe a unanimous determination, successful 29-28 on all three judges’ scorecards.

Oleksiejczuk has now gained three in a row, whereas Barriault (17-11 MMA, 6-10, 1 NC UFC) has dropped 5 of his final six regardless of practically ending Oleksiejczuk in Spherical 2 by a would-be TKO.

Bantamweight Farid Basharat of Afghanistan remained undefeated with a split-decision win in opposition to Brazil’s Jean Matsumoto, taking the playing cards 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.

Within the decisive third spherical, Basharat (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) traded blows with Matsumoto (17-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), dropping in complete strikes (111-95) however successful in important strikes (80-76) and putting accuracy (55.2% to 42.2%).

Mild heavyweight Dustin Jacoby opened Saturday’s principal card in spectacular style with a second-round KO/TKO in opposition to former faculty basketball participant Julius Walker to extend his KO/TKO streak to 3. Jacoby (22-9-1 MMA, 10-6-1 UFC) known as for a battle on the White Home in June, whereas Walker (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) did not safe his second consecutive win.

-Discipline Degree Media