Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos AUCKLAND, New Zealand – An underdog coming into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 110 event, Ben Nguyen needed less than a minute to dispatch a former title challenger in Tim Elliott. After rocking Elliott (14-8-1 MMA, 3-6 UFC) with a head-kick early in their flyweight affair, Nguyen (17-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC) also got the better of a ground exchange, sinking in the fight-ending rear-naked choke at the 0:49 mark and racking up a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus in the process. With the statement win over someone who not that long ago was giving dominant champ Demetrious Johnson a fairly tough time , Nguyen said he’s proven to be more than a one-hit wonder. Related UFC Fight Night 110 results: Ben Nguyen dismantles Tim Elliott, chokes him out inside 1 minute “Beating a guy like Tim Elliott puts you way past the top 10, for sure,” Nguyen told MMAjunkie after the FS1-televised main-card scrap at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. “And I put him up there with my previous opponent, Joseph Benavidez.
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Ben Nguyen was ‘waking up in the middle of the night in the sweats’ before UFC-Auckland – MMA Junkie