With a brilliant first-round submission win, Jussier Formiga kept himself in the middle of the pack of flyweight title contenders. Formiga (20-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) forced Ulka Sasaki (20-5-2 MMA, 3-4 UFC) to tap to a first-round rear-naked choke, then asked for a title shot next. Formiga got the finish with 30 seconds left in the first round. The flyweight bout opened up the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 117 event at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo. It aired on FXX following prelims on the same channel.
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