LAS VEGAS – Jailton Almeida appreciates Jon Anik ’s compliment, but doesn’t necessarily agree with him. Almeida (17-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) needed less than a round to take out Anton Turkalj (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC 279 on Saturday in a 220-pound catchweight fight. Almeida took the fight down to the mat early and forced Turkalj to tap with a rear-naked choke. An impressed commentary crew lauded the Brazilian for his performance, and Anik called it “too easy.” Although Almeida has an array of early finishes to his name, he doesn’t see anything easy in the preparation for the fight. “First of all, thank you for your commentary. We trained so hard in the gym exactly for that,” Almeida told MMA Junkie and other reporters through an interpreter at the post-fight news conference.
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