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ONE Championship 77 highlights: Stick this eye-poppin’ candidate on your ‘Submission of the Year’ lists

BAD MMA News — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:28:40 +0000

When 2018 comes to a close, expect this ONE Championship 77 bout to appear on most “Submission of the Year” lists. At Saturday’s “Pursuit of Power” event, which streamed online from Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ariel Sexton (12-4) tapped out fellow lightweight Kota Shimoishi (21-6) with quite the nifty move . Related What do you call this awesome double submission by Ariel Sexton at ONE Championship 77? After dropping Shimoishi with a right uppercut, Sexton secured his opponent with a reverse triangle choke before getting the tap with a simultaneous Americana early in the third round. The 36-year-old Costa Rican is now on a 4-1 run with nine submissions in 12 career victories. None, though, is likely to garner Sexton the type of acclaim his latest one has

ONE Championship 77 highlights: Stick this eye-poppin’ candidate on your ‘Submission of the Year’ lists – MMA Junkie

ONE Championship 77 results: Zebaztian Kadestam gets vicious third-round TKO over game Agilan Thani

BAD MMA News — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:47:08 +0000

ONE Championship 77’s headliner was a tough one to call heading into its final round, but when the time came to pull trigger, Zebaztian Kadestam did so in beautifully violent fashion. After stuffing takedowns and eating some of Agilan Thani ’s (8-2) best offense in the welterweight bout at at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kadestam (10-4) was a man possessed coming into the third round. Punches, knees, and elbows made for a pick-your-poison-type ending as the ref, mercifully, stepped in at the 1:56 mark of the round (via Twitter ): Cold blooded finish by Zebaztian Kadestam against Agilan Thani. The knees, the elbows, “The Bandit” put on a show in this one. #ONEPursuitofPower pic.twitter.com/Z4YNdET8ko — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 13, 2018 It was an exciting ending to an overall entertaining back-and-forth bout, made all the more impressive by Kadestam’s revelation that he had sustained a broken hand in the first round. The 27-year-old Swedish striker has now rebounded from a loss to now-retired champion Ben Askren.

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What do you call this awesome double submission by Ariel Sexton at ONE Championship 77?

BAD MMA News — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:34:38 +0000

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a – yeah, we’re still trying to figure out what Ariel Sexton just did today at “ONE Championship 77: Pursuit of Glory.” We do know this, though: It. Was. AWESOME.

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What do you call this awesome double submission by Ariel Sexton at ONE Championship 77? – MMA Junkie