LAS VEGAS – Josh Sampo ’s first half-dozen or so submission attempts may have failed to force a tap from Ryan Benoit , but if “The Gremlin” was discouraged by it, you’d never have known. After transitioning from omaplatas to kimuras to key locks, Sampo finally found the submission he was looking for with a rear-naked choke to finish the fight at 4:31 of Round 2. The flyweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s TUF 18 Finale event at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It streamed on MMAjunkie ahead of additional prelims and a main card on FOX Sports 1. Although both Sampo and Benoit were UFC newcomers, neither showed much in the way of jitters early on.
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