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Watch: Joao Elias Quickly Taps His Opponent In Seconds With Armbar

Flyweight MMA prospect Joao Elias showed off technical Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in a quick submission at Brazilian Fight Series 8 this weekend. After a brief exchange on the feet, Elias took down Matheus Gabriel and caught his arm in a nasty submission in just 31 seconds. Watch Elias’ armbar below. This was far from the first…

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Flyweight MMA prospect Joao Elias showed off technical Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in a quick submission at Brazilian Fight Series 8 this weekend.

After a brief exchange on the feet, Elias took down Matheus Gabriel and caught his arm in a nasty submission in just 31 seconds.

Watch Elias’ armbar below.

This was far from the first time that Elias has sunk in a nasty armbar in the cage. In his last fight at Brazilian Fighting Series 6, he submitted Rodrigo Sarafian in a similar exchange just under two minutes into the fight.

Elias has now won three in a row and has accumulated a 17-3-1 record in MMA. His fight against Gabriel was for the vacant Brazilian FS flyweight title.

Brazilian FS 8 ended up being an action-packed event with all but one of the fights ending via stoppage. Shortly before Elias’ submission, Richard Jacobi and Lerryan Douglas earned vicious knockouts.

What are your thoughts on Joao Elias’ submission?

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Video: Fighters Ignore Ref To Brawl At Brazilian MMA Event

Definitely not something you see in the cage every day:

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Two fighters on a regional MMA card in Brazil took their flyweight fight into their own hands when Joao Elias and Walter Martins ignored the referee and continued fighting each other regardless.

The two began to brawl at Imortal FC 9 in Maranhao, Brazil, after being separated by the referee, who had halted the action to have a doctor check on a cut on Elias. The hapless ref attempted to get in between the two, but the continued on, with one even kicking right through the official just to get a piece of the man who angered him.

Imortal FC president Stefano Sartori and both fighters’ teams stormed the cage, and the mayhem was ultimately deemed a no contest.

See the madness for yourself!

Eventually, enough people stormed the cage to separate the two flyweights. Definitely not something you see every day.

Paul Daley barely got one punch in on Josh Koscheck after the bell and these two flyweights managed to fight on indefinitely.

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