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Watch: Ruslan Krainov Finishes Von Flue Choke At MMA Series 51

Russian fighter Ruslan Krainov picked up an impressive first-round submission win via Von Flue choke at MMA Series 51. Matched up with Kyrgyzstan’s Shakhrukzhan Valzhan Uulu, Krainov appeared firmly in control of the fight before taking advantage of Valzhan Uulu’s arm position to finish the rarely-seen submission. Originally named after MMA fighter Jason Von Flue,…

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Russian fighter Ruslan Krainov picked up an impressive first-round submission win via Von Flue choke at MMA Series 51.

Matched up with Kyrgyzstan’s Shakhrukzhan Valzhan Uulu, Krainov appeared firmly in control of the fight before taking advantage of Valzhan Uulu’s arm position to finish the rarely-seen submission.

Originally named after MMA fighter Jason Von Flue, in recent years the Von Flue choke has become associated with UFC veteran Ovince St Preux. St. Preux has finished the submission four times in the UFC, including twice in a row in 2017.

Ruslan Krainov improved his pro record to 2-0 with this win. The Russian fighter made his pro debut in 2021 and finished Aleksey Mayer in under a minute via strikes.

Scheduled as part of the preliminary card, Krainov’s victory was one of seven submissions finishes at MMA Series 51 in Anapa, Russia. Of the event’s thirteen bouts, only two of them made it to the judge’s scorecards.

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Watch: Jonas Ortega Drops Opponent With Body Shot In Mexico City

Featherweight Jonas Ortega made short work of his opponent thanks to a brutal body shot at Lux Fight League 22 in Mexico City. Matched up with Kevin Arreola, the Mexican featherweights traded a few strikes early before Arreola threw a head kick as Ortega came forward. “Rifle” blocked the kick and came back with a…

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Featherweight Jonas Ortega made short work of his opponent thanks to a brutal body shot at Lux Fight League 22 in Mexico City.

Matched up with Kevin Arreola, the Mexican featherweights traded a few strikes early before Arreola threw a head kick as Ortega came forward. “Rifle” blocked the kick and came back with a left straight to the body that sent Arreola staggering towards the cage.

Ortega immediately chased after Arreola as he fell to the mat and followed up with strikes until the ref stepped in just over 30 seconds into the fight.

Jonas “Rifle” Ortega has yet to go beyond the first round in his career. After a rear-naked choke win over Joel Gomez in the first round of his pro debut, Ortega found himself on the opposite end of the same submission in the opening round of his fight with Bryan Arreaga.

The Mexican fighter improves his pro record to 2-1 with this win over Kevin Arreola. All three of his pro fights have been contested for the Mexico City-based Lux Fight League.

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Watch: Kevin Vallejos Locks Up Standing Rear-Naked Choke

Featherweight Kevin Vallejos locked up a standing rear-naked choke that forced this opponent to tap in the first round of their fight at Samurai Fight House 4. Vallejos was matched up with fellow undefeated Argentinian Gabriel Vargas as part of the event’s main card. Vargas got right to work trying to wrestle early but struggled…

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Featherweight Kevin Vallejos locked up a standing rear-naked choke that forced this opponent to tap in the first round of their fight at Samurai Fight House 4.

Vallejos was matched up with fellow undefeated Argentinian Gabriel Vargas as part of the event’s main card. Vargas got right to work trying to wrestle early but struggled to control Vallejos against the cage and was forced to return to space as Vallejos pursued him with punches.

Another clinch from Vargas and an attempt to grab a single-leg takedown quickly backfired, as Vallejos grabbed his neck and pulled Vargas upright.

Vargas briefly struggled to fight Vallejos’ hands but was forced to tap as soon as the choke was fully locked-in.

While a standard rear-naked choke certainly isn’t a rare submission in MMA, finishing them from a standing position isn’t something that happens very often.

The 19-year-old Vallejos improves his record to 5-0 with this win. This was his third finish in the first round and fourth stoppage victory overall. The Argentinian fighter also went 4-0 as an amateur fighter with four finishes before turning pro in 2021.

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Watch: Kevin Vallejos Locks Up Standing Rear-Naked Choke

Featherweight Kevin Vallejos locked up a standing rear-naked choke that forced this opponent to tap in the first round of their fight at Samurai Fight House 4. Vallejos was matched up with fellow undefeated Argentinian Gabriel Vargas as part of the event’s main card. Vargas got right to work trying to wrestle early but struggled…

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Featherweight Kevin Vallejos locked up a standing rear-naked choke that forced this opponent to tap in the first round of their fight at Samurai Fight House 4.

Vallejos was matched up with fellow undefeated Argentinian Gabriel Vargas as part of the event’s main card. Vargas got right to work trying to wrestle early but struggled to control Vallejos against the cage and was forced to return to space as Vallejos pursued him with punches.

Another clinch from Vargas and an attempt to grab a single-leg takedown quickly backfired, as Vallejos grabbed his neck and pulled Vargas upright.

Vargas briefly struggled to fight Vallejos’ hands but was forced to tap as soon as the choke was fully locked-in.

While a standard rear-naked choke certainly isn’t a rare submission in MMA, finishing them from a standing position isn’t something that happens very often.

The 19-year-old Vallejos improves his record to 5-0 with this win. This was his third finish in the first round and fourth stoppage victory overall. The Argentinian fighter also went 4-0 as an amateur fighter with four finishes before turning pro in 2021.

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Watch: Islam Djabrailov Wins Title With Slam And Elbows

Islam Djabrailov finished his opponent with a huge slam and follow-up elbows at We Love MMA 58 to claim the German promotion’s vacant bantamweight title. After escaping a ground exchange with opponent Manuel Rodriguez, Djabrailov immediately shot for a double leg takedown against the cage as the Spaniard got to his feet. Djabrailov lifted Rodriguez…

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Islam Djabrailov finished his opponent with a huge slam and follow-up elbows at We Love MMA 58 to claim the German promotion’s vacant bantamweight title.

After escaping a ground exchange with opponent Manuel Rodriguez, Djabrailov immediately shot for a double leg takedown against the cage as the Spaniard got to his feet. Djabrailov lifted Rodriguez away from the cage before slamming him to the mat and followed up with several brutal elbows until the referee stepped in.

The German fighter celebrated his impressive win with a backflip in the center of the cage.

Djabrailov improves his pro record to 7-4 with this victory and picks up the fourth stoppage win of his career. The German fighter debuted in 2018 and started out 1-2 before a four-fight win streak that culminated with him originally winning the We Love MMA bantamweight title in 2019.

The German bantamweight went 1-2 competing for other promotions in 2020 and 2021 but made a successful return to We Love MMA with this title-winning performance.

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Watch: Cesar Vasquez Disqualified For Illegal Knee at LFL 22

A main card bout between Mexican flyweights came to a premature end following an illegal knee at Lux Fight League 22. The action between Rafael Nuñes and Cesar Vasquez was starting to pick up just over a minute into the fight when Vasquez knocked Nuñes off balance with a leg kick. “Demoledor Jr.” quickly ran…

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A main card bout between Mexican flyweights came to a premature end following an illegal knee at Lux Fight League 22.

The action between Rafael Nuñes and Cesar Vasquez was starting to pick up just over a minute into the fight when Vasquez knocked Nuñes off balance with a leg kick.

“Demoledor Jr.” quickly ran in as Nuñes hit the mat, but got a bit too aggressive and landed a knee while his Mexican compatriot was still on the ground.

Doctors examined Nuñes as Vasquez paced in his corner, but it was quickly decided that “El Perro” would be unable to continue. The fight was waved off, and Nuñes was declared the winner due to disqualification for an illegal strike.

Although it likely wasn’t how he envisioned winning, Rafael Nuñes improved his record to 2-1. The 19-year old Vasquez fell to 5-3, and the loss also halted the momentum of his previous three-fight win streak.

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