Kyle Daukaus impresses with first round finish via D’arce choke at UFC Fight Night: Walker vs Hill

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs Hill goes down in Las Vegas tonight inside the UFC Apex. In the main event, light heavyweights collide as Johnny Walker (18-6) tries to get himself back in the top mix of the rankings after losing 3 of his last 4 contests. Walker had won his first 3 in the UFC before the current streak. Jamahal Hill (9-1) has won 3 of his 4 UFC fights and is coming off of a first-round finish of Jimmy Crute that took just 48 seconds to land a devastating right hook and end it.

In the co-main event, Kyle Daukaus (10-2) fights at a catch-weight of 195 lbs against Jamie Pickett (13-6). Daukaus has had terrible luck with opponents continually falling off and Pickett stepped up on a couple weeks’ notice which is why we have the 195 lb limit. In October, Daukaus looked like he had a knockout over Phil Hawes in his last appearance in October, but after replay, it was ruled a no-contest due to an accidental double headbutt. Pickett has won his last two and comes off of a unanimous decision win in January against Joseph Holmes.

Round by round action, official score, as well as scoring from MyMMANews for the Daukaus-Pickett fight is is below:

Round 1

Southpaw versus southpaw as the fight starts and Daukaus looks sharp early with a leg kick and a left and in looking for the take down and gets it. Half guard from Pickett up against the fence as Daukaus looks to posture up. Fight gets back to the feet, but fighters still clenched. Pickett on the defensive and gets picked up and dumped and half guard again. Daukaus looking for the back but leaves an opening and Pickett is back to the feet but still being pushed up against the cage. A big right hand from Daukaus lands and he turns that into another take down. Kyle looking for that neck and a D’Arce choke and gets the tapout a fraction of a second before the bell ends round one and he is victorious by submission

Official score: Kyle Daukaus wins via submission (tapout due to D’arce choke) 4:59 Round 1

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