Tagir Ulanbekov chokes Nate Maness out early at UFC Vegas 64
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, November 5, 2022, for UFC Vegas 64, headlined by a pair of women’s strawweight contenders in no. 3 ranked Marina Rodriguez (16-1-2) and no. 7 ranked Amanda Lemos (12-2-1).
Co-headlining the event is a welterweight contest between Neil Magny (26-9) and Daniel Rodriguez (17-2).
Our second bout on the main card tonight, following Grant Dawson versus Mark Madsen, was a flyweight encounter between former FNG & GF flyweight champion Tagir Ulanbekov (13-2) and former TKO bantamweight champion Nate Maness (14-2).
Ulanbekov came into tonight’s bout having gone 2-1 thus far into his UFC tenure, most recently coming off a defeat to Tim Elliott. Maness on the other hand had gone 3-1 thus far into his UFC career, most recently being submitted by Umar Nurmagomedov.
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Continue reading to see how this epic flyweight encounter went down:
Official Result: Tagir Ulanbekov def. Nate Maness via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:11 of round one
Maness comes out throwing heavy leather, looking to land his overhand right. He follows the second one up with a left hook, before going to the body with another hook. Only the shovel hook of which landed.
Ulanbekov then shoots in on a takedown and puts Maness on his back quite handily.
Maness is working his way up, but Ulanbekov capitalizes beautifully and wraps up a modified guillotine choke along the fence. Maness tries to defend for a time, but is ultimately forced to tap, marking his second straight defeat via first round submission against a Russian opponent.
Tagir Ulanbekov got back to his winning ways tonight at UFC Vegas 64, defeating a solid and skilled opponent in Nate Maness.
This was Ulanbekov’s first finish inside the octagon. Who would you like to see him face next?
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