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#4. Claudio Puelles proves submissions can be explosive with his kneebar of Clay Guida

Claudio Puelles beat Clay Guida via submission in Round 1

In the eyes of most UFC fans, submissions never tend to be quite as explosive as knockouts, simply because they rely more on technique and patience than sheer violence to pull off. Last night, though, Claudio Puelles bucked that trend.

Faced with longtime lightweight veteran Clay Guida, ‘The Prince of Peru’ clearly had a gameplan – to allow the fight to hit the mat and then catch ‘The Carpenter’ with a submission hold from his back to finish him off.

Sure enough, Guida took the bait by chasing Puelles down in the early going of the fight, and literally as soon as the bout hit the mat, the Peruvian went to work. ‘The Carpenter’ was first forced to fend off an oma plata, then a triangle choke, and finally a tight-looking armbar.

To his credit, Guida was able to defend excellently, and when he freed himself from a second oma plata and found himself in top position, he clearly felt safe enough to begin to land some decent ground-and-pound shots of his own.

Unfortunately for the veteran, he left himself a little too open, and in one explosive motion, Puelles somehow rolled his way into a tight kneebar, forcing Guida to tap out in pain a split second later.

This was a remarkably slick submission win, made even more special by the fact that it was Puelles’ third kneebar win in the UFC. It also made him $50k richer. He’s clearly a man to watch at 155lbs.

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#3. Qileng Aori takes out Cameron Else to pick up his first UFC win

Qileng Aori looked excellent in his win over Cameron Else despite a late stoppage

If there was an award for the worst refereeing call of the night at last night’s event, it almost certainly would’ve gone to Keith Peterson. The UFC veteran managed to stop the bantamweight bout between Qileng Aori and Cameron Else painfully late, resulting in poor Else taking far too many shots than were necessary.

In many ways, Peterson’s horror show took away from what was an excellent performance from ‘The Mongolian Murderer’, who picked up his first-ever victory in the UFC. From the off, he was onto Else with his heavy striking, and it didn’t take him long to hurt the UK-based fighter.

A nasty body shot initially hurt Else, and when he tried to fire back, Aori landed at the same spot and folded him, sending him tumbling to the ground.

From there, ‘The Mongolian Murderer’ pounced and began to bomb away on the same spot as Peterson hovered without stepping in, despite Else essentially offering no intelligent defense whatsoever.

Incredibly, the bout continued for what felt like an eternity, with Aori hammering Else from back control, while all the Brit could do was cover the sides of his head. Finally, Peterson mercifully stepped in, stopping things at just before the three-minute mark.

While the poor refereeing job definitely took away from this finish somewhat, there’s no denying that it was explosive. On many other cards, it probably would’ve netted ‘The Mongolian Murderer’ a $50k bonus.