Best and Worst from UFC: Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale

#2 Best: Roosevelt Roberts’ insane guillotine

Roosevelt Roberts finished Darrell Horcher with a vicious guillotine

The FS1 prelims went so quickly last night that the UFC were able to televise one of the earlier Fight Pass bouts, and thank the lord they did, as Roosevelt Roberts’ sick guillotine tapout of Darrell Horcher was by far the best finish of the night. Roberts – who already has 4 guillotine choke finishes on his record if you count his amateur days – snatched Horcher’s neck in a way that we’ve rarely seen before inside the Octagon.

After hurting him with some strikes, Roberts found himself pressured into the fence, but quickly he laced his left arm around the neck of Horcher and then grabbed onto a guillotine, switching it up into the ‘prayer’ variant popularised by Cody McKenzie back in 2010. From there he somehow lifted Horcher off his feet, holding him horizontally for a second before he tapped out.

Guillotine chokes are relatively common but it’s rare that you see one as vicious-looking as this – the only one to come close in my mind was Scott Jorgensen’s choke of Chad George in the WEC almost a decade ago. This was a phenomenal finish and marks Roberts as a man to keep an eye on.