Jose Montanha wasted no time making his presence felt, forcing Louie Sutherland to faucet in his UFC debut.
The Brazilian heavyweight entered UFC Vegas 120 driving a three-fight profitable streak after having two earlier bouts fall by. Sutherland, in the meantime, was coming off his first UFC victory, a knockout of Tai Tuivasa, however Montanha shortly confirmed why he was one of many division’s intriguing newcomers.
The pair engaged early earlier than Montanha discovered his opening within the clinch. He secured a knee-tap takedown and landed in aspect management, forcing Sutherland to scramble again towards his toes. Jose Montanha instantly adopted him, taking the again and in search of a end.
Sutherland’s escape try solely put him deeper into hassle. Montanha locked onto his opponent’s neck and utilized a crushing face crank, forcing the faucet at 1:50 of Spherical 1. The official consequence was initially introduced as a rear-naked choke, however the end was successfully a face crank, with replay displaying Montanha adjusting his grip as “Vanilla Gorilla” tapped.
The victory moved Jose Montanha to 7-1 professionally and prolonged his profitable streak to 4. The 29-year-old has now completed each certainly one of his skilled victories, making an announcement in his first UFC look.
Sutherland fell to 11-6 general and 1-3 contained in the UFC, suffering another setback after briefly getting his profession again on observe towards Tuivasa.
