Australian prospect surprises with strategy and finishes rival in the first round of UFC 325; watch the video.

Quillan Salkilld focused on grappling, avoiding the expected striking exchanges, and defeated Jamie Mullarkey with a rear-naked choke in the first round.

Quillan Salkilld Australian fighter stands out in the UFC. Photo: Twitter / UFC News

Quillan Salkilld He showed that he is a complete fighter in the octagon. UFC 325, held this Saturday (31). The Australian prospect faced Jamie Mullarkey In the opening fight of the main card, he surprised everyone by adopting a grappling-focused strategy, securing a first-round submission victory.

Salkilld had already drawn attention in his previous Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) appearance, when he knocked out [opponent's name]. Nasrat Haqparast with a beautiful high kick. This time, however, he defied expectations. Instead of engaging in striking, he took Mullarkey down in the first few seconds of the fight and, still halfway through the first round, locked in a rear-naked choke to end the duel.

With the triumph, Quillan Salkilld She reached the milestone of 11 career wins, her fourth in the UFC. Jamie Mullarkey, in turn, suffered his ninth defeat as a professional.

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Tafa is intimidating in the striking exchanges, but ends up being submitted by Elekana.

Junior Tafa He showed that, even with the change in weight class (from heavyweight to light heavyweight), his main weaknesses remain evident. The Australian faced Billy Elekana in the fight that closed the preliminary card of UFC 325 He even managed to create some danger in the striking exchanges, but couldn't withstand his opponent's ground game.

In the second round of the fight, Elekana took the fight to the ground and locked in a rear-naked choke, forcing Tafa to tap out and confirming the submission. With the loss, the fighter now has six wins and five losses in his career. The winner of the duel achieved his tenth professional victory, his third consecutive win in the UFC.

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UFC 325 results

MAIN CARD

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Alexander Volkanovsky derrotou Diego lopes by unanimous decision of the judges (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) – Championship fight

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Benoit Saint-Denis derrotou Dan Hooker by technical knockout (punches and elbows) at 4:45 of round 2

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Mauricio Ruffy derrotou Raphael Fiziev by technical knockout (punches) at 4min30sec of R2

Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg.): Tallison Teixeira derrotou Tai tuivasa by unanimous decision of the judges (28-29, 28-29, 28-29)

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Quillan Salkilld derrotou Jamie Mullarkey by submission (rear naked choke) at 3min01sec of R1

PRELIMINARY CARD

Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Billy Elekana derrotou Junior Tafa by submission (rear naked choke) at 3min18sec of R2

Middleweight (up to 83,9 kg): Cam Rowston defeated Cody Brundage by technical knockout (punches) at 4min08sec of R2

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Jacob Malkoun derrotou Torrez Finney by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

Welterweight (up to 77 kg.): Jonathan Micallef derrotou Oban Elliott by submission (rear naked choke) at 3min31sec of R2

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Kaan Ofli derrotou Yi Zha by majority decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)

Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Dom Mar Fan defeated SangWook Kim by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Keiichiro Nakamura defeated Sebastian Szalay by technical knockout (knee strike) at 3:38 of round 3.

Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Lawrence Lui defeated Sulangrangbo by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

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