Jumping the gilly worked for one of Dustin Poirier's teammates, Chris Duncan, as he scored a submission victory with the hold against Jordan Vucenic at UFC London.
Duncan's power and grappling led him to success in this one, starting from a right cross that dropped Vucenic during the opening frame. Vucenic survived the Scotsman's attempts at a finish, but Duncan made him eat several powerful elbows, as well as a slam.
The American Top Team-trained fighterlanded a takedown early in the second and got back to business despite Vucenic's attempts to fight from the bottom. The Englishman himself tried for a guillotine choke, but Duncan was able to fight out of it.
Chris Duncan Jumps The Gilly, Scores Victory At UFC London
Despite Vucenic trying to start a rally with his strikes, Duncan jumped for the guillotine choke and succeeded, scoring the tapout victory at UFC London.
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The result quickly drew a reaction from Poirier, whose penchant for jumping for guillotine chokes made him an immediate point of note as one of Duncan's ATT teammates.
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Duncan, who earned a UFC contract off a quick victory on Dana White's Contender Series in 2022, is now 4-1 in the Octagon.
Despite a strong run of success in cage warriors, meanwhile, "The Epidemic" now falls to 0-2 in the UFC. He made his Octagon debut in a loss to Guram Kutateladze last year.