Just as he did on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year, Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev barely seemed to break a sweat as he scored a quick victory, this time putting away Rafael Cerqueira at UFC Qatar.
Yakhyaev missed one high kick in the opening seconds of the fight, but he quickly landed another, which followed a left hand. Yakhyaev then pounced on Cerqueira with a flurry of shots before taking him to the mat.
There, he quickly got a rear-naked choke in on Cerqueira, scoring a tapout victory in just 33 seconds.
Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev Submits Rafael Cerqueira In Just Over 30 Seconds
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Yakhyaev, the former ARES FC light heavyweight champion, improves to 8-0 with his UFC debut victory tonight. His appearance on DWCS this past August saw him knock out Alik Lorenz in just 30 seconds.
After arriving in the UFC at 11-0, Cerqueira has dropped four straight fights in the Octagon.
