Mario Bautista saw an eight-fight win streak end last October. He looked ready to start another one at UFC Vegas 113 on Saturday.
The veteran bantamweight made easy work of rising star Vinicius Oliveira, tapping him out with a rear-naked choke late in the second round Saturday at UFC Vegas 113 to bounce back from his loss to Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 321.
“I had that fully locked in, he wasn’t going anywhere,” Bautista said after the fight.
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Bautista was in control for most of the bout. Oliveira, who has 16 KO wins and two submission wins in his career, surprisingly went to his grappling early. He ended up landing five of seven takedown attempts and was dominant in the second round, right up until the finish.
“I think he saw my previous fight and thought [grappling] was a hole of mine,” Bautista said, referring to the loss to Nurmagomedov, a different class of wrestler.
For his next fight, Bautista called for a rematch against Cory Sandhagen, who beat him in his UFC debut in 2019. He stated his main goal is returning to the top five of the UFC’s deepest division.
The loss is a highly disappointing development for Oliveira, who was riding his own six-fight win streak and likely would have landed a big-time opponent with a win. He spoke of a brutal weight cut before the fight, having reportedly lost at least 50 pounds since the start of his camp, and certainly looked like a fighter lacking his usual energy.
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Main card
Bantamweight: Mario Bautista Vinicius Oliveira via submission (rear naked choke) def. 4:46 of R2 | Watch finish
Flyweight: Kyoji Horiguchi def. Amir Albazi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Heavyweight: Rizvan Kuniev def. Jailton Almeida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Middleweight: Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Marc-André Barrialt via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight: Farid Basharat def. Jean Matsumoto via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Light heavyweight: Dustin Jacob def. Julius Walker via TKO (punches) at 1:42 of R2 | Watch finish
Preliminary card
Welterweight: Daniil Donchenko def. Alex Morono via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
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Welterweight: Nikolay Veretennikov def. Niko Price via KO (elbow and punches) at 1:42 of R1 | Watch finish
Women’s strawweight: Ketlen Souza def. Bruna Brasil via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Catchweight (141 lb): Javid Basharat def. Gianni Vázquez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Catchweight (127.5 lb) Wang Cong def. Eduardo Moura via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Catchweight (141 lb): Jakub Wiklacz def. Muin Gafurov via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:59 of R3 | Watch finish
Women’s bantamweight: Klaudia Sygula def. Priscila Cachoeira via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
