Mario Bautista was planning other strategies for the all-out fight.
Bautista submitted Brian Kelleher in a preliminary bantamweight bout during Saturday’s UFC Vegas 57. This was just half an hour into the first round. Kelleher was taken to the mat by the MMA Lab star, but “Boom” managed to get up and get down quickly. Bautista then moved swiftly to mount and took the back. He then slapped on a back-naked choke for the tap.
The official time of the stoppage was 2:27 into Round 1.
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With the win, Bautista moves to 4-2 inside the octagon, which also includes a second-round TKO win over Miles Johns at UFC 247 in February 2020, along with a pair of unanimous decision victories over Jay Perrin and Jin Soo Son. Bautista won Saturday by submission for the first time in less than four years.
Kelleher has now lost two straight and is 3-3 over his six most recent appearances.
