DWCS Season 6, Week 5 results: Michael Parkin snatches sub after early trouble in 5-contract night

Michael Parkin took a page out of his teammate Paul Craig’s book, turning trouble into triumph as he survived Eduardo Neves’ heavy fists and secured a submission in the headliner of DWCS Season 6, Week 5.

Neves showed a lot of bravado and did an Ali Shuffle in the midst of a swarm bombs. He came completely unprepared, however, for any sort of grappling, giving his back for a pair of spinning attacks off the clinch that allowed his opponent to take him down and tap him with a rear-naked choke.

It was all over at the 1:57 mark of the opening frame, and Parkin, along with the rest of the fight card’s winners: Darrius Flowers, Jesus Santos Aguilar, Cameron Saaiman and Denise Gomes.

The Tuesday night UFC APEX event in Las Vegas was the second consecutive week that five UFC contracts had been awarded.

Flowers slams way to success

In one of the more unusual and spectacular finishes in DWCS history, Darrius Flowers turned submission trouble into a finish when Amiran Gogoladze tried an inverted triangle and wound up slammed on his shoulders, prompting his tap just 73 seconds into the fight.

A complete recap and highlight reel of the fight can be found here.

Aguilar hustles way to signature choke

Jesus Santos Aguilar exhausted his longer and leaner opponent Erisson Ferreira da Silva before securing his fourth career guillotine choke, eliciting a tap (with both hands) from Silva at the 1:56 mark of the final frame. After Silva had been slammed on the floor at the beginning of round, he jumped forward to try to achieve top position. In the process, he left his neck exposed, lapsing when it counted after Aguilar’s mistakes left him opportunities early.

Aguilar was able to overcome some technical errors which could have cost him his position or put him at risk. He escaped a pair of guillotine chokes in the first round and battled back to close the opening frame with a flurry of ground and pound. He fought back in the second round, charging through a forearm up to his chin and gaining control. Whatever physical advantage he lacked, he made up for with grit.

Saaiman impresses with third-round KO, becomes youngest UFC fighter

Twenty-one-year-old Saaiman made quite the impression on White, mixing his martial arts with ease against Josh Wang-Kim, an opponent eight years his senior, before a highlight-reel knockout. Saaiman pinned Wang-Kim to the fence, and they traded blows until Saaiman’s left hook beat the opponent’s. Wang-Kim went face-first to the canvas, his jaw rattled by the hard shot. White gave Saaiman his props afterward, sealing the youngster’s future in the octagon.

Gomes outworks Amanda

Gomes spun, and spun, and spun her way toward a wheel-kick knockout. It was her fists and knees, however, that did the lion’s share of the work against Rayanne Amanda. In a fight closer that its 30-27 scorecards for Gomes indicated, the two went toe-to-toe over three rounds, bloodying each other with back-and-forth exchanges of striking. Gomes added a bit more energy and poured on the attack late, as Amanda was tired of the fast pace and attempts to bring the fight down to a halt. White was standing after the first round, wowed by the heart from both competitors despite the eventual shutout on scorecards.

Full DWCS Season 6, Week 5 results:

Michael Parkin def. Eduardo Neves via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:57

Darrius Flowers def. Amiran Gogoladze via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 1:13 | Watch finish

Jesus Santos Aguilar def. Erisson Ferreira da Silva via sub (guillotine choke) – R3, 1:56

Cameron Saaiman def. Josh Wang-Kim via KO (punch) – Round 3, 2:52

Denise Gomes def. Rayanne Amanda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)