Saidyokub Kakhramonov recounts substandard guillotine choke make: ‘He wasn’t going nowhere’

LAS VEGAS – Saidyokub Kakhramonov determined had a memorable initiate to his UFC occupation.

The bantamweight fighter picked up a technical submission raise at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 29, striking Trevin Jones unconscious in the third round of their predominant card clash.

It used to be a gradual make by Kakhramonov (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and caught the discover of many in the MMA community.

“I had it locked in in actuality beautiful, but he knew the approach to shield it,” Kakhramonov told MMA Junkie as he recalled his bout on the UFC on ESPN 29 submit-wrestle press convention. “I in actuality private a terribly beautiful guillotine. I cherish guillotines. When I in actuality private that, I snatch your neck off.

“That final round, when I locked that in, I knew he wasn’t going nowhere. I gave every little thing I had, but I knew he wasn’t going nowhere.”

Kakhramonov took the wrestle on rapid take a look at out, replacing Mana Martinez who pulled out of the bout attributable to undisclosed reasons. The 25-twelve months-aged is labored as a lot as private debuted for the UFC, something he used to be dreaming of for a truly long time.

“I’m a fanboy,” Kakhramonov stated. “I’ve been keen on the UFC all my existence. Even the high faculty days, I’d be cutting weight for a tournament and I historical to crawl and take into consideration I’m walking out to the cage in the UFC. I repeatedly wished to be here it would not matter what. I repeatedly wished to be here.”