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UFC Fight Night 122 results: Cyril Asker chokes out Hu Yaozong in second round
Cyril Asker took Hu Yaozong early and often, and eventually he made it count.
After taking the back of Yaozong (3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) early in the second round, Asker (9-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) flattened him out and punched until Yaozong rolled and gave up his neck, at which point Asker locked up the choke and squeezed for the tap, which came at the 2:33 mark of Round 2.
The heavyweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 122 event at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass.
Asker had no trouble taking Yaozong down, and it was an advantage he didn’t hesitate to exploit. After putting Yaozong down in the fight’s opening seconds, Asker needed only to shrug off a guillotine attempt early in the first round in order to continue his dominance on the mat throughout the first frame.
Asker got right back to work in the second, and this time he managed to take Yaozong’s back, flatten him out, and batter him with punches from the back until Yaozong had little choice but to roll and give up the choke in the process.
Once he did that, Asker wasted no time locking on the choke and forcing the submission midway through the round.
THAT’S IT! @SilverbackAsker flattens out Yaozong and gets the tap in round
#UFCShanghai pic.twitter.com/qRVwRnoy2Y
— UFC (@ufc) November 25, 2017
The victory gets Asker back in the win column for the first time since a TKO loss to Walt Harris in June. Yaozong’s loss is the first of his young career.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 122 results include:
- Cyril Asker def. Hu Yaozong via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:33
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 122, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan contributed to this report on site in China.)
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