DALLAS – The featherweight division likely officially is on notice in the UFC after Zabit Magomedsharipov’s latest win.

Magomedsharipov (16-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) submitted Brandon Davis (9-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) in the second round at UFC 228 on Saturday night. It wasn’t the fight Magomedsharipov was supposed to have – he was supposed to be in a showcase bout against another rising star in Yair Rodriguez. But Magomedsharipov made the most of his opportunity.

Magomedsharipov put Davis away with a kneebar to tsay perfect in the UFC. Remarkably, it was the second kneebar of the night to happen from back mount. Aljamain Sterling pulled off another one earlier in the night against Cody Stamann.

Magomedsharipov said that type of finish was in his plans from the start.

“I saw (Sterling’s submission),” Magomedsharipov said after his win. “We’ve been working on it. We watched his tape and saw he was giving his back a lot, so we were working on getting a submission from the back.”

Davis probably didn’t help his cause by apparently saying he thought Magomedsharipov might have some flaws. That just gave the Dagestani fighter all the more incentive to put him away.

“I wanted to finish the fight, and I was watching my opponent’s interview and he was saying I had holes in my grappling game,” Magomedsharipov said. “So I wanted to prove to him and everyone else, I don’t have holes in my grappling.”

UFC 228 took place Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The main card, including Magomedsharipov vs. Davis, aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass.

For more from Magomedsharipov, check out the video interview above.

And for complete coverage of UFC 228, check out the UFC Events section of the site.