LAS VEGAS -- Travis Browne worked with former UFC heavyweight champion and grappling specialist Josh Barnett leading up to Browne’s UFC 213 match up with Oleksiy Oliynyk, knowing Oliynyk was a submission master himself.
It didn’t matter. Oliynyk overcame a slow start and made Browne the 43rd submission victim of his career on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Browne tapped out to a choke at 3:44 of the second round.
Browne had the better of things in the first half of the the first round and appeared on the verge of putting his opponent away after a big shot.