UFC men’s flyweights, you’ve been put on notice.
Muhammad Mokaev’s debut inside the Octagon could not have gone any better. In front of an early-arriving crowd at London’s O2 Arena, the undefeated prospect made short work of Cody Durden in what has to be considered one of the more phenomenal first impressions you’ll ever see for an up-and-coming UFC fighter.
Mokaev caught Durden with a flying knee and dropped him. Durden desperately shot for a single leg, and Mokaev spectacularly grabbed a hold of Durden’s neck and locked into a guillotine choke. He adjusted the choke to go high-elbow while in side control and that was it; the fight was over in just 58 seconds.