UFC Singapore is officially in the books and was capped off with BJJ ace Demian Maia putting Ben Askren to sleep with a rear-naked choke in the third round. Maia came out looking to strike right away. Askren kept reaching for the clinch, but Maia did a sound job of escaping into open space. Both men landed their own strikes, none were too devastating. Ben finally got a takedown at the end of the first, but didn’t do much with it.
The second round saw more striking from the accomplished grapplers. Maia was landing his jab and cross while Askren scoring with his uppercut.