The UFC Singapore main event was the setting where the promotion’s #10 welterweight Demian Maia choked out the #11 ranked Ben Askren in the third round. There was a lot of time spent on the feet across the first-two rounds. Each man landed clean punches. There were a lot of straight strikes that scored for Maia, and some crafty uppercuts from Askren. The fight finally hit the deck at the end of the second act, courtesy of “Funky” Ben, but Maia was quick to sweep.
Askren was able to secure the takedown much earlier in the third round off of a single leg.