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Former ONE Strawweight World Champion Alex “Little Rock” Silva submitted Rene “The Challenger” Catalan through armbar at ONE: NEXTGEN III on Friday, 26 November – greater than eight years after he first pressured the Filipino striker to faucet in the identical method.
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wizard completed Friday’s rematch in lower than 4 minutes, barely sooner than his submission of their 2013 assembly.
It was one other trademark win for “Little Rock,” who got here into this strawweight combined martial arts showdown with 5 profession armbar victories.
Catalan opened this conflict on the Singapore Indoor Stadium by attacking Silva’s lead leg earlier than loading up a one-two combo. Nonetheless, the Filipino warrior acquired caught behind the top throughout that trade, which briefly halted the competition.
After the restart, the Catalan Preventing System consultant went for one more jab-cross mixture. However Silva didn’t commerce strikes with the Wushu World Champion. As an alternative, he ducked beneath his punches, shot for his rival’s lead leg, and scored a single-leg takedown.
From there, the previous ONE Strawweight World Champion tried to discover a dominant spot, trapping Catalan’s legs whereas slowly crawling his approach into mount. The Filipino didn’t permit “Little Rock” to get there, although, so the intelligent Brazilian as an alternative moved into facet management.
Silva continued to frustrate Catalan on the canvas, unloading three knees to the ribs as he superior to the north-south place. However simply as Silva caught “The Challenger” with a heavy knee to the top, the Filipino veteran miraculously escaped and gained prime management.
Regardless of being in a greater place, Catalan didn’t get a break from Silva’s grappling prowess. If something, it made the 39-year-old Brazilian extra decided to lock in a submission – and about 40 seconds later, he did simply that.
From guard, “Little Rock” secured his rival’s proper arm, stepped over his head, and rolled into a decent armbar, which pressured Catalan to faucet at 3:35 of the opening spherical.
By scoring his eleventh profession victory in spectacular vogue, Silva secured his spot because the #4-ranked strawweight contender.
The Brazilian additionally confirmed that he’s nonetheless a harmful menace within the division, which is dominated by reigning king Joshua “The Ardour” Pacio.
Learn extra: ONE: NEXTGEN III – Dwell Outcomes And Highlights For Each Struggle
