โ Paul Dollery reports from Glasgow
JOSEPH DUFFY PICKED up yet another very impressive UFC win this evening in Glasgow.
The Donegal lightweight submitted Ivan Jorge via triangle choke after 3:05 of the first round of their main-card bout at UFC Fight Night 72 at the SSE Hydro Arena.
Duffy, often more commonly known as the last man to defeat Conor McGregor, is now 2-0 in the UFC having won his debut against Jake Lindsey by first-round KO back in March.
Tonightโs defeat of Ivan Jorge marks Duffyโs fourth consecutive victory โ the last three of which have come inside the first round โ since he returned from a seven-fight undefeated stint as a professional boxer.
That boxing experience has clearly benefitted the 27-year-oldโs game. As he traded strikes with Jorge, Duffy was causing major problems for his Brazilian opponent and rocked him significantly with a big knee.
Jorge was subsequently keen to drag the fight to the ground and appeared to succeed with a takedown. However, Duffy is no slouch there either and Jorge found himself wrapped up in a fight-ending triangle.
The tap came with just under two minutes of the opening frame remaining. It was the first time in his 31 professional bouts that Jorge, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, has been submitted.
โIt wasnโt the performance I was looking for but Iโm glad to get the win,โ said Duffy. โI felt like I forced a few things and I wasnโt necessarily totally happy with how I performed. But it was unbelievable out there.
โIโd like to thank all the traveling fans. Iโve got a lot of fans coming from Wales, Ireland and England, and obviously all the Scots too, so Iโd just like to thank them all.โ
And so it beginsโฆ the French camp row that happens every second tournament
@Ciarรกn FitzGerald: fact
Learn your place and respect a champions league winner
Wouldnโt be France if there wasnโt a few Brats on the team. Probably still go on and win it mind you and these two having a the crack celebrating.
Hope they win nothing
You cant bate the french for a bit of drama.