Pat Cummins was scooped up from the ignominious lifestyle of a coffee barista and thrust into the Octagon as a late replacement against Daniel Cormier. Since then, he’s made a name for himself as a dude who scraps hard and sheds hella blood.
Misha Cirkunov is a Russian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert whose four Octagon wins have come from jiu-jitsu-ing the hell out of people.
Welcome to the UFC Fight Night 138 main card, folks.
Since Cummins does his best work over an extended period of time, Cirkunov wisely nips that in the bud by making this one short. First, he stuffs Cummins takedowns, then, when it does go horizontal, Cirkunov lands in top position – where he snags the head/arm choke. Cummins is more or less screwed, and eventually taps out.
Cirkunov gets the win on home soil! Wow!#UFCMoncton @MishaC911 pic.twitter.com/GvXjFKVIuW
— UFC (@ufc) October 28, 2018
Welp. So much for ex-coffee dudes.
“We will dance again.”@MishaC911 calls out Oezdemir after his win at #UFCMoncton pic.twitter.com/bnlavULEAr
— UFC (@ufc) October 28, 2018