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0:00 Like I said, it's uh Tyra let go of the neck momentarily,

0:07 thought about the left arm.

0:08 Now he's back to it.

0:09 More than a full round of ground control time here

0:12 with just under a minute left to go in round two.

0:14 Yeah, he's still not out of trouble here.

0:19 Uh and every time it gets a little bit closer,

0:23 you see Tyra is trying to get that hand snuck behind the head of Vergara.

0:28 This way when he reaches back, he can't find that hand that he needs to attack.

0:31 You don't know which one's which, and that's when that panic mode sets in.

0:35 Uh Vergara finally did a good job.

0:37 He got underneath that bottom leg, but then you saw Tyra,

0:39 he's doing such a good job switching the legs every single time.

0:42 And this is how the clock gets burned.

0:44 We saw uh Aljamain Sterling do this to Petr

0:46 Yan and made him lose the title that way.

0:48 Nice armbar transition.

0:51 Uh Vergara able to nearly return to his feet.

0:53 Can he get HIS OH, IT'S TYRA THERE.

0:55 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL AND SUDO TYRA is still undefeated.

1:01 He moves TO 12 AND 0.

1:03 THIS time by armbar in the second round.

1:10 22 years old, and look out other flyweights.

1:16 That's his sixth win by submission.

1:24 So we see here he gets the single leg.

1:26 Vergara doing the right thing, stuffing the head, but he goes behind,

1:29 takes the back, goes straight to his signature, hook the leg and trip.

1:33 He's done this to most of his opponents.

1:34 He's very good once he gets to that clinch position,

1:37 but he does a great job with the back.

1:38 He has the body triangle, and then transitions beautifully to this armbar.

1:42 This is not an easy finish, but Vergara pulls straight out,

1:45 and that's allows him to straighten that arm out and get the finish.

1:49 Undefeated, [music] still intact, and a very bright prospect.

1:54 That's why I think it's more exciting from to watch.

1:56 So he's got a little bit of growth to do, but a very very exciting prospect.

1:59 but he's got some escaping to do right now cuz we see the arm tied up.

2:03 Tyra, well, he kind of let it go there.

2:05 He's progressed to full mount.

2:07 This is panic stations now for Aguilar.

2:10 Now he's thinking about the triangle.

2:12 He's got it locked up.

2:13 Yeah, he's got the triangle.

2:15 And the tension that we're going to see a submission in a moment is very tight,

2:19 very technically proficient Tyra.

2:23 The trapdoor seems to be closing in for Jesus Aguilar as Tyra readjusts.

2:30 And you see the angle.

2:30 The angle's perfect now.

2:33 Making it happen.

2:34 Watch the armbar.

2:35 Triangle armbar.

2:36 Wow.

2:37 And Aguilar is tapping.

2:39 There it is.

2:41 [cheering] Another performance and another stoppage from Tatsuro Tyra.

2:46 13 and 0 now professionally.

2:49 What a prospect this man is.

2:51 I mean, a huge prospect.

2:52 The adjustments that he made in that grappling

2:55 exchange really demonstrate a very high-level fight

2:57 IQ for such a young man to transition from the top mount and then Okay,

3:01 here you can see Aguilar doing a good job here tucking his arm.

3:04 He's trying to get the arm to the other side, but then Tyra recognizes, "Oh,

3:08 the hand's right here." And all he has to do,

3:10 hip up, stretch it out, go belly down.

3:13 And once Once you're in this position and you have the elbow in the right spot,

3:16 it's really difficult to get out of that spot.

3:18 Just excellent work from such a young man.

3:21 I mean, I'm excited to see what he can do in this division, John.

3:24 I mean, he's only been here a few

3:25 fights and already grabbing a lot of attention.

3:29 Three fights, three wins.

3:36 Can we do that as well?

3:38 I was just thinking that.

3:39 I might just enter that myself.

3:41 Here's Tyra going to these calf kicks, but Hernandez he's got a chance here.

3:46 He's got great boxing.

3:47 He made a mistake in the first round.

3:48 He paid severely for it, but he did survive it.

3:52 Now he's got to he's got to try to do

3:53 something to get the respect back from Tyra and hurt him.

3:56 And Laura, HE'S HURT.

3:58 OH MY GOODNESS.

3:58 OH, THAT BUSTED HIM.

4:00 BUSTED HIM.

4:01 HERNANDEZ IS HURT.

4:02 BIG SHOTS FROM TYRA.

4:09 THE WINDOW'S STARTING TO CLOSE ON HERNANDEZ HERE.

4:11 He's got to scramble.

4:13 Oh, he's in trouble, guys.

4:14 Stop.

4:14 Stop.

4:15 Stop.

4:15 He's done.

4:15 Wow.

4:16 Here it is.

4:16 First UFC knockout for Tatsuro Tyra.

4:20 It is not a one one threat,

4:22 a double threat, triple threat for for the Japanese fighter.

4:25 Look at the damage.

4:27 Yeah, Tatsuro Tyra not just a grappler.

4:30 He showed tonight, I mean, he's got the hands as well.

4:32 This man is a factor in this division.

4:35 Wow.

4:36 100%.

4:37 I mean, five and 0 here in the UFC now with a knockout on his record.

4:41 Let's take a look here.

4:41 Look at this right hand.

4:43 Boom, right down the middle.

4:45 Staggers Hernandez, follows up with a beautiful combination,

4:48 and then on the ground, I love that he ended up finding a way to get the TKO.

4:52 Look at that.

4:53 And Ethan left hook for it, but just landed the bigger,

4:55 powerful shot, showing off his speed, gets in there,

4:58 and just is relentless on getting Hernandez,

5:00 who tried his absolute best to survive, but just Tyra too much.

5:06 Big show of dominance right there.

5:08 Beautiful.

5:09 That back take.

5:10 I want to rewind that, record it.

5:13 The entirety of the fight, he was choosing to keep the fight on the feet.

5:18 The one time he decided that I'm going to take you down, he was able to do that.

5:23 As I'm saying that, that's so impressive.

5:26 Look at the body triangle and how he's using it

5:28 to leverage the leg of Perez to try to take him down.

5:30 He's trying to whip him down.

5:32 Look See how he's So, that was a beautiful takedown, the way HE DOES THAT.

5:36 [laughter] WOW.

5:37 HE HURT HIS I THINK HE HURT something in his knee with that takedown.

5:41 Yeah, incredible.

5:42 He's in a lot of pain.

5:43 That takedown was incredible.

5:45 That was Tyra doing that takedown.

5:47 was all happened from Tyra and that was a very

5:51 tricky body triangle takedown that you don't see a lot.

5:55 That's high level takedown right there.

5:57 Oh man, this is awful to watch.

5:59 Perez is in a lot of pain.

6:00 But you're absolutely right though.

6:02 That was all initiated by Tyra.

6:03 That wasn't some misfortune that happened.

6:06 That was And the way he there being Honestly, just fantastic.

6:11 Brilliant inside the Look at how he's leveraging the leg.

6:14 The left The right leg is under the knee of Perez right there.

6:17 Look how he leverages it.

6:18 That's what did it.

6:19 I mean it's just a beautiful technique

6:21 that he's using there to blow that knee out.

6:23 It wasn't an accident.

6:24 Look how he Look how he leans back.

6:26 That lean back is what created that opportunity to snap the knee of Perez.

6:31 And he tried it two times before this but he's able to keep the position.

6:34 Look, beautiful.

6:35 because look at that.

6:36 Look at the way that he leans back to generate

6:38 the force to pull him down to use gravity on his side.

6:42 I mean again, I'm I'm blown away.

6:44 I'm blown away.

6:45 All right gentlemen, circle around.

6:49 So Paul's going to be a bit more aggressive here.

6:51 He was kind of guilty of kind of waiting for the perfect moment.

6:55 That allowed Tyra to land those two big right hands.

7:00 Taking a risk going forward but that's what he's got

7:02 to do because that was a very dominant opening round for Tyra.

7:06 Yeah, those takedowns are just too easy for Tyra.

7:09 Way too easy.

7:11 Now, if he's not careful he's going to give the back again and that's Yeah,

7:15 that's what he continues to do and that's

7:17 a problem over and over for anybody who fights Tyra.

7:20 Right back to the mats.

7:22 Rinse and repeat round one.

7:23 Yeah.

7:25 Straight away.

7:26 Had almost three minutes of ground control time.

7:29 That's just a sign of just total dominance.

7:32 The round ends and then it restarts within

7:34 seconds you're putting right back where you want him.

7:40 So I can do whatever I want to you.

7:42 I'm going to take you down and I'm going to put you

7:43 back in the body triangle and I'm going to choke you out.

7:50 Right now, that that that's very uncomfortable.

7:52 IT TELLS the tap early in round two.

7:55 Tatsuro Taira is going [cheering] nowhere.

8:00 Huge return to the win column.

8:02 He outclasses Jeff Jeff Clark.

8:06 Base point.

8:07 Just absolute dominance from start to finish.

8:09 He locked him in the first round, continued to outgrapple him.

8:14 Second round starts,

8:15 puts him right back where he had him at the end of the first round,

8:17 only this time finishes it with the rear naked choke.

8:21 A lot of pressure.

8:23 Didn't even have the forearm under the chin.

8:25 Just the squeezing the grip was so tight.

8:28 A lot of technique utilized.

8:30 Just a really dominant display.

8:32 Boom.

8:34 Nice right hand.

8:35 That must have been from the first round.

8:37 There's the second one that puts him down.

8:41 Park to his credit did well to survive here, but the people have been finished.

8:46 There's the takedown at the start of round two.

8:48 Drives him all the way across the octagon.

8:50 Picks him up, slams him down in side control.

8:53 Before he continues to take the back.

8:55 Here he is, gets the choke here.

8:57 It's kind of a neck crank, a rear naked choke at the same time.

9:02 Right on the carotid artery as well.

9:05 Mark had no choice but to tap.

9:07 Very, very dominant.

9:10 You know, Brandon Moreno is doing SUCH A GOOD

9:12 JOB OF defending that takedown up until THIS POINT.

9:14 I'M SURPRISED TATSURO TAIRA HAS NOT THROWN a front kick up the middle.

9:18 If you watch Brandon Moreno's BODY POSTURE,

9:21 HE'S LEANING RIGHT OVER THAT FRONT RIGHT OVER his front leg.

9:24 A front kick up the middle would really stun Moreno.

9:27 Taira has to look out for that next time they get back to their feet.

9:29 Well, Brandon's leaning over so much because he

9:31 knows he's going to try to wrestle him,

9:32 but I mean, [cheering] he's in trouble now.

9:35 Amazing control here by Taira with that body

9:37 triangle just dropping big bombs on Brandon Moreno.

9:40 Brandon Moreno's in real trouble now

9:41 and then flattened out with that body triangle.

9:43 So nasty.

9:44 CRUSHING RIGHT HAND FROM TATSURO [cheering] BRANDON MORENO'S IN REAL TROUBLE.

9:50 This might be a stoppage.

9:51 That will do IT.

9:52 TATSURO [screaming] TYRA FINISHES THE FORMER TWO-TIME CHAMP.

9:56 I GOT TO BE honest that though, I mean he did some damage but you give

9:59 that guy a little more time cuz he's there still.

10:04 [cheering] Right?

10:03 Am I wrong?

10:04 No, I agree.

10:05 That was a little premature.

10:06 Yeah, you give him a little more time.

10:08 And he's upset right now at the stoppage.

10:10 Yep.

10:12 Moreno immediately protested with all of his class.

10:15 Probably not going to take that too far but Tatsuro Tyra 18

10:19 and one and the first man to finish the assassin baby Brandon Moreno.

10:25 He was in such a terrible position when the guy's flattened out right

10:28 now with the hooks in and he's blasting those punches down on him.

10:32 He's not intelligently defending himself.

10:34 I could see the argument Yeah, but stopping it but you got to give a guy

10:37 like Brandon Moreno It It It may not HAVE CHANGED.

10:40 A LITTLE bit more It might not have but but make it definitive, right?

10:45 Yes.

10:44 So here it is.

10:45 Just blasting.

10:46 And Moreno's trying to cover up but there's not

10:49 a whole lot he can do other than try to move.

10:51 I mean he's trying to get up on his knees.

10:53 Hey, he's just moving though.

10:54 Like it's like he's building his base back.

10:57 He's not just flat not moving.

10:58 Look, he's moving.

10:59 He is moving.

11:00 He is trying not let Yeah.

11:03 I would have liked to see him get a little more time but it might not have

11:07 changed cuz it looked like it was trending

11:08 in the direction of Tatsuro Tyra getting the job done.

11:13 Brandon Moreno looked at the ref and said,

11:15 "Really?" Well, Tyra was fighting phenomenally.

11:21 Yes, he was.

11:21 And perhaps the outcome would have been an eventuality but yes.