VIDEO: Felipe Bunes shows off his high-level ground game and finishes off a heavier opponent with a brutal armbar

Felipe Bunes wins Joseph Johnson No. ufc las vegas 101. photo: Twitter / UFC News

In a fight valid for the flyweight category (up to 57,6 kg), Felipe Bunes showed why he is a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. The Brazilian did not wait for the end of the first round and submitted Joseph Johnson, who didn't make the weight of the division, with a very tight armbar.

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Felipinho, as he is known, won his first UFC victory after a bitter debut in January last year. The American, in turn, accumulated his third defeat in four duels in the Ultimate.

Felipe Bunes surprises on the ground and finishes with an armbar

Smaller and lighter, the Brazilian started the fight trying to take the fight to the ground and, after falling from below in a reverse takedown, the Jiu-Jitsu black belt attacked his opponent's arm with an armbar and got the three taps.

Check out Felipe Bunes' brutal armbar at UFC Las Vegas 101

Incredible submission from Felipe Bunes. He WAS NOT letting that arm go.

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— Verdict (@VerdictMMA) January 11, 2025

Check out all the results from UFC Vegas 101

MAIN CARD 

Straw weight (up to 52,1 kg): Mackenzie dern derrotou Amanda ribas by submission (arm-lock) at 4min46sec of R3

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Santiago Ponzinibbio derrotou Carlston Harris by technical knockout (punches) at 3min13sec of R3

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Cesar Almeida derrotou Abdul Razak Alhassan by knockout (punch) at 4min16sec of R1

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Roman Kopylov derrotou Chris Curtis by knockout (head kick) at 4min59sec of R3

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Christian rodriguez derrotou Austin Bashi by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Punahele Soriano derrotou Uros Medic by knockout (punches) at 32sec of R1

PRELIMINARY CARD

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Felipe Bunes derrotou Joseph Johnson by submission (arm-lock) at 2min03sec of R1

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Marcus Tullius derrotou Ihor Potieria by knockout (punches) at 3min02sec of R1

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): James Moses derrotou Trey Ogden por unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Jacobe Smith derrotou Preston Parsons  by knockout (punch) at 1min11sec of R1

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Ernesta Kareckaite derrotou Nicole Caliari by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29,28)

Light heavyweight (up to 92,9 kg): Bruno Lopes derrotou Magomed Gadzhiyasulov in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Straw weight (up to 52,1 kg): Fatima Kline derrotou Victoria Dudakova by technical knockout (elbows) at 4min27s of R2

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Nurullo Aliev derrotou Joe Solecki in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)