Luis Henrique Frankenstein loses via submission at UFC Sacramento

Craig submitted Frankenstein at UFC Sacramento. Photo: Getty Images

It didn't work out for Brazilian Luis Henrique Frankenstein at UFC Sacramento, an event held this Saturday night (17), in the USA. In the duel that closed the show's preliminary card, the light heavyweight from Pernambuco was no match for the Scottish's fair ground game Paul Craig and ended up finishing at 1m59s of the second round. The result marked the first defeat in the Tupiniquim athlete's career.

The fight

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The fight between the undefeated light heavyweights started truncated. Frankenstein closed the distance at the first opportunity and took the fight to the clinch. The Brazilian dominated the position, but Craig got the space to land four punches from below that hurt Luis Henrique. Afterwards, the Scotsman freed himself from the grip, closed the distance with good punches and managed the takedown.

Soon solo, Craig landed good punches, which opened a cut on the Pernambuco native's face. When the Brazilian tried to get up, the Scotsman used a guillotine choke and Frankenstein had difficulty getting free in the final minute.

Paul Craig he returned even more confident for the second round. he combined strong kicks and punches to close the distance. In response, Frankenstein attempted a takedown, but the Scotsman agreed to fall underneath, placing the triangle. The Brazilian still defended himself from the choke, but left his arm for his rival to put in an armbar and force the Pernambuco native to give up.

UFC Sacramento preliminary card results:

Paul Craig finished Luis Henry Frankenstein with an arm-bar at 1m59s of R2;

Mizuto Hirota defeated Cole Miller in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Colby covington derrotou Bryan barberena in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

alex morono defeated James Moontasri x via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28,29-28)

Josh Emmett derrotou scott holtzmann in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28. 29-28 29-28)

Leslie Smith defeated Irene aldana in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Eddie Wineland defeated Takeya Mizugaki by technical knockout at 3:04 of R1

Hector Sandoval defeated Fredy Serrano via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

Sultan Aliev defeated Bojan Velickovic via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)

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