Chase Hooper wanted lower than 4 minutes to dispatch Clay Guida in dominant trend on the UFC 310 prelims on Saturday.
After securing a few takedowns in the course of the combat, Hooper ended up leaping on Guida’s again earlier than transitioning into the armbar on the canvas. Regardless of Guida’s finest efforts to scramble and break away, he couldn’t get unfastened and as soon as Hooper arched his again, the 42-year-old veteran had no selection however to faucet out or threat severe harm to his arm.
The faucet got here at 3:41 within the opening spherical.
Following the win, Hooper paid homage to latest UFC signee Mikey Musumeci for displaying him the way to get that armbar submission, which he employed to complete Guida on Saturday.
“Looks like every little thing’s coming full circle,” Hooper stated about returning to the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas the place he began his UFC profession. “That armbar was my butchered model of what [Mikey Musumeci] confirmed me. 10 fights, I’m right here.”
Previous to the end, Hooper additionally confirmed off some strong enhancements along with his placing as properly however his grappling sport by no means gave Guida an opportunity to breathe. Whereas Guida did handle to get again to his toes on a few events, he simply couldn’t maintain Hooper off him lengthy sufficient to mount any actual offense.
As soon as the combat hit the ground the ultimate time, Hooper arrange the submission completely and he tapped Guida for his fourth straight win in a row total.
Now 15-3-1 total, Hooper actually looks as if he’s coming into his personal whereas constructing momentum within the light-weight division whereas Guida suffers his third straight loss whereas falling to 1-4 in his previous 5 outings.
