By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov has submitted Conor McGregor in the UFC 229 main event. The fight ended in the fourth round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nurmagomedov won with a neck crank submission. The fight was stopped at 3:03 in the round.
This was the only submission in the main card. There were two unanimous decision wins and two knockout wins.
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This was Nurmagomedov’s first title defense. He previously won the UFC Lightweight Championship with a win over Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 on April 7th, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Nurmagomedov improved to 27-0 in his career. This was his first submission win since he submitted Michael Johnson with a kimura at UFC 205 on November 12th, 2016, in New York City.
The loss snapped McGregor’s two-fight win streak. He is now 21-4 in his MMA career.
He previously had wins over Eddie Alvarez and Nate Diaz.
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All four of McGregor’s losses have come via submission. He also lost to Nate Diaz by a rear-naked choke submission.
Then, before he joined the UFC, he suffered an arm-triangle choke submission to Joseph Duffy at Cage Warriors 39 on November 27th, 2010. He also suffered a knee bar submission loss to Artemij Sitenkov at Cage of Truth 3 in June 2008.
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