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Jailton Almeida blasts through Jairzinho Rozenstruik with quickfire rear naked choke – UFC Charlotte Highlights

Remaining promotional-perfect in tonight’s UFC Charlotte headliner, streaking Brazilian contender, Jailton Almeida manages to dispatch heavy-hitting Suriname native, Jairzinho Rozenstruik with a first round rear-naked choke — in patented dominant fashion.

Almeida, who entered his first organizational main event tonight as the #12 ranked heavyweight contender, scores his second finish of the year, having taken home a one-sided ground strikes TKO win over Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 283 back in January in his native Brazil.

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Traversing kickboxing talent, Rozenstruik tonight in dominant fashion, Almeida, a product of Dana White’s Contender Series, the Brazilian managed to take down the former on his first attempt, landing a bull-rushing double-leg takedown.