Tuco Tokkos scored his first win inside the Octagon at UFC Nashville, submitting Junior Tafa in the second round of their main card opener.
After tasting a little bit of Tafa’s power, Tokkos wasted no time shooting in for a takedown and muscling ‘The Juggernaut’ down to the mat, much to the chagrin of the live crowd.
Tokkos landed four of six takedown attempts and controlled much of the action, but it was Tafa who managed to reverse position and drop some solid ground-and-pound strikes in the closing seconds of the first.
Tafa came out swinging big in the second and caught Tokkos with a quick right hand that had the Brit on wobbly legs.