UFC 196 Prelims: Siyar Bahadurzada Arm-Triangle Submits Brandon Thatch

WOW! Siyar Bahadurzada hits an arm triangle choke in the last minute of the fight to finish Brandon Thatch! #UFC196 https://t.co/0sSRDNSNF6

Siyar Bahadurzada exposed the glaring hole in Brandon Thatch’s game.

Bahadurzada submitted the Elevation Fight Team standout with a third-round arm-triangle choke at UFC 196 “McGregor vs. Diaz” on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Thatch (11-4, 2-3 UFC) conceded defeat 4:11 into round three, as he suffered his third straight defeat.

Thatch could not stay on his feet. Bahadurzada (22-6-1, 2-2 UFC) executed repeated takedowns, applied his ground-and-pound and seized control of the match. Late in the third round, he dragged the exhausted…