If you listened to the UFC commentary team, you would assume that Gavin Tucker defeated Billy Quarantillo at UFC 256 by sticking and moving on the outside, his best work coming when he avoided the pocket. Newfoundland’s Tucker came into the UFC as largely “just” an outfighter, hitting shifting combinations and doing his best TJ Dillashaw impression. However, after a two-year injury layoff, Tucker returned and demonstrated a sharp new area of skill in his game.
He was pressured hard by the durable and fit Billy Quarantillo, the younger fighter was attempting to smother Tucker’s outside work and make the fight as rough as possible, forcing close-quarters exchanges.