The last event of the year 2022 for promotion, UFC Vegas 66, took place at UFC APEX on Dec. 17, featuring the middleweights Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland. Markedly, the Fight Night event on Saturday had no title fights, but the event offered fighters a chance to rise to the occasion and jump in the ranks. While the event almost flew under the radar in its build-up, the stacked event offered exciting matchups and high-paced action. Similarly, the event had the potential to leave an imprint on the upcoming year. However, a come-from-back victory in one prelims card fight involving Said Nurmagomedov and Saidyokub Kakhramonov attracted the attention of the fans.

Notably, both fighters engaged in a back-and-forth fight where the Russian fighter scored a come-from-back victory via guillotine choke in round 2.

How did the fans react to the come-from-back win at UFC Vegas 66?

Said Nurmagomedov, who has a name that attracts the eyeballs in the MMA world, has no connection whatsoever with the Dagestan dynasty. Both the fighters with 2 losses each in their MMA career entered the Octagon, and it was the Russian fighter who snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat.

UFC star Belal Muhammad wrote, “Woooow”

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Another UFC fighter, Adrian Yañez, commented, “One-sided fight till it wasn’t.”

Similarly, the English MMA fighter, Arnold Allen, praised both fighters and called the unexpected choke towards the dying seconds of the final round a ‘ninja choke’.

Thus, the featherweight fighter declared, “Love a good ninja choke 👏🏼 great fight kakhramanov showed some good skills #ufcvegas66”

What happened in the fight at UFC Fight Night?

Nurmagomedov, 30, never looked settled in the fight as evidenced by the stats of the fights. In comparison to his opponent, the Russian fighter landed only 7 significant strikes throughout the fight. In addition, the Uzbekistan fighter had a ground control time of almost 8 minutes.

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Therefore, for the Xtreme Couture team representative, only a miracle could save him after a phenomenal performance by his opponent. That moment came with only 1:30 minutes remaining in the class. Grabbing his opponent, the Warrior Camp MMA team representative’s neck found itself strangled by the hands of Nurmagomedov, who came into the fight with a 3-win streak momentum.

Thus, with just 1 minute left in the clock, the fight turned its head upside down and handed Kakhramonov his first defeat in the promotion.

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