Arabic version: سالكلد يحقق أول فوز له في نزال رئيسي ضمن يو إف سي

According to ABC News, Australian fighter Quillan Salkilld won his first UFC main event by submitting Mateusz Gamrot with a rear-naked choke in Las Vegas.

Salkilld secured the finish at 4:25 of the opening round of their non-title lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night at the UFC APEX. In his main-event debut, he survived a Gamrot leg-lock during an extended grappling exchange before taking his opponent’s back and applying the choke.

The result extended Salkilld’s winning streak to 13 fights. His record moved to 13-1, while Gamrot’s stood at 26-5. Salkilld has won his past four bouts, and five of his past six, in the first round.

After defeating the number eight-ranked Gamrot, the number 12-ranked Salkilld called for stronger opposition in the lightweight division. “I think I deserve someone who’s in the top five or close to it,” Salkilld said.

In the co-main event, Diego Ferreira earned a unanimous decision over Billy Quarantillo, with all three judges scoring the lightweight fight 30-27. Yadier del Valle stopped Darren Elkins 35 seconds into the first round of Elkins’s UFC retirement bout.