Tim Elliott entered the octagon at UFC 219 with a heavy heart and put on a performance that would’ve made his coach proud. After dominating Mark De La Rosa on the mat in the first round, Elliott locked in an anaconda choke in the second to earn the submission win tonight in the UFC Fight Pass-streamed prelim from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was the culmination of an emotional few weeks for Elliott following the shocking death of his coach, Robert Follis, who committed suicide earlier this month . Elliott recently moved from Kansas to Nevada to advance his career and bought house for $270,000. He specifically joined up with Follis at Xtreme Couture and was relishing his mentorship, telling MMAjunkie earlier this week just how much Follis meant to him
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