Luis Pena dropped Richie Smullen with his striking game, but finished him with a submission. A mounted guillotine choke from Pena (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) eventually forced Smullen (3-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) to tap at the 3:32 mark of Round 1, ending an impressive UFC debut for the “Violent Bob Ross.” The lightweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s TUF 27 Finale event at Pearl Theatre at The Palms in Las Vegas. It aired on FS1 following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of a main card on FS1. Pena lighting Smullen up on the feet and drops him early! #TUF27 @ViolentBobRoss pic.twitter.com/i9gAeNnErQ — UFC (@ufc) July 7, 2018 After trading takedowns in the early going, Pena really got his offense going once the fight returned to the feet. After stinging Smulllen with a straight left and right uppercut, Pena dropped him with a clean right hook behind the ear. As Smullen scrambled to attack Pena’s legs, Pena locked up a guillotine from the top, then leveraged it into full mount to really apply the squeeze
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TUF 27 Finale results: Luis Pena drops Richie Smullen, then submits him – MMA Junkie