Roosevelt Roberts kept his undefeated record (and 100 percent finish rate) in tact with an absolute mugging of Garrett Gross over the course of more than seven minutes of lightweight action. Roberts (6-0) put on a grappling showcase against Gross (11-8), who wasn’t able to stop the offense from coming his way before he tapped out to a second-round submission in the featured bout at Dana White’s Contender Series 15, which took place took place at The Ultimate Fighter Gym in Las Vegas. The win earned him one of four contracts dished out by UFC President Dana White on the penultimate episode of Season 2, along with Ian Heinisch , Jordan Griffin and Juan Adams . The desire to win the fight by submission was evident from the opening bell, when Roberts went right after Gross and tried to jump on a guillotine. He got top position through a big takedown and was absolutely relentless from on top. He mixed up ground-and-pound and submission attempts, putting what was arguably a 10-8 round on his opponent.
BAD MMA Trending Cloud
UFC • Bellator • Conor Mcgregor • PFL • Jon Jones • Daniel Cormier • Dustin Poirier • Khabib Nurmagomedov • Dana White • Francis Ngannou • Jorge Masvidal • Nate Diaz • Anderson Silva • Max Holloway • WSOF • Michael Chandler • Ronda Rousey • Alex Pereira • Michael Bisping • Amanda Nunes • Alexander Volkanovski • Donald Cerrone • Kamaru Usman • islam makhachev • Tony Ferguson • Henry Cejudo • Jake Paul • Charles Oliveira • Demetrious Johnson • sean o'malley • Jose Aldo • One Championship • Aljamain Sterling • Derrick Lewis • Stipe Miocic • sean strickland • Tyron Woodley • Georges St Pierre • Robert Whittaker • Chael Sonnen
- MMA News (115547)
- UFC 318 roundtable: Can Dustin Poirier author the most feel-good MMA ending ever?
- Eduarda Moura had 1 request for Dana White in UFC Nashville post-fight meeting
- Video: Daniel Dubois screams in Oleksandr Usyk’s face ahead of intense rematch
- ‘I can’t quit staring’: Pros react to alleged Conor McGregor explicit photo leaks
- Gordon Ryan issues fiery response to Craig Jones announcing retirement, leaving team
- Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva boxing match agreed for Spaten Fight Night 2 event
- Dana White teases next UFC broadcast deal ‘likely’ going with ‘platform that is way more global’
- Matt Brown explains what made Dustin Poirier a UFC legend: ‘He didn’t come in with insane gifts’
- Morning Report: Chael Sonnen theorizes early stoppage in UFC Nashville main event was accidental
- Can you guess this 5-fight UFC vet in today’s in-5 trivia game?