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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCT. 08: (L-R) Iuri Alcantara of Brazil attempts to submit Brad Pickett of England in their bantamweight bout during the UFC 204 Fight Night at the Manchester Evening News Arena. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)Brazilian bantamweight veteran Iuri Alcantara delivered the most impressive two minutes of his UFC career in UFC 204 prelim action at Manchester Arena on Saturday night, showing off his entire MMA game en route to a first-round submission of Brad Pickett.

Alcantara struck first with a knee in the opening minute, and a crushing spinning back elbow dropped Pickett in the second minute of the frame. Alcantara went in for the finish and landed several hard shots. After Pickett shook off those blows, Alcantara adjusted and went after the submission and he got it, as sunk in a triangle choke that ended the bout 1:59 into the fight.

Para’s Alcantara moves to 33-7, 1 NC with the win; London’s Pickett falls to 26-12.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCT. 08: (L-R) <a href='../fighter/damian-stasiak'>Damian Stasiak</a> of Poland submits <a href='../fighter/David-Grant'>Davey Grant</a> of England in their bantamweight bout during the UFC 204 Fight Night at the Manchester Evening News Arena. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)“ align=“center“ />STASIAK vs GRANT</strong></p><p>Damian Stasiak made it two straight in the Octagon in bantamweight action, as he submitted Davey Grant in the third round.</p><p>The opening round was competitive throughout, with Stasiak possibly edging Grant, which prompted “Dangerous” Davey to go on the attack with his standup game. Mixing things up nicely with punches, kicks and knees, Grant froze Stasiak with his strikes. With a little over two minutes left, Stasiak halted his foe’s momentum with a takedown, but Grant shot right back to his feet and got back to business. Another Stasiak takedown followed, and this time he got the mount, but Grant eluded danger by the end of the round.</p><p>The two bantamweights continued to battle in the third round, but eventually, Stasiak broke the fight wide open, locking in a tight armbar. Grant courageously tried to escape, but to no avail, as he was forced to tap out at the 3:56 mark.</p><p>Lodz’ Stasiak improves to 10-3 with the win; Bishop Auckland’s Grant falls to 10-3.</p><p><strong><img src=Reza Madadi, falls to 13-3.

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