UFC 258 video: Polyana Viana’s slick armbar finishes game Mallory Martin

Polyana Viana was determined to get a finish at UFC 258, and her persistence paid off.

[autotag]Polyana Viana[/autotag] sure was determined to get a submission Saturday at UFC 258.

Viana (12-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) got Mallory Martin into a tight triangle in the early moments of their strawweight preliminary card fight at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Martin (7-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC), though, turned out to be a determined foe and thrashed around like a fish that was hooked to prevent getting reeled in, looking for an escape.

Viana even found herself on the receiving end of a Martin slam. But she held on and transitioned to a picture-perfect armbar. With Martin trapped, and a full two minutes after she was first put in the triangle, she had no choice but to tap at the 3:18 mark of the opening round.

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You can check out the handiwork that led to her eighth career submission victory below:

 

“That’s a technique I do really well – I transition from the triangle to the armbar,” Viana said.

Brazil’s Viana has won two fights in a row to rebound nicely from a rough 1-3 start to her UFC career. All three of her UFC wins are by submission.

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