Nurmagomedov submits Briton Davis with unorthodox chokeImage source, PFLImage caption, Nurmagomedov has won 21 fights with one no-contestByPaul BattisonBBC Sport journalistPublished13 minutes agoUsman Nurmagomedov outclassed Alfie Davis before submitting the Briton in the third round to retain his PFL lightweight title in Dubai.Russia’s Nurmagomedov marched Davis down throughout, attacking with an array of kicks, before securing a key takedown midway through the fight and putting him to sleep with an unorthodox arm triangle choke.The win extends 27-year-old Nurmagomedov’s unbeaten record to 22 fights and marks his fifth world title defence.Davis, 33, won the PFL’s lightweight tournament last year to earn the title shot but was a big underdog in the fight and rarely looked as if he would trouble Nurmagomedov.
“I won how I planned, I made him tired, I made him work, I made him grapple and the win was going to come,” reported Nurmagomedov.
“Thank you for my father, he is here with me. Everything I have in this life is from him.”
Davis came into the fight following his win over Nurmagomedov’s team-mate Gadzhi Rabadanov in August and he carried the confidence he earned from that contest into the title bout.
Davis wore a beaming grin as he danced his way to the cage with a swagger, in front of booing fans who were largely in support of Nurmagomedov.
