Video, poll: Is rare Suloev stretch automatically UFC Baku’s best finish?

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Ordinarily, if you bring a knockout in the single digits, time-wise, to the conversation about best finishes, it’s a slam dunk.

But that’s not the case after UFC Baku on Saturday. At National Gymnastics Arena in Azerbaijan, Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) delivered an 8-second KO of Julius Walker (7-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC). Then Asu Almabayev (24-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) decided to force Charles Johnson (19-9 MMA, 8-6 UFC) to tap to just the fourth Suloev stretch in UFC history.

It’s a truly tough call, indeed, between those two – and there were others in the mix that ordinarily would’ve stood a chance as the event’s best finish.

UFC Fight Night 280 had nine stoppages in 13 fights. But not all finishes are created equal. Check out the stoppages in the video above. Then vote for which one was your favorite in our poll below.

UFC Baku finishes​

• Rafael Fiziev def. Manuel Torres via knockout (spinning back kick, punches) – Round 2, 0:15
• Matheus Camilo def. Nazim Sadykhov via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:31
• Asu Almabayev def. Charles Johnson via submission (Suloev stretch) – Round 3, 3:33
• Abus Magomedov def. Michal Oleksiejczuk via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:25
• Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Julius Walker via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:08
• Nursulton Ruziboev def. Andrey Pulyaev via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:58
• Kaan Ofli def. Javier Reyes via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 4:16
• Daniil Donchenko def. Theodor Berggren via TKO (head kick, punches) – Round 2, 1:35
• Tahir Abdullayev def. Jefferson Nascimento via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 4:32

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video, poll: Is rare Suloev stretch automatically UFC Baku’s best finish?

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