It didn’t take lengthy for Tallison Teixeira to make an announcement in his Octagon debut at UFC 312.
The 6’7″ heavyweight appeared to impose his will early, taking pictures for a takedown and urgent his opponent, Justin Tafa, in opposition to the fence. Tafa defended the takedown try nicely, however a knee to the midsection from Teixeira opened up a possibility for the Brazilian to land a vicious proper elbow to the face of Tafa, sending him crashing to the canvas instantly.
With Tafa turtling up in opposition to the cage, Teixeira unleashed just a few ground-and-pound strikes that finally compelled the referee to step in and name for a stoppage lower than a minute into the heavyweight scrap.
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Official End result: Tallison Teixeira def. Justin Tafa through TKO (elbow) at 0:35 of Spherical 1.
take a look at highlights from Tallison Teixeira vs. Justin Tafa at UFC 312:
