Muin
Gafurov claims he did not intentionally submit to Jakub
Wiklacz at
UFC Fight Night 266. 

Gafurov (20-7) missed weight by a whopping five pounds for his
bantamweight clash against Wiklacz (18-3) on the prelims at UFC
Fight Night 266 at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. While Gafurov
had Wiklacz on his heels in the first round, the Polish fighter
bounced back in the second round. Gafurov looked to be edging out
the third round when he started frantically looking for a finish in
the final seconds. Wiklacz took the opportunity to jump a mounted
guillotine on Gafurov. While Gafurov showed a thumbs-up right
before the final bell, he bizarrely tapped out with a second left
in the fight. Referee Chris Tognoni watched the replay and
confirmed that Gafurov tapped out before the final bell. 

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Gafurov told his teammate, Merab
Dvalishvili, that he thought he had heard the final bell before
tapping out. Gafurov was frantically tapping as he couldn’t fathom
why the referee was not separating them.

“I heard the bell, brother,” Gafurov said. “I was thinking, ‘Why
are you not [separating]?’”

‘He Never Taps to a Choke’

Dvalishvili says that it was an unfortunate ending as Gafurov is
the kind of fighter who usually never taps. 

“He first said he was good,” Dvalishvili said. “And then when he
heard the bell, he tap. It’s so unfortunate. Congratulations to
Jakub. I don’t have nothing against him, he’s a good fighter. But
my brother Muin never taps to a choke. It’s so unfortunate.”

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