After a false start last month during International Fight Week, Jackson McVey finally made his promotional debut at UFC 318, taking on Brunno Ferreira.
McVey had been booked against SD Dumas for his debut, only for legal troubles on the part of Dumas to scuttle the pairing. Christopher Ewert then signed with the company on short notice as a replacement, but went on to blow his weight cut. Ferreira finally stuck, with McVey getting to make the walk on the early prelims in New Orleans on Saturday.
Ferreira, however, was a considerable upgrade. And as it turned out, too big of a step up.
The fight started with a unexpectedly measured performance from Ferreira. He was perhaps having trouble finding the range against the towering McVey. McVey was also not engaging however, maybe respecting the power of Ferreira a little too much. It wasn’t long until Ferreira found the shot and it was a hard outside leg kick that buckled McVey. McVey stormed forward and jumped on the back of Ferreira. With the hooks not all the way in Ferreira slung him off to his back. Ferreira easily moved to mount and McVey left his arm out and Ferreira locked in the belly down armbar. That was all she wrote!
Official Result: Brunno Ferreira def. Jackson McVey via submission (armbar), round 1, 3:35
