New Orleans — Brazil’s Brunno Ferreira (14-2) put away promotional newcomer Jackson McVey at UFC 318 on Saturday, in a preliminary card fight that was over inside of a round.
The end came about via arm-bar, Ferreira’s second straight arm-bar submission. He’s now 5-1 inside the octagon. “That’s a favorite position of mine, always doing that in training,” he stated following the bout, speaking via translator to media outlets including Cageside Press. “My corner just saw it and said ‘you got this, this is your position.'”
By the time Ferreira got on top, “when I got the arm, that was locked in like 99%. I knew there was a 99% chance I was going to get that arm.”
With McVey new to the promotion (and struggling to get an opponent after two dropped out of a fight at UFC 317 last month), a dominant win was probably the best case scenario for Ferreira. Still, he planned on a finish regardless.
“For sure. Whoever was going to be in front of me I was going to finish, and actually have a fight like that and just not give him any space. I knew that whenever any pressure was going to happen, I was just going to power through it, and take it over. Where ever it was at, I was going to come out with the win.”
Moving forward, Ferreira was keeping his eye on some of the other big middleweight fights at UFC 318, mainly Brendan Allen vs. Marvin Vettori, and Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov. Allen and Costa were victorious in those; Ferreira believes he sent a message to the MMA world meanwhile.
“I think people saw today that I’m not just a knockout artist, I’m a finisher as well.”
Watch the full UFC 318 post-fight press conference with Brunno Ferreira above.
