Murtazali Momagomedov made an immediate statement in his promotional debut tonight at UFC Fight Night 279 by quickly catching Melsik Baghdasaryan in a rarely-seen modified twister submission.

Round One

Hard body kick from Baghdasaryan to start. Push kick for him. Now punches to the body and Magomedov counters with a punch to the head.

Magomedov driving in for a potential takedown now. He doesn’t get it at the first attempt, but works for it again and gets him down.

Magomedov looking to take the back and get his hooks in, but Baghdasaryan is turning into him. However, Magomedov has the body triangle in and is now going for what looks like a modified twister as he sends his opponents head in the other direction and forces Baghdasaryan to quickly tap out!

That’s quite a way to mark your UFC debut with the rare ‘Scottish Twister’ submission finish coming just 77 seconds into the opening round!