"Bautista took on an up-and-coming Oliveira in the main event at UFC Vegas 113 on Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas. While some were counting Bautista out, he absolutely walked through Oliveira en route to a second-round submission win. While it was Oliveira's first five-rounder, "LokDog" started looking sluggish early in the second round. Bautista revealed that he initially thought that Oliveira was playing possum to try to lure him into a knockout shot."
""I wasn't sure if he was messing around, kind of trying to lure me into these big shots," Bautista said at the post-fight press conference. "It was kind of what he did. It was easy to see. That whole thing about him being 165 lbs [on fight week].. to me, that means you're slow. It makes you slow. I could see everything, I had great eyes in there, all the experience I've had.""
Mario Bautista defeated Vinicius Oliveira by second-round submission at UFC Vegas 113 in Las Vegas. Oliveira began to look sluggish early in the second round, and Bautista initially suspected a feint intended to lure a knockout. Oliveira weighed 165 pounds during fight week and cut to bantamweight, which Bautista said reduced his speed. Bautista said he could see everything in the cage and credited his experience and vision for capitalizing on Oliveira's slowness. Bautista improved his record to 17-3 and rebounded from a loss to Umar Nurmagomedov. Oliveira fell to 23-4 after the defeat.
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