Nakamura submits Noke with buzzer-beating choke
Once Keita Nakamura took Kyle Noke's back, it was a done deal.
For the 16th time in his 12-year MMA career, Nakamura won a fight with a rear-naked-choke when he submitted Noke in the second-round of their welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night 91 in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Wednesday.
Even more astonishing, the finish came with one second remaining in the round.
Tapped with 1 second left to go in the round, Wow! #UFCSiouxFalls pic.twitter.com/cEGXuPpKUU
— Léno (@DavidLCarrion) July 14, 2016
Nakamura continues his unlikely late-career resurgence by winning for the second time in three fights since returning to the UFC last September. His overall record now stands at a stout 32-7-2 with one no-contest.
The two veterans slugged it out in the first, with Noke landing the majority of the power shots. Noke couldn't put Nakamura away, which would cost him later.
Noke initiated the offense in Round 2, but it turns out that Nakamura was biding his time. He dropped Noke with a huge knee, then followed him to the mat where he worked to snag the fight-ending choke.
The 36-year-old Australian was submitted for the second time in his UFC career and now falls to 3-3 as a welterweight, and 6-5 inside the Octagon overall.