Demian Maia Sleeps Ben Askren – UFC Singapore Highlights

Demian Maia emerged victorious over Ben Askren in the battle of the grapplers at UFC Singapore on Saturday morning.

After a mainly striking battle early on, the two started to engage on the ground with some beautiful transitions and submission attempts. In the end, Maia was too much as he got a hold of Askren’s back and put him to sleep with a rear-naked choke submission in the third round.

It puts the Brazilian on a three-fight winning streak. Askren, meanwhile, has now lost two in a row and there will be plenty of questions about his future with the promotion.

You can see the highlights below:

Starting to land solid strikes 🤜💥@Benaskren #UFCSingapore pic.twitter.com/eM1dDDa77R

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) October 26, 2019

They exchange in the pocket, just as we all expected! 😉#UFCSingapore pic.twitter.com/jFIp82araS

— UFC (@ufc) October 26, 2019

What a transition by @DemianMaia! Wow! #UFCSingapore pic.twitter.com/O6Ktqd3IMq

— UFC (@ufc) October 26, 2019

Maia does it!@DemianMaia submits Askren in round 3! Wow! #UFCSingapore pic.twitter.com/2OupGLsGmL

— UFC (@ufc) October 26, 2019

Wow! Demian Maia puts Ben Askren to sleep with another submission finish.#UFCSingapore

https://t.co/hXa0EYwpKs

— WhatsUpMMA (@WhatsUp_MMA) October 26, 2019

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