Matheus Camilo entered his UFC debut with a lot of buzz, but Gabe Green wasn’t fazed.
At UFC Fight Night 256 on Saturday, Green (12-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) submitted Camilo (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a rear-naked choke at 3:43 of Round 2. The lightweight bout was the featured prelim at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Camilo had a successful first round and appeared to be on his way to finishing the fight when he locked in a triangle choke off his back. The lock appeared to be tight. As Green strained, he elevated Camilo and slammed him down. The impact resulted in Camilo’s release of the submission attempt.
Camilo rolled and gave up his back. Green gladly took it and landed some punches from that position. Eventually, Green locked in the rear-naked choke and got the tap.
Green, 32, had not competed in two years and was coming off back-to-back losses. The fight was his divisional debut after five UFC appearances at welterweight. His UFC losses have come against Daniel Rodriguez, Ian Machado Garry, and Bryan Battle.
Camilo, 24, was signed on a recent episode of “Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight.” The defeat snapped a six-fight winning streak for the Xtreme Couture product.
