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UFC Tampa video: Joel Alvarez KOs Drakkar Klose, who falls into guillotine choke in wild sequence

mike bohn
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Joel Alvarez kept his 100 percent finish rate in tact against Drakkar Klose with a bizarre sequence to end their fight at UFC on ESPN 63.

After rocking Klose (15-3-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC) with a punch in the opening round of the lightweight bout at Amalie Arena, Alvarez (22-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) charged in with a flying knee that landed clean. With his opponent essentially unconscious, Alvarez grabbed the neck and went for a guillotine as Klose started to fall back.

Luckily, the referee quickly realized Klose was out cold from the knee, and he pulled Alvarez off for the knockout at the 2:48 mark of Round 1.

Check out a replay of the sequence below (via X):

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With the win, Alvarez keeps his incredible run of stopping every opponent inside the distance. He told MMA Junkie prior to UFC on ESPN 63 that he was mulling a move up to welterweight, and said he intends to move forward with that – with one exception.

"We talked about maybe going up to 170," Alvarez said through an interpreter in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. "Unless we're going to have UFC Spain. Then I'll stay at lightweight."

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