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UFC: Sasha Palatnikov says Impa Kasanganay ‘didn’t want to strike with me’
- Hong Kong’s first fighter in the UFC suffers second-round submission defeat in Las Vegas
- ‘All credit to Impa for coming with a strong game plan … I’ll be back,’ Palatnikov says
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Hong Kong’s Sasha Palatnikov has promised “I’ll be back” after suffering his first loss in the UFC.
Palatnikov – who became Hong Kong’s first fighter in the UFC with a debut TKO win last December – tapped out to a rear-naked choke from Impa Kasanganay (9-1) in the second round of Saturday’s opening bout at UFC on ABC 2 in Las Vegas.
“All safe, healthy! I got caught in a scramble under the chin. I was expecting the grappling onslaught,” the 32-year-old wrote in a social media post.
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“Was looking forward to opening up in the second round. Like most of my opponents he didn’t want to strike with me.”
The 27-year-old American “Tshilobo” was making his welterweight debut in the promotion, dropping down following his viral knockout by Joaquin Buckley last October.
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