LAS VEGAS – Martin Buday beat Josh Parisian with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 51 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Buday, who won for the 12th straight time, but got his first stoppage win in the UFC.
Martin Buday vs. Josh Parisian
Result: Martin Buday def. Josh Parisian via submission (kimura) – Round 1, 4:11
Updated records: Buday (13-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC), Parisian (15-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC)
Key stats: Buday outstruck Parisian 62-27 ahead of the submission a little more than four minutes into the fight.
Buday on the fight's key moment
“I trained hard for this fight, and I wanted to get my first finish in the UFC, so I’m very happy. My previous fights, all the fights was a little bit different. I had always something – some little injury or something like that. In this fight, I was 100 percent healthy and 100 percent ready. I improved some things in the camp. I’m still a young fighter, so I’m improving with every fight, every camp. We are skyrocketing up.”
Buday on his family celebrating
“(My wife is) very happy, of course. She’s very happy. That’s always the reason that she’s happy, (that I didn’t get hurt). But I know she she’s celebrating with my family. Everyone is happy back home that I won and it will be nice to come back home.”
Buday on what he wants next
“I’m a young fighter and I need some experience, but we will see. We will see. If a ranked opponent pops up, I will take the challenge. But if not, I 100 percent will take an unranked opponent. I want to fight one more time this year. I don’t have a particular date or place. Just fight.”
To hear more from Buday, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 51.
