<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13692662" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="charles-jourdain" source="Orion">Charles Jourdain</keyword> won his <keyword id="11922275" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc" source="Orion">UFC</keyword> match Saturday when he made Lando Vannata tap with a rare finish.</li><li>The 26-year-old <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> fighter submitted Vannata with a one-armed guillotine choke from bottom guard.</li></ul><p>LAS VEGAS — A 26-year-old fighter stunned the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> world when he finished a fight with a one-armed guillotine choke from bottom guard Saturday during the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a>'s 13-bout fight card that took place at the Apex in Las Vegas.</p><p>Meet Charles Jourdain — a Canadian combatant who only won the decision of his career in his last match, when he outpointed Andre Ewell during a Fight Night event in December 2021.</p><p>Speaking to Insider and other reporters at UFC HQ earlier this week, Jourdain said he regards that decision as a near finish as he could tell he had wrecked Ewell's world.</p><p>He told us that he was desperate to win by finish this weekend, and promised to bring a violent war to the Octagon.</p><p>Though Jourdain didn't get involved in a battle against Lando Vannata, he did get the finish he so desperately craved — and he did so in style as the submission was a unique one.</p><p>It all began after a grappling exchange in which Jourdain chased the guillotine and tightened the chokehold with one arm, locking it in until Vannata tapped.</p><p><strong>It was a thing of beauty — and you can watch it right here:</strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—ESPN MMA  (@espnmma) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1518041627226345472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2022</a></blockquote><p>"I'm a black belt, people seem to forget, but it was a good reminder today," said Jourdain at the UFC event Insider attended.</p><p>He then issued a challenge to fellow featherweight Edson Barboza, a Brazilian veteran of fighting with 33 MMA matches under his belt, with many kickboxing bouts on his record, too.</p><p>Jourdain then said he "wants to die" in the Octagon. He added: "Don't worry Edson, I won't try to take you down. It'll be mano-a-mano until either you die or I die."</p><p>With victory, Jourdain advanced his pro MMA record to 13 wins (eight knockouts, four submissions, and one decision) against four losses.</p><p>Elsewhere on the card, MMA fighter Mike <a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-jackson-wins-ufc-match-by-dq-after-eye-gouge-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jackson won a match by DQ after an eye gouge. He also got kicked in the crotch</a>.</p><p>Tyson <a href="https://www.insider.com/tyson-pedro-scored-firstround-ko-after-4-years-from-ufc-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pedro, meanwhile, iced Ike Villanuev with heavy shots in a first-round drubbing</a>. </p><p>Later, <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-aoriqileng-gives-masterclass-in-how-to-rebound-from-defeat-2022-4">Aoriqileng gave a masterclass in how to rebound from defeat</a> as he blasted past Cameron Else.</p><p>Amanda Lemos and Jessica Andrade fought in a unique, all-Brazilian women's strawweight fight at the top of the card.</p>

A 26-year-old fighter stunned the MMA world when he finished a fight with a one-armed guillotine choke

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Professional Fighters League returns on ESPN with a three-event run, beginning April 1 in Las Vegas.</li><li>British MMA star Brendan Loughnane headlines the first show at the Virgin Hotels.</li></ul><p>LAS VEGAS — The upcoming <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/pfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professional Fighters League</a> season will kick off its new season with a residency at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas beginning April 1.</p><p>"The Professional Fighters League is excited to return this April to Las Vegas, the fight capital of the world, to kick off the 2023 PFL Regular Season with a three-event residency at the reimagined Virgin Hotel Las Vegas," PFL CEO Peter Murray said in a statement to Insider.</p><p>"The PFL's extensive roster of world-class fighters will be on display for all US events live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+, along with international distribution to 160 countries globally for MMA fans around the world."</p><p>PFL <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> is a rising US-based combat sports promotion that operates differently from other firms like <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bellator-mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bellator MMA</a>, and One Championship. Rather than holding standalone matches, PFL pits fighters against one another in a league format, not unlike the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL.</p><p>Fighters compete in a regular season, playoffs, and then vie for an end-of-season championship fight that's worth $1 million to each tournament winner.</p><p>The company recently made headlines with <a href="https://www.insider.com/jake-paul-signs-with-pfl-mma-wants-nate-diaz-fight-2023-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">its acquisition of social media sensation and boxing prospect Jake Paul</a>, who will be the first in a wave of big-name signings that will compete in "PFL's PPV Super Fights."</p><p>The league will continue to operate in its traditional format, though, with reigning champion and British MMA star Brendan Loughnane headlining the first event of the 2023 season.</p><h2>Loughnane, Pacheco, and Delija begin their PFL championship defenses in separate fights</h2><p>Loughnane will fight the former UFC competitor Marlon Moraes in a featherweight bout April 1.</p><p>In the co-main event, 2022 light heavyweight king Robert Wilkinson takes on Thiago Santos at 205 pounds.</p><p>On April 7, the second of PFL's three events in Las Vegas this spring, 2022 PFL champ Ante Delija fights the former UFC heavyweight and Eagle FC fighter, Yorgan de Castro.</p><p>Meanwhile, Larissa Pacheco — who defeated Kayla Harrison in a stunning upset to claim $1 million last season — begins the defense of her women's featherweight crown with a potential banana skin against Julia Budd.</p><div type="image" title="PFL queen Larissa Pacheco." height="493" width="1000" msid="97559679" hostid="261" sizebytes="34866"></div><p>Then, on April 14, Olivier Aubin-Mercier — who won the men's lightweight championship in 2022 — fights Shane Burgos, who left the UFC last year with back-to-back wins over Charles Jourdain and Billy Quarantillo.</p><p>In the co-main event that night, 2022 welterweight ruler Sadibou Sy fights Jarrah Al-Silawi.</p><p>"With all six of last year's PFL world champions returning to the SmartCage, along with the league debuts of MMA stars Shane Burgos and Thiago Santos, fans will see the best this sport has to offer when the 2023 PFL season kicks off from Las Vegas on April 1," Ray Sefo, PFL President of Fighter Operations, said in a statement sent to Insider.</p>

The Professional Fighters League season returns in April for a three-event residency in Las Vegas

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13693090" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jessica-andrade" source="Orion">Jessica Andrade</keyword> rewrote the history books Saturday with an extraordinary <keyword id="11922275" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc" source="Orion">UFC</keyword> win.</li><li>The former strawweight champion scored a standing arm-triangle submission over <keyword id="13693091" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amanda-lemos" source="Orion">Amanda Lemos</keyword>.</li></ul><p>LAS VEGAS — Women's <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> legend <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/jessica-andrade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jessica Andrade</a> made history Saturday in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> with the first standing arm triangle submission win.</p><p>Never before in the market-leading combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> firm's 28-year history has an athlete secured a win using that particular technique.</p><p>But this weekend, in the main event against Amanda Lemos, Andrade — a decorated fighter already — punctuated her victory over the No.10-ranked 115-pound combatant with a rarely-seen chokehold.</p><p>Andrade said shortly after her win that she had "worked a lot on it," heard her coach tell her "don't let it go," and, once Lemos could be heard gargling, she knew that she could get the win there and then if she just "kept squeezing."</p><p>Later, at a post-event press conference Insider attended at the Apex in Las Vegas, Andrade said she could hear her coach tell her, "if you keep at it, she might tap."</p><p>So Andrade kept squeezing and Lemos couldn't help but tap.</p><p>It was all over.</p><p>Andrade, the former UFC strawweight champion and a winning veteran in this tough and grueling game, beat a fast-rising fighter with relative ease and in style.</p><p>"It was the move we had practiced all week," Andrade said, adding that it was a blood choke, which also cranked part of her jaw, too, only adding to the intensity of her opponent's pain, the feeling of despair, and impending defeat.</p><p><strong>Watch the history-making submission right here:</strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—ESPN <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> (@espnmma) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1518061681183756288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2022</a></blockquote><p>With victory, 30-year-old Andrade advanced her pro MMA record to 23 wins (nine knockouts, eight submissions, and six decisions) against nine losses.</p><div type="image" title="Jessica Andrade wins with a UFC-first submission." height="1000" width="2000" msid="91044424" hostid="261"></div><p>Elsewhere on the card, MMA fighter Mike <a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-jackson-wins-ufc-match-by-dq-after-eye-gouge-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jackson won a match by DQ after an eye gouge. He also got kicked in the crotch</a>.</p><p>Tyson <a href="https://www.insider.com/tyson-pedro-scored-firstround-ko-after-4-years-from-ufc-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pedro, meanwhile, iced Ike Villanuev with heavy shots in a first-round drubbing</a>.</p><p>Later, <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-aoriqileng-gives-masterclass-in-how-to-rebound-from-defeat-2022-4">Aoriqileng gave a masterclass in how to rebound from defeat</a> as he blasted past Cameron Else.</p><p>A 26-year-old fighter called Charles <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-charles-jourdain-taps-lando-vannata-with-one-armed-guillotine-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jourdain stunned the MMA world when he finished a fight with a one-armed guillotine</a> choke.</p><p>And, finally, there was a passing of the torch at lightweight as fast-riser Claudio Puelles defeated the self-described junkyard dog Clay Guida with his signature kneebar submission.</p>

Women's MMA legend Jessica Andrade made history in the UFC with the first standing arm triangle submission win

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