MINNEAPOLIS – Vinc Pichel beat Roosevelt Roberts with a unanimous decision Saturday night on the main card at UFC on ESPN 3 in Minneapolis.
Take a look inside the fight with Pichel, who got back in the win column and has won five of his past six.
Result: Vinc Pichel def. Roosevelt Roberts via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Updated records: Pichel (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC), Roberts (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC)
Key stat: Roberts lost for the first time in his pro career.
Pichel on the fight’s key moment
“He gave me his neck, and I was going to strangle the (expletive) out of him because that’s his thing – he guillotines a lot of people. I felt his neck, I felt my hand go under his chin, and I was just squeezing on it. I had it, but I didn’t have it – I didn’t want to pull guard … He was gagging. He was choking on his own tongue, for sure. … That would’ve been my first submission.”
Pichel on just missing his first submission
“He’s not the first undefeated guy I’d have handed a loss to. That didn’t bother me. But first submission? That would’ve been the icing on the cake.”
Pichel on what he wants next
“I feel like I fit in with the top dangerous guys. I could fight any of the top 10 guys and be a dangerous fight for them and take them out at a moment’s notice.”
To hear more from Pichel, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
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