Watch Skelly score fastest submission in division history

UFC featherweights Chas Skelly and Maximo Blanco opened the fight with simultaneous flying kicks and then fell to the mat. There was a scramble and Skelly put on a tremendous lock flow demonstration, looking for a one-arm guillotine, and then transitioning to an Anaconda.

When a choke is sunk, you have two choices – tap or nap. Blanco showed heart and refused to tap, so he went out.

The entire thing happened in just 19 seconds, setting a new record for the UFC featherweight division.

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Blanco is famous for starting fast, so Skelly reached into professional wrestling to slow things down.

“My plan was to drop kick him so I guess I’m not that athletic so I had to go with the Hulk Hogan one-footer,” joked Skelly, as transcribed by Damon Martin for FOX Sports.

Skelly was coming off a decision loss to Darren Elkins at UFC 196 on March 5, 2016, and called for rematch.

“In my last fight I wasn’t prepared against Darren Elkins,” said Skelly. “I want that fight back. I’m a better competitor than that and I want that fight back.

Announcer Bruce Buffer asked Skelly what the submission was before the official announcement, and the fighter had gone for so many submissions, he said it was a Darse, and it was announced that way. However, the hand positioning was for an Anaconda, and the results caption was accurate.

For the record, the Darse choke was named by Marc Laimon, in honor of Joe D’Arce, who learned it from New Zealand John Danaher, and used it to good effect at Cobra Kai. The correct spelling is Darse, as D’Arcy has a different pronunciation.