UFC 290 video: Vitor Petrino scores first-career submission over Marcin Prachnio

Vitor Petrino showed off his ground game against Marcin Prachnio.

Vitor Petrino showed off his ground game against Marcin Prachnio.

Petrino (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) submitted Prachnio (16-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC) in the third round on Saturday in their light heavyweight bout at UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The undefeated Brazilian fighter was able to control Prachnio on the ground, before cinching in the fight-ending triangle choke to notch his first-career submission win (via ESPN MMA).

Petrino improves to 9-0 with the submission victory in round three #UFC290 pic.twitter.com/h8xIgFaM43

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 8, 2023

Petrino has notched two wins since punching his ticket to the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series last September. Meanwhile, Prachnio was submitted for the first time in his career and has now lost two of his past three.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 290 results include:

• Vitor Petrino def. Marcin Prachnio via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 3, 3:42
• Cameron Saaiman def. Terrence Mitchell via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:10
• Jesus Aguilar def. Shannon Ross via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:17
• Esteban Ribovics def. Kamuela Kirk via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 290.