Zabit Magomedsharipov Says He Was Planning to Beat Brandon Davis By Submission

Zabit Magomedsharipov spoke with MMAjunkie after his win over Brandon Davis at UFC 228. Highlights are below:

On Alistair Sterling also getting a kneebar submission win: “I saw. We’ve been working on it. We watched his tape and saw he was giving his back a lot, so we were working on getting a submission from the back.”

On Davis having planned for the submission: “I wanted to finish the fight, and I was watching my opponent’s interview and he was saying I had holes in my grappling game. So I wanted to prove to him and everyone else, I don’t have holes in my grappling.”