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English MMA fighter Rico Franco had dropped his pro debut at Caged Steel Fighting Championship 16 last December. His second bout occurred two weeks ago (under the same promotion) against the 0-4 Steve Webster, who had been finished in all of his defeats. After advancing to full mount and then taking Webster’s back, Franco worked on securing a twister on his opponent. The commentators pointed out the brief period where Franco was going for the banana split, but he soon returned to going for the twister finish, and he was able to get Webster to tap.
Franco is coached by former UFC fighter Danny Mitchell, who until now was the only other fighter with two wins by Twister.
Franco fought again on April 1st, winning again by first round twister.
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The 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu influence can obviously be traced all the way to Eddie Bravo, who shared the finish with his Instagram followers.
We’ve only had one twister finish in UFC history, which is Chan Sung Jung’s win over Leonard Garcia back in March 2011.
English MMA fighter Rico Franco had dropped his pro debut at Caged Steel Fighting Championship 16 last December. His second bout occurred two weeks ago (under the same promotion) against the 0-4 Steve Webster, who had been finished in all of his defeats. After advancing to full mount and then taking Webster’s back, Franco worked on securing a twister on his opponent. The commentators pointed out the brief period where Franco was going for the banana split, but he soon returned to going for the twister finish, and he was able to get Webster to tap.
Franco is coached by former UFC fighter Danny Mitchell, who until now was the only other fighter with two wins by Twister.
Franco fought again on April 1st, winning again by first round twister.
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1919560438324169&id=1646252525654963&set=a.1919559834990896.1073741897.1646252525654963&refid=13
The 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu influence can obviously be traced all the way to Eddie Bravo, who shared the finish with his Instagram followers.
We’ve only had one twister finish in UFC history, which is Chan Sung Jung’s win over Leonard Garcia back in March 2011.
