Phantom tap!? - Filho considering appeal of Mokaev loss

Mar 21 2023 by Bloody Elbow

 
Jafel Filho jumps on a guillotine during his fight with Muhammad Mokaev. | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

The Brazilian submitted in round 3, due to a face crank, but video shows his opponent making something like a tapping motion far earlier in the fight.

One of the strangest fights that took place at UFC 286 this past weekend came way down in the middle of the prelim card. There, flyweight uber-prospect Muhammad Mokaev took on relatively-unknown Brazilian...

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