Issue 082

December 2011

Welterweight TJ Waldburger stretches the arm of Mike Stumpf as he attempts to submit the UFC debutant at UFC Fight Night 25. Waldburger would end the bout seconds later with a ‘Submission of the Night’-worthy triangle choke to bag himself a cool $55,000. Stumpf had been brought in on only five days’ notice, and received a rude welcome to the promotion when Waldburger capitalized on an opportunity to take his opponent’s back inside seven seconds of the fight. Stumpf battled out but eventually became Waldburger’s second UFC win when he tapped at 3:52 of the first.

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