UFC Abu Dhabi is a stacked Fight Night event, and while fans can look forward to the middleweight title eliminator main event, there’s plenty to anticipate on the undercard.<\/p>\n
Notably, the Abu Dhabi undercard plays host to a pair of fighters who belong to a very exclusive club. These are Bryce Mitchell and Da’Mon Blackshear, two bantamweights who wouldn’t be remotely linked if not for an exceptionally rare finish on their respective records.<\/p>\n
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So what do Mitchell and Blackshear have in common? They’ve both finished fights by Twister, an extremely rare, yet flashy submission that torques the victim’s neck and spine in a ‘twisted’ fashion.<\/p>\n
‘The Korean Zombie’ Chang Sung Jung became the first man to secure a Twister in his UFC debut in 2011. Another one wouldn’t come around for almost a decade.<\/p>\n
Mitchell joined Jung by securing a Twister against Matt Sayles in 2019, and he very nearly did it again in his next fight against Charles Rosa.<\/p>\n
Four years later, Blackshear scored the third-ever Twister finish against Jose Johnson in the UFC APEX. It’s a finish that gets little appreciation given the arena.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Da’Mon Blackshear (17-7-1) est l’un des rares combattants \u00e0 avoir gagn\u00e9 par Twister \u00e0 l’UFC \ud83e\udd2fpic.twitter.com\/jdgsIxezem<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Highlight (@TheHighlightFR) July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Mitchell fights Said Nurmagomedov this weekend in the Abu Dhabi featured prelim, while Blackshear takes on Davey Grant on the night’s prelims. They could well be on a collision course.<\/p>\n Stick with\u00a0MMAKnockout<\/a>\u00a0for more\u00a0FREE coverage\u00a0of the UFC, MMA, Boxing. Follow MMAKnockout on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n