{"id":856923,"date":"2026-08-16T04:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T04:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856923\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T04:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T04:44:10","slug":"huge-upset-mma-star-chokes-out-former-teammate-at-ufc-330-in-result-that-leaves-joe-rogan-stunned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856923\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Huge upset&#8217;&#8230; MMA star chokes out former teammate at UFC 330 in result that leaves Joe Rogan stunned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Stoltzfus defeated a fighter he knew very well at UFC 330 in a performance that took Joe Rogan by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>In possibly the biggest moment of his career to date, the American overcame the odds stacked against him at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786855450_533_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dustin Stoltzfus shocks Joe Rogan at UFC 330<\/p>\n<p>In a tremendous battle, Dustin Stoltzfus overcame Mansur Abdul-Malik. Following an extremely heavy slam, which he executed brilliantly in the opening round, the Philadelphia brawler went for the finish in the second segment.<\/p>\n<p>After landing a very heavy right hand, the power puncher locked in a rear-naked choke, which forced his opponent to submit.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise victory impressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporf.com\/?s=joe+rogan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Rogan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the live broadcast, the commentator shrieked: \u201cHuge upset. What a victory for Dustin Stoltzfus. He did it in a way most people didn\u2019t think he could win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporf.com\/ufc-icon-whos-trained-with-khabib-nurmagomedov-and-islam-makhachev-says-one-is-much-better-than-the-other\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC icon who\u2019s trained with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev says one is much better than the other<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the two competitors in the octagon having previously trained together, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporf.com\/?s=jon+anik\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Anik<\/a> explained: \u201cAn XTreme Couture fighter left his gym to fight Mansur Abdul-Malik and came through with the victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Stoltzfus opens up about training with Mansur Abdul-Malik<\/p>\n<p>It looks like there\u2019s no hard feelings between the pair of warriors, with Stoltzfus claiming he\u2019s hoping to spar with his old teammate in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>During his post-fight interview, he said: \u201cMansur, you\u2019re a beast. I hope to be in the gym with you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporf.com\/?s=joe+rogan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rogan<\/a> whether past training sessions provided him with the perfect preparation for the contest, the mixed martial artist replied: \u201cNot so much. I thought I had a better read on his movement than I really did. He\u2019s a great guy, so when he\u2019s training, he\u2019s not trying to knock me out like he was tonight, so that definitely makes a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image Credit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dustin Stoltzfus defeated a fighter he knew very well at UFC 330 in a performance that took Joe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,95750,786,2765,427087,785,85,358075],"class_list":["post-856923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dustin-stoltzfus","tag-fighting","tag-joe-rogan","tag-mansur-abdul-malik","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-330"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}