{"id":937100,"date":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937100\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","slug":"ufc-edmonton-highlights-galanti-silences-canadian-crowd-with-easy-debut-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937100\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Edmonton Highlights! Galanti Silences Canadian Crowd With Easy Debut Submission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Former Contender Series standout Nick Galanti made a huge splash in the UFC\u2019s middleweight division earlier tonight (Sat., Oct. 17, 2026) at UFC Edmonton LIVE on Paramount+ from inside Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, making easy work out of hometown fighter Julien Leblanc with a first-round submission (neck crank).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Galanti was a massive favorite to do work in his Octagon debut, but you never really know until the cage door shuts. The grappling-heavy prospect has looked real good throughout his pro MMA career ahead of Saturday night, but he still needed to prove he\u2019s a name to watch at 185 pounds. LeBlanc only had one UFC fight under his belt so he was a perfect test for Galanti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Unfortunately for the Canadian crowd looking to cheer on LeBlanc, Galanti waited just a few seconds before changing levels and securing a takedown along the cage. From there, the New Jersey native worked to the back and threatened with a rear-naked choke. Instead of waiting to lock it up, Galanti simply cranked LeBlanc\u2019s neck and got the tap that way. It was pretty seemless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Check out the video highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For complete UFC Edmonton results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/478559\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Contender Series standout Nick Galanti made a huge splash in the UFC\u2019s middleweight division earlier tonight (Sat.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,702,7788,9468],"class_list":["post-937100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results","tag-ufc-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}