Crute submits Oleksiejczuk via kimura in the first round

Jimmy Crute at the ceremonial weigh-ins yesterday. Photo: Nicole Randall/RAW Photography.

Australian bruiser Jimmy ‘the Brute’ Crute took out Michal Oleksiejczuk in the first round of the co-main event of today’s UFC Auckland.

Pressuring from the outset, Crute quickly took the fight to the canvas, taking the top position and snatching up a kimura.

He stepped over Oleksiejczuk’s head and torqued the kimura grip up his back until the Polish fighter tapped in agony.

Crute moves to 11-1 with this victory, calling out Misha Circunov (the only man to defeat him) in the post-fight interview.