Mike Malott needed less than a minute to handle his business.
The Team Alpha Male rep was one of four competitors to earn an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract on Week 6 of Dana White’s Contender Series, as he submitted the previously unbeaten Shimon Smotritsky with a guillotine choke in the first round of their welterweight feature on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Malott (7-1-1) sealed the deal 39 seconds into Round 1.
Smotritsky (7-1) took the bait, moved in for a potential takedown and immediately found himself entangled in the guillotine.