Dustin Jacoby gutted out the grappling pressure of Julius Walker at UFC Fight Night 266 and closed the show with a barrage of strikes.
After a competitive first round of light heavyweight action at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Jacoby (22-9-1 MMA, 10-6-1 UFC) began to land leather on the chin of Walker (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in the second frame. He eventually stunned his opponent to the ground, then spent close to a minute with follow up attacked before referee Dan Miragliotta, who was officiating his 500th UFC bout, stopped it for the TKO at the 1:42 mark of Round 2.
Check out the replay of the stoppage below (via X):
Jacoby, 37, was originally supposed to fight Jimmy Crute at UFC 325 this past weekend in Australia. The fight was canceled and he went to Sydney anyways to corner a teammate before returning back to the U.S. and beating new opponent Walker.
Now on a three-fight knockout streak at 205 pounds, Jacoby is looking for bigger things going forward – including a round of golf with President Trump and a spot on the White House card.
“It feel great,” Jacoby said in his post-fight interview with Paul Felder. “I’ve traveled the world for 16 years representing this country. I would live to fight at the White House in June.”
