Punahele Soriano scored a big takedown about a minute in, with Nikolay defending with a guillotine. That didn't work, and Soriano completed the attempt. From there, he was able to posture up and landing some smashing elbows with Veretennikov stuck with his back to the fence. Soriano ate up a lot of time in that position, landing several solid blows with Veretennikov completely unable to create space or scramble out.