When the two first locked horns back at ADCC 2015, Garry Tonon and Dillon Danis weren’t exactly the best of friends. A heel hook submission for Tonon occurred that day and in the two years leading up to their Polaris 5 main event battle inside Indigo at O2 Arena in London, there certainly weren’t any changes of heart in their UFC Fight Pass-televised battle.
Longtime mixed martial arts veteran Jake Shields did just enough to eke past Dan Strauss in the Polaris 5 co-feature, though the fight wasn’t aesthetically pleasing. Shields took the bulkier Brit down early but was stuck in Strauss’ guard throughout. Strauss tried a few sub attempts off his back, but the San Francisco native fended them all off. A takedown late in the fight sealed the win for Shields, who won via majority decision.
Vitor Ribeiro was masterful in his no-gi bout with longtime MMA vet and Japanese legend Caol Uno, eventually putting his opponent to sleep several minutes into their match. “Shaolin” nearly got Uno in a triangle off his back, but when Uno thwarted that attack, the Brazilian switched to a kimura and then armbar. Uno again defended perfectly but eventually fell into a deep rear-naked choke. Uno never tapped and eventually went to sleep.
In other results, Phil Harris edged Brad Pickett via split decision; A.J. Agazarm submitted Lloyd Cooper with a bow-and-arrow choke; Oliver Taza toppled Ross Nicholls via unanimous nod; Sam Cook unanimously edged Vanessa English; Bradley Hill out-pointed Tommi Pulkkanen via split nod; Valmyr Neto subbed Masakazu Imanari with a heel hook; Tuomas Simola beat Jamie Scott by unanimous verdict; River Dillon heel hooked Miha Perhavec; Ffion Davis unanimously out-pointed Elvira Karppinen.