Andre Lima got his flyweight rebound the hard way, submitting Namsrai Batbayar with a third-round guillotine choke at UFC Shanghai on Saturday.
The finish came at 3:03 of Round 3. Batbayar shot late, Lima wrapped the neck, rolled into mount, and kept squeezing until the Mongolian flyweight tapped. The result moved Lima to 12-1 MMA, while Batbayar fell to 10-2 after his UFC debut.
Watch the official UFC highlight below.
UFC Shanghai Event Date, Venue And Broadcast
The bout took place on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the Pudong Development Bank Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. UFC Shanghai streamed live in the United States on Paramount+, with the preliminary card beginning at 3 a.m. ET and the main card at 6 a.m. ET.
Official UFC coverage from the event:
Lima Found The Finish After A Long Scrap
Lima had already spent most of the fight making Batbayar work on the feet before the final-round takedown attempt gave him the cleanest lane of the bout. The mounted guillotine was tight enough that there was no scramble left once Lima settled on top.
The UFC Shanghai prelims have turned into a busy highlight lane. Earlier on the card, Rei Tsuruya choked Kevin Borjas in Round 1, and Julia Polastri knocked out Xiong Jingnan with a head kick after a messy weigh-in week.
The broadcast highlight from UFC on Paramount+ is below.
Lima also had to deal with the scale drama before the fight. He weighed in at 127 pounds, one pound over the non-title flyweight limit, on the same card where three UFC Shanghai fighters missed weight. The win still keeps his sporting momentum alive after he entered the week trying to erase his first career loss.
Batbayar arrived with a Road To UFC run behind him and a dangerous submission record, but this time he was the one caught late. For Lima, the sequence was exactly the kind of finish that turns a difficult week into usable leverage for the next booking.
