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Guilherme Uriel corrects his DWCS ‘sin’ with 50-second submission Guilherme Uriel believes he made a mistake by not using his jiu-jitsu in his first Dana White’s Contender Series appearance last year. Uriel (8-2) made his second DWCS appearance on Aug. 25 in a heavyweight matchup against Mario Piazzon in Week 3 of Season 10. Uriel made Piazzon tap to a standing guillotine in 50 seconds to earn an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract. Uriel had previously suffered a knockout loss against Josh Hokit in his first DWCS opportunity last year. He believes he shouldn’t have abandoned his jiu-jitsu against Hokit. Uriel knew that Piazzon, being a product of the Galpao Da Luta gym, would inevitably grapple and hence worked on his takedown defense and fence work ahead of their DWCS bout. “One of the things from last time, it was my sin not to use my jiu-jitsu,” Uriel said in his post-fight interview. “And with all due respect to Galpao Da Luta, that's a great gym. We know they're tough people, but we trained all that, all the time. We knew that jiu-jitsu was going to happen, and we, all the takedown defenses, just make sure that everything was against the fence. And when that neck was there, I said, ‘I'm taking that home. I'm not going to let that go.’” Uriel has finished all eight of his career wins in the first round. Uriel (8-2) made his second DWCS appearance on Aug. 25 in a heavyweight matchup against Mario Piazzon in Week 3 of Season 10. Uriel made Piazzon tap to a standing guillotine in 50 seconds to earn an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract. Advertisement Guilherme Uriel explains the jiu-jitsu adjustment that helped earn his UFC contract Uriel had previously suffered a knockout loss against Josh Hokit in his first DWCS opportunity last year. He believes he shouldn’t have abandoned his jiu-jitsu against Hokit. Uriel knew that Piazzon, being a product of the Galpao Da Luta gym, would inevitably grapple and hence worked on his takedown defense and fence work ahead of their DWCS bout. “One of the things from last time, it was my sin not to use my jiu-jitsu,” Uriel said in his post-fight interview. “And with all due respect to Galpao Da Luta, that's a great gym. We know they're tough people, but we trained all that, all the time. We knew that jiu-jitsu was going to happen, and we, all the takedown defenses, just make sure that everything was against the fence. And when that neck was there, I said, ‘I'm taking that home. I'm not going to let that go.’” Uriel has finished all eight of his career wins in the first round. TAP TAP TAP 👋 — UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) August 26, 2026 Guilherme Uriel takes home the submission win via the gilly! [ #DWCS | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/hdIOcUw2iH « Previous Nina Drama says Dana White helped get stalker put on no-fly list Next Nick Galanti credits former UFC fighter following 35-second DWCS knockout » More