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Quillan Salkilld is on the rise following his impressive first round submission victory over Mateusz Gamrot in the main event of Saturday\u2019s UFC Apex event (highlights here). But it may be a minute before we see him again, if he\u2019s correct about a knee injury he suffered in the fight.<\/p>\n
Salkilld and Gamrot engaged in some ground work early and Gamrot got a hold of his opponent\u2019s leg, wrenching it hard. According to Salkilld, that may have caused some damage to his knee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a wrestling exchange at the start where he grabbed my ankle,\u201d Salkilld said during the post-fight press conference. \u201cIf it was training, I would have kind of gone with it to not hurt the knee. He had my ankle and it turned to like 90 degrees. Because I was being stubborn in that position, I didn\u2019t want to accept any bad position [so] I turned into it and forced it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually I didn\u2019t want to do that because I\u2019m always scared about hurting my knee in training. This one, I just went into it and heard a little pop. Even when I had that rear-naked choke, I actually felt it. I was like, \u2018F–k, if I don\u2019t get this, my knee\u2019s going to be sore later.\u2019 In round two or three, it would have been. It\u2019s a bit sore now.\u201d<\/p>\n
This win over No. 6 ranked Gamrot puts Salkilld on a 13 fight win streak (6 of those in the UFC)and is likely to put the No. 9 ranked Australian very close to the top five. Here\u2019s hoping there wasn\u2019t any serious damage done to his knee, or that momentum he\u2019s been building with three wins in 2026 could skid to a halt.<\/p>\n