Tackett’s Heel Hook Shut Down Dorsey’s Title Challenge
Andrew Tackett submitted Elijah Dorsey with a heel hook at 2:21 of round one on December 11, 2025. The UFC BJJ 4 main event at UFC APEX in Las Vegas gave Tackett a second successful defense of the welterweight championship.
The matchup and early action
Dorsey brought experience from ADCC competition into a match against one of the promotion’s leading young champions. Their 170-pound title contest headlined the final UFC BJJ card of the year.
The champion settled the assignment before a complete first round was necessary. His lower-body attack produced the submission and prevented Dorsey from extending the challenge into a multi-round scoring contest.
The decisive developments
The official finish was recorded as a heel hook, with the tap arriving two minutes and twenty-one seconds into the match. No judges’ verdict was required to determine who would leave with the belt.
The result preserved Tackett’s championship while the other featured title matches created new holders. Ronaldo Junior defeated William Tackett unanimously for the middleweight crown, and Aurelie Le Vern submitted Raquel Canuto for women’s featherweight gold.
What the result meant
Those outcomes gave the event three distinct championship stories: one retained belt and two inaugural champions. Tackett’s finish supplied the quickest result among those title matches.
The welterweight champion later faced Vagner Rocha at UFC BJJ 7 in April 2026 and needed all three rounds to retain by unanimous decision. The contrast illustrates the different demands of consecutive defenses: a rapid submission against Dorsey followed by a much longer test against the veteran Rocha.
