As if the UFC didn’t want to compete with the competition this weekend and offered an event that stayed in the shadow of some others, especially when it comes to boxing between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte. The British heavyweights ended up disappointing with their fight, while the not-so-attractive UFC event offered a few good moves.
Jessica Andrade (23-9-0, 14-7 UFC) defeated Amanda Lemos (11-2-1, 5-2 UFC) by “submission” in the first round. It is a specific victory, more precisely a move. Namely, the former champion of the fly category celebrated with the “arm-triangle” choke, but from a standing position! No such move has ever been seen within the UFC and Andrade has successfully returned to the straw category.
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“My coach and I realized earlier that this was a move that could pass and we worked on it. Once I locked him up, I said to myself, ‘OK,’ I’ll stay in that position and finish the match,” Andrade said after the match, explaining how she came up with the idea for the move.
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It is the second victory in a row for Jessica Andrade, while a series of five consecutive victories for Amanda Lemos has just ended.
In the title fight of the evening, 26-year-old Peruvian Claudio Puelles successfully crossed the hurdle in the form of veteran Clay Guide. “Kneebar” in the first round, Puelles forced Guido to surrender and thus came to the fifth consecutive celebration. Guida suffered his 22nd defeat in his 59th professional match after a win against Leonardo Santos in December last year.
As many as seven fights ended in the first round, but the opening one was in a somewhat unfortunate way. Dean Barry dominated the fight against Mike Jackson, but during one of the exchanges, there was a stab in Jackson’s eye. The American fighter could not continue and win by disqualifying Dean Barry.
Tyson Pedro returned to fighting after nearly three and a half years of absence, and by knockout in the first round, he stopped Ikea Villanueva.
The bonuses for best performance were won by the aforementioned Jessica Andrade and Claudio Puelles, and an additional $ 50,000 for participating in the best fight of the evening went to Sergey Khandozhko and Dwight Grant. In that fight, Khandozhko celebrated with a technical knockout in the second round.
Read the complete results of the event at the bottom of the text.
