Bate-Estaca dominates and defeats Gadelha at UFC Japan; Saint-Preux erases Okami

J. Andrade (right) surpassed C. Gadelha (left) Photo: Reproduction Instagram ufc_brasil

The Brazilian strawweight duel may have just been the co-main fight of UFC Japan this Friday (22). Although, Jessica Andrade e Claudia gadelha They stole the show with one of the biggest fights in the history of women's MMA, which ended with a dominant victory for Bate-Estaca in a unanimous decision by the judges. The main event featured an easy victory for Ovince Saint-Preux, who Yushin Okami, last minute replacement for Mauricio Shogun (injured), with a Von Flue choke.

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Before that, the legendary former PRIDE lightweight champion, Takanori Gomi, still lost his fifth fight in a row, being knocked out in less than two minutes by “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim. Before, two Brazilians took action, with Jussir Formiga winning by submission and Henrique Frankenstein defeating by knockout.

After the victory over Claudinha, which should place her as number one in the strawweight rankings, Bate-Estaca avoided challenging the champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, saying she promised herself she would improve fight by fight.

“After my loss to Joanna, I promised myself that whenever I returned to the octagon, I would be better, more focused, looking for new victories. That’s what happened today”, declared Jéssica.

THE FIGHT

Andrade and Gadelha, both looking for a new chance at the strawweight title, currently in possession of Joanna Jedrzejczyk, they started the fight exchanging bombs. More technical, Claudinha accepted her opponent's game and started connecting the best punches, leaving Bate-Estaca lost. Little by little, however, the PRVT fighter found her game and felt more comfortable with the distance imposed by her opponent. Then, she became the aggressor, putting Gadelha against the fence and getting a good takedown in the end. After hard ground and pound, Andrade balanced the opening round, despite a deep cut on his forehead.

In the second round, however, she returned even more aggressive and, already having the distance from Claudinha, began to punish the former Nova União fighter. Using her heavier hand and masterfully shortening the distance, Jéssica dominated the entire second round and he got a 10-8 on two of the three side judges' sheets. Gadelha was only effective at the end, looking for a guillotine, which was never fully engaged.

The third round was another copy of the second, with Jéssica's greater dominance on the ground. By planting Claudia on the platform, Bate-Estaca developed all her ground and pound game, maintaining the rhythm and managing to deliver hard blows to the belly and face of her opponent, who simply tried to minimize the damage and restore her guard. Even so, Jéssica managed a good guard pass and did even more damage in the 100 kg position. In the end, Claudinha got up, but was the victim of another devastating fall, which put an exclamation point on the biggest victory of Bate-Estaca's career.

UFC Japan results

MAIN CARD

Light heavyweight: Ovince Saint-Preux won Yushin Okami by submission 1m50s into R1 (Von Flue)

Straw weight: Claudia Gadelha won Jessica Stacker by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-27)

Lightweight: Dong Hyun Kim beat Takanori Gomi by TKO at 1:30 of R1

Light heavyweight: Gokhan Saki won Henry Frankenstein by knockout at 4m45s of R1

Featherweight: Teruto Ishihara defeated Rolando Dy by unanimous decision (28-27, 28-27, 29-27)

Fly weight: Jussier formiga beat Ulka Sasaki via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:30 of R1

PRELIMINARY CARD

Welterweight: Keita Nakamura won alex morono by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Strawweight: Syuri Kondo beat Chan Mi Jeon by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)

Welterweight: Shinsho Anzai defeated Luke Jumeau via unanimous decision (2x 29-28, 30-27)

Welterweight: Daichi Abe defeated Hyun Gyu Lim by unanimous decision (3x 29-28)