M. Rodriguez (photo) tied with Calvillo in the UFC Washington. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @marinarodriguezmma
The Brazilian Marina Rodriguez he was close to scoring his third victory in the octagon and climbing the UFC strawweight division. But the North American Cynthia calvillo managed a great recovery in the third round and tied the fight against the gaúcha in the majority decision of the judges (28-28, 29-28, 28-28). The duel was the second most important fight in the UFC Washington, held this Saturday (07), in the capital of the USA.
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With the result, Marina remains undefeated in MMA with 12 wins and two draws, but is unlikely to rise from 9th place in the rankings. On the other hand, Calvilo, who did not exceed the 52.1 kg limit by more than 2 kg, avoided suffering his second defeat as a professional.
The fight
The Brazilian took the initiative in the fight from the beginning. Taller, she controlled the center of the Octagon and combined good strikes against the American. Halfway through the partial, Calvillo managed to knock Marina down, but she quickly got up. When the fight returned to standing, the gaucho walked forward throwing punches, elbows and knees. Calvillo felt the blows and backed away desperately. At the end of the partial, however, she took down the Brazilian athlete again and ended the round in an advantageous position.
Upon returning to the second round, the Brazilian once again controlled the fight. The Brazilian avoided the North American's approach and combined good kicks, knees and straight strikes to score points. Marina got to dominate Cynthia's neck and throw three knees in series to the face. Calvilo was not in contention in the second half.
The Brazilian seemed to control the dispute until the beginning of the third round. However, Calvillo got the takedown at the beginning of the round and grew in the fight. She made the transition from back to mount a few times and threatened with hard elbows to the face and lunges to the neck to get the rear naked choke. In the race, Marina got up with 30 seconds to go, but was unable to make up the two-point difference in the split to Cynthia, who went for the draw in a heroic way.
Thiago Marreta's girlfriend suffers a harsh knockout
It's Kunitskaya made her relationship with the Brazilian official Thiago Marreta last month, but the Russian's first fight with the Brazilian athlete in her corner will not bring back good memories. She was knocked out by the American Aspen ladd in the third round.
The fight between Kunitskaya and Ladd was very close. The American entered the fight willing to avoid the fight on the feet and quickly sought the clinch. However, Yana was stronger and had an advantage in the fight on the grid. However, in the final minutes of the first and second rounds, Aspen managed to get the takedown and finished the partials on top.
At the beginning of the third round, Aspen ladd returned to end the fight. The North American surprised It's Kunitskaya and with a straight shot he took the Russian to the canvas. She even landed a few punches on the ground until the referee declared a technical knockout.
UFC Washington results
MAIN CARD
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Jairzinho Rozenstruik derrotou alistair overeem by knockout at 4m56s of R5
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Marina Rodriguez e Cynthia calvillo tied in the judges' majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 28-28)
Heavyweight (up to 120,2kg): Ben Rothwell defeated Stefan struve by technical knockout at 4m57s of R2
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Aspen ladd derrotou It's Kunitskaya by technical knockout at 33 seconds. from R3
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): cody stmann tied song yadong in the majority decision of the judges (28-28, 29-27, 28-28)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Rob font derrotou Ricky simon in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Tim means finished Thiago Pitbull with a guillotine 2m38s from R1
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Billy quarantillo submitted Jacob Kilburn with a triangle 3m18s into R2
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Bryce mitchell finished Matt Sayles with a twister 4m20s into R1
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Joe Solecki derrotou Matt wiman in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Virna jandiroba finished Mallory Martin with a rear naked choke at 1m16s of R2
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Makhmud Muradov defeated Trevor Smith by knockout at 4:09 of R3
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