Veteran wins after almost five years and retires opponent at UFC Las Vegas 56

K. Kowalkiewicz (right) submitted F. Herrig (left) in the ufc vegas 56. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

At the end of the preliminary card, in a fight valid for the strawweight division (up to 52,1kg.), Karolina Kowalkiewicz e Felice herrig measured forces in UFC Las Vegas 56 this Saturday (4). The Polish was superior and submitted in the second round, while the North American left her gloves in the octagon and announced her retirement.

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“It was an honor to be in the UFC for eight years and fight for 20 years. I had two serious surgeries and I didn't want to end up like this (…). I wish I could overcome all this and return to my best level. The energy was great, but I knew that if I felt bad, it would be my last fight. It’s sad, but the time has come to retire”, said the athlete, who leaves the sport at 37 years old.

Herrig experienced the peak of his career in 2016, when he achieved a streak of four straight victories over names like Alexa grasso and Justine Kish. Subsequently, however, she suffered four setbacks in a series and chose to leave the sport with a record of 14 positive results and ten negative results.

Kowalkiewicz, in turn, is back. After more than five years, the Pole reached her 12th victory and is breathing a sigh of relief after breaking the fourth worst series without victories in the organization's history. She also has seven losses.

The fight

In the first round, Herrig tried to put the fight down and saw Kowalkiewicz make the defense, as well as working good strikes in his striking. The Polish came back even better in the second round, applying good elbows in the grappling fight and transitioning to the rear naked choke until the North American gave up. With her triumph, she cried in the octagon.

UFC Las Vegas 56 results

MAIN CARD

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Alexander Volkov derrotou Jairzinho Rozenstruik by technical knockout at 2m12s of R1

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Movsar Evloev derrotou Dan Ige in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-26, 30-27)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Lucas Almeida derrotou Mike Trizano by technical knockout at 55 seconds. from R3

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Karina Silva finished Poliana Botelho with a hand triangle at 4m55s ​​from R1

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Ode Osbourne defeated Zarrukh Adashev by knockout at 1:01 of R1

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Alonzo Menifield defeated Askar Mozharov by technical knockout at 4:40 of R1

PRELIMINARY CARD