Dione Barbosa finishes Balbita in the first round. Photo: Reproduction X/UFC News
Dione Barbosa doesn't miss opportunities. The Brazilian finished the Diana Belbita still in the first round of the last fight of the preliminary card of ufc vegas 105, this Saturday (5). Favoritism was confirmed and the Pernambuco native once again felt the sweet taste of victory, which she had last experienced almost a year ago.
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With victory, Dione Barbosa finds her way back to victory and reaches the eighth position in her career. She was coming off a defeat to Miranda maverick. Now, the Brazilian has 11 fights on her record, with only three defeats.
Diana Belbita reaches the tenth defeat of her career. It is the third in a row for the Romanian. She has 25 fights on her record, 15 wins and ten losses.
The duel takes place standing up, but is decided on the ground
Dione Barbosa She started by landing good boxing punches. Belbita's response was met with little force by the Pernambuco native's face or leg. Belbita didn't miss any opportunities to apply sequences. The Brazilian absorbed them well. The fight continued standing, studied and aggressive. Dione made good combinations with jabs and straights. Dione passed in the empty space and Barbosa took advantage to take her opponent to the fence. Dione then took her opponent to the ground and dominated from above. The Brazilian managed to land a good katagatame and finished the duel three minutes and 13 seconds into the fight.
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