The UFC Apex in Las Vegas hosted Saturday’s UFC occasion. A girls’s strawweight bout between third-ranked Amanda Lemos and fifth-ranked Virna Jandiroba headlined the headlined.
Lemos final fought in February, defeating Mackenzie Dern by way of unanimous choice. Jandiroba entered the bout driving a three-fight successful streak. Lemos hoped a win would safe her a rematch in opposition to champion Zhang Weili. Jandiroba was trying to herself in title battle talks.
Jandiroba wasted little time earlier than altering ranges and taking Lemos down. Jandiroba labored inside Lemos’ half guard . Lemos held on making an attempt to manage Jandiroba’s posture. Lemos inches herself to the fence and reversed Jandiroba. Jandiroba scrambled and locked on a knee bar with two minutes remaining within the opening spherical.
Lemos defended the submission try and related with an elbow. She labored her means again to her toes however Jandiroba labored to take her again. They battled alongside the cage with Lemos controlling certainly one of Jandiroba’s arms. The spherical ended. MMAWeekly scored the body 10-9 for Jandiroba.
They exchanged leg kicks to begin the second spherical. Lemos related with an uppercut. She regularly switched stances. The output slowed with Lemos cautious to not go away herself open to be taken down. Jandiroba closed the gap and took Lemos down. Lemos shortly bought again to her toes however Jandiroba saved the stress on. Lemos briefly gained prime place in a scramble however Jandiroba took her again and utilized a physique triangle.
Lemos tried to manage the arms of Jandiroba. Jandiroba switched her grip and labored to sink in a rear-naked choke. Lemos defended the choke however Jandiroba transitioned to an arm bar. She prolonged it and Lemos rolled however was compelled to faucet out.
The official time of the stoppage was 4:48 of the second spherical. With the win, Jandiroba prolonged her successful streak to 4 consecutive fights and will have secured herself a title shot.
HUGE WIN FOR CARCARA
@VirnaJandiroba secures victory with a NASTY armbar within the second spherical! #UFCVegas94 pic.twitter.com/HB0r1K7eIj
— UFC (@ufc) July 21, 2024
