The Octagon returned to Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 69 occasion, an eleven-bout combat card headlined by Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield.
The ladies’s flyweight principal occasion proved to be a popping out celebration for Erin Blanchfield. The 23-year-old went toe-to-toe with the hard-hitting Brazilian for the primary 5 minutes of the competition. Then in spherical two, Blanchfield was in a position to rating an early takedown and rapidly proceeded to take the again of the previous strawweight champion. She proceeded to lock-up a rear-naked choke which compelled Andrade to tapout.
The co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 69 featured a lightweight heavyweight contest between Jordan Wright and Zac Pauga. The bout resulted in a unanimous determination victory for ‘The Ripper’ (30-27 x2, 29-28).
Following the conclusion of right this moment’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking dwelling efficiency bonuses.
Combat of the evening: Evan Elder vs. Nazim Sadykhov every pocketed an additional $50k for his or her thrilling struggle on tonight’s UFC Vegas 69 featured prelim. Sadykhov received the bout through third-round TKO.
Efficiency of the evening: Erin Blanchfield earned an additional $50k for her sensational second-round submission victory over former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Mayra Bueno Silva pocketed an additional $50k for her second-round submission victory over Lina Lansberg.
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