Brazilian contender, Virna Jandiroba could have punched her ticket to a primary title struggle beneath the banner of the UFC tonight in the primary card of UFC Vegas 94, laying waste to former title challenger, Amanda Lemos with a second spherical armbar — to rack up her fourth consecutive victory.
Jandiroba, the present quantity 5 ranked strawweight contender, entered tonight’s important occasion premiere in opposition to Brazilian compatriot, Lemos off the again of unanimous choice win over Crazy Godinez, in addition to prior judging successes over each Marina Rodriguez, and Angela Hill.
And in some early hassle in opposition to former strawweight title challenger, Lemos, who unsuccessfully tried to pry gold from present queen, Zhang Weili, Jandiroba survived a pair of guillotine choke after which toehold submission makes an attempt from the vicious finisher.
Latching onto her first submission win since a stoppage over the now-retired, Felice Herrig 4 years in the past, former Invicta FC strawweight champion, Jandiroba managed to show in one other armbar win — forcing a faucet from Lemos in a taut effort, touchdown a fourth consecutive win and sure cracking the divisional top-3.
