Mayra Sheetara is dominated by Canadian and loses first UFC women's fight in Saudi Arabia

Sheetara lost to Jasmine in the UFC Saudi Arabia. Photo: Instagram/UFCEspanol

This Saturday (1), Mayra Sheetara made history as the first woman to step into the UFC octagon in Saudi Arabia. The ending of the story, however, was not happy. Former bantamweight title challenger (up to 61,2 kg), the Brazilian returned to flyweight (up to 56,7 kg) and was dominated by the Canadian Jasmine Jasudavicius and losing the fight by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

No response to the rival's good level in grappling, Mayra Sheetara finds himself in a complicated situation after suffering his third consecutive defeat in the UFC octagon.

On the other hand, Jasudavicius defends 11th place in the division ranking and celebrates his fourth consecutive victory in the organization.

Sheetara is brave, but finds no answers to Jasudavicius's dominance

Mayra Sheetara the fight began surrounding Jasmine Jasudavicius and working with low and medium kicks. The Canadian tried to grab the Brazilian's leg, who escaped. Jasmine attempted a takedown and Mayra closed the Muay Thai clinch, but the Canadian got away. The Brazilian approached using boxing. Jasmine Jasudavicius The Brazilian took her down and Sheetara quickly attacked with a guillotine, but the Canadian escaped and ended up on top, in Mayra's guard. The Brazilian attacked the arm, but gave Jasmine space to pass her guard for an inverted crucifix. Sheetara defended well and managed to get on all fours, but Jasmine rolled with her and got half guard. Even on the bottom and under blows from the Canadian, the Brazilian remained active and tried to attack her opponent's arm and leg before the end of the first round.

With a large swelling above the left eye, Mayra Sheetara began the second round by grabbing the Canadian's leg, but was unable to complete the takedown. The Brazilian again found herself in a guillotine attempt, but Jasmine Jasudavicius escaped while still standing. Mayra landed two good consecutive blows to her opponent's waistline. Next, it was Jasmine's turn to land a clean jab and straight. The Brazilian closed the distance and landed two good short elbows. Mayra complained about Jasmine pulling her hair in the clinch, but the referee let her continue. With just over a minute left in the round, Jasmine entered the double leg and took the fight down. Sheetara made another complaint to the referee, who again let her continue. The Canadian remained on top until the end of the round.

Needing to make up for lost time, Mayra went on the attack at the beginning of the third round, moving forward and landing hard blows. With great movement, Jasmine Jasudavicius controlled the distance until she found an opening to get closer and easily take the Brazilian to the ground once more. Dominant, the Canadian moved to the mount. Sheetara did what she could to defend herself, but remained on the bottom for the rest of the fight, until the last bell rang.

Terrance McKinney finishes off Damir Hadzovic in two minutes

terrance mckinney derrotou Damir Hadzović No. UFC Saudi Arabia. Photo: Reproduction X UFC

For the lightweight category (up to 70,3 kg), terrance mckinney took just two minutes to settle Damir Hadzović. The fight began with the American strong in the standing fight. The Danish fighter tried to take the fight to the ground, but it was a big mistake. Soon, McKinney managed to sweep and got on top to start a 'meteor shower' on his opponent's head. Seeing that Hadzovic was unable to react, the referee stopped the fight and gave the victory to McKinney by technical knockout.

Shamil Gaziev erases Thomas Petersen

Shamil Gaziev defeated Thomas Petersen by knockout in UFC Saudi Arabia. Photo: Reproduction X UFC

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Heavy hair (up to 120,2 kg.), Shamil Gaziev confirmed his favoritism and defeated Thomas Petersen with a knockout in the first round. The American even started well with a takedown, but the Dagestani athlete got up quickly. After just over three minutes, during an exchange between the fighters, Gaziev's heavy right hand hit his opponent's face, which made him collapse. As expected for competitors in the top category, the Russian was 'deadly' and efficient.

Muhammad Naimov defeats Kaan Ofli

Muhammad Naimov defeated Kaan Ofli in UFC Saudi Arabia. Photo: Reproduction X UFC

Taking away the kick in the 'low countries' that Kaan Ofli hit in Muhammad Naimov At the beginning of the fight (which instinctively instigated a general reaction from the audience), the duel between the two featherweights (up to 65,7 kg) was lively. For most of the time, the pair remained in the exchange, with Naimov getting good takedowns, but without finishing.

In the third round, Naimov landed some ground and pound, but Ofli recovered. The decision was ultimately in the hands of the judges, who gave the victory to the athlete from Tajikistan by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).