Viviane Araújo couldn't withstand Tracy Cortez 's dominance and lost the fight to the American by unanimous decision. The flyweights (up to 56,7kg) faced each other on the preliminary card of UFC 317 , this Saturday (28), at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas (USA). After three rounds, the judges gave the victory to the tenth ranked fighter, all scoring 30-27.
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With the victory, Tracy Cortez reaches her 12th career win, with two losses. Of Mexican origin, the fighter took advantage of the UFC microphone after winning and gave a speech in the octagon defending immigrants living in the United States.
Ranked eighth in the flyweight rankings, Viviane has now lost six times. The fighter from Brasília has 13 wins.
Tracy Cortez dominates Brazilian in three rounds
The fight started off with a lot of action. Both sides tried to land blows to the head. At the first opportunity, Cortez went for a double leg and took the fight to the ground. Vivi defended well and got her opponent's back against the fence. The Brazilian developed her Jiu Jitsu to take advantage of this position. Tracy defended well and managed to throw her opponent onto her back. Viviane brought her opponent to guard. But the American dominated the fight from above. She tried to lock in a guillotine choke on the Brazilian. Araújo managed to defend herself. In the end, another guillotine was placed in Tracy's favor and the Brazilian resisted until the bell rang.
The second round started off slow, with the fighters studying each other closely and not closing the distance. Few attacks were made. The Brazilian tried to surprise with a spinning elbow that didn't connect. In return, the American connected with combinations. Then, Vivi landed some good blows. In the last minute, the athletes fought close to the fence. Cortez tried to take the fight down, which turned into a guillotine attempt by the Brazilian, but she lost her position and fell to the ground underneath. In the end, the American attacked Araújo with blows.
At the beginning of the third round, Vivi took advantage of the opening and landed a front kick. The American held on and took advantage to apply a single leg. The fight went to the ground and the Brazilian ended up on the bottom. Tracy had difficulty working ground and pound, but she did not stop landing blows. Despite her fencing, Araújo was unable to evolve. At a certain point in the fight, in the penultimate minute, the American landed some good blows, hitting from above. The Brazilian could only hold on and defend herself until the end of the fight.
McKinney delivers incredible finish in under a minute
McKinney finishes Borshchev at UFC 317. Photo: Reproduction X/UFC News
In the third fight of the preliminary card, American Terrence McKinney submitted Russian Viacheslav Borshchev with a triangle choke in the first minute of the fight. This was the fighter's seventh victory in the UFC, maintaining his aggressive reputation and achieving his eighth win in less than a minute as a professional. With this, the American reaches 18 career wins, with seven losses recorded.
Jacobe Smith submits Niko Price in welterweight clash
Jacob Smith in victory against Niko Price . Photo: Reproduction/Instagram.
Jacobe Smith defeated Niko Price by submission with a beautiful rear-naked choke in the second fight of the night. With the victory, the 29-year-old fighter continued his upward trajectory and extended his undefeated record to 11 wins. Price, on the other hand, suffered his second consecutive defeat.
Very aggressive, Smith hurt his opponent from the first moments of the duel and despite slowing down in the final part of the first round, he came back with great tenacity for the second stage and ended the duel at four minutes and three seconds of the second round.
Check out all the results from UFC 317
MAIN CARD
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Ilia Topuria defeated Charles do Bronx by knockout at 2:27 of the first round.
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Alexandre Pantoja defeated Kai Kara-France by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:55 of the third round – title fight.
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Joshua Van defeated Brandon Royval by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Beneil Dariush defeated Renato Moicano by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Payton Talbott defeated Felipe Lima by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Middleweight (up to 83,9 kg): Gregory Robocop defeated Jack Hermansson by knockout 4 minutes and 20 seconds into the first round.
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Jose Delgado defeated Hyder Amil by knockout at 1 minute and 26 seconds of the first round.
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Tracy Cortez defeated Viviane Araújo by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Terrance McKinney defeated Viacheslav Borshchev by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 55 seconds of the first round.
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Jacobe Smith defeated Niko Price by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:03 of the second round.
Heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg): Jhonata Diniz defeated Alvin Hines by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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