Tracy Cortez wins Viviane Araujo No. UFC 317. Photo Reproduction X/UFC News
Viviane Araujo could not stand the dominance of Tracy Cortez and lost the fight to the American by unanimous decision. The flyweights (up to 56,7 kg) faced each other in 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 in the ranking, all scoring 30-27.
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With victory, Tracy Cortez reaches the 12th victory of her career, with two losses. Of Mexican origin, the fighter took advantage of the UFC microphone, after winning, and made a speech while still in the octagon in defense of 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 submits Borshchev in the UFC 317. Photo: Reproduction X/UFC News
In the third fight of the preliminary card, American Terrence McKinney submitted the Russian Viacheslav Borshchev with a triangle choke in the first minute of the fight. This was the fighter's seventh triumph in the Ultimate, who maintained his aggressive reputation and reached his eighth victory in less than a minute as a professional. With this, the North American reaches the 18th victory of his career, which has seven losses recorded
Jacobe Smith submits Niko Price in welterweight clash
Jacobe Smith won Niko Price by submission with a beautiful rear naked choke in the second fight of the night. With the triumph, the fighter, who is only 29 years old, continued his rise and extended his undefeated record to 11 victories. Price 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
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Ilia Topuria derrotou Charles of the Bronx by knockout at 2min and 27sec of the first round
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Alexandre pantoja derrotou Kai Kara France by submission (rear naked choke) at 1min55sec of the third round – fight for the belt
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Joshua Van derrotou Brandon royval by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Beneil Dariush derrotou Renato Moicano by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Payton Talbott derrotou Felipe Lima by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Gregory Robocop derrotou Jack hermansson by knockout 4min and 20sec of the first round
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Joseph Delgado derrotou Hyder Amil by knockout at 1min 26sec of the first round
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Tracy Cortez derrotou Viviane Araujo by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): terrance mckinney derrotou Viacheslav Borshchev by submission (hand triangle) at 55 seconds of the first round
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Jacobe Smith derrotou Niko Price by submission (rear naked choke) at 4min 03sec of the second round
Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg): Jonathan Diniz defeated Alvin Hines by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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