Ailin Perez scored the largest win of her profession up to now, besting Karol Rosa at UFC 311 and skyrocketing herself into the bantamweight prime ten.
Perez bought off to a robust begin, scoring an early takedown and pinning Rosa to the mat. Earlier than lengthy, Rosa scrambled her means again up and used the time remaining within the opening spherical to gentle up Perez’s legs with a collection of calf kicks.
Rosa appeared to choose up proper the place she left off within the second, however a flying knee try late within the spherical gave Perez the opening she wanted to tie up her opponent and get the combat again to the bottom with over 90 seconds to go. Rosa saved Perez locked into her half-guard, stopping the Argentinian from capitalizing on the dominant place.
Probably down 0-2 going into the third, Rosa got here out with slightly extra intent, swinging heavier and getting again to her lead leg assault. That prompted Perez to tie up in opposition to the fence close to the midway level of the spherical, however Rosa separated herself and bought proper again to work within the middle of the Octagon.
Rosa’s work within the third was ok to lock up the spherical, however her lack of urgency in the end led to Perez notching a fifth-straight win contained in the Octagon.
Official Consequence: Ailin Perez def. Karol Rosa by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
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