MACAU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 23: (L-R) Gabriella Fernandes of Brazil punches Wang Cong of Chinain their girls’s flyweight battle in the course of the UFC Struggle Evening occasion at Galaxy Area on November 23, 2024 in Macau, China. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Undefeated flyweight Wang Cong seemed to observe up her bonus-winning UFC debut when she took on Gabriella Fernandes at UFC Macau on Saturday.
In her UFC debut, Cong had knocked out Victoria Leonardo to assert the $50K Efficiency of the Evening bonus. That improved her document to 6-0; Fernandes was 1-2 within the UFC by three fights.
Would the accredited kickboxing striker in Cong maintain the streak stepping into entrance of her house crowd or would Fernandes spoil the occasion with an upset?
Wang began the battle wanting understandably assured, taking on area and touchdown a well-placed physique kick. Fernandes stayed on the skin, defensively sound and landed a few leg kicks. Seconds in, Wang started to open up throwing a pointy boxing mixture that landed on Fernandes. Gabriella seemed to land single strikes, nevertheless it was obvious early Cong was far more polished within the early hanging exchanges.
Halfway by the spherical and Wang threw a facet kick that bounced Fernandes off the cage. Cong started to realize momentum, wanting crisp along with her pictures and touchdown typically, confidence rising. Fernandes efficiently clinched after one change, however Cong shucked her off. Gabriella had success along with her left-hand counter however because the exchanges continued, Cong’s physique work started to pay dividends. The spherical ended with Gabriella consuming one other laborious sidekick earlier than the fighters returned to their respective corners.
Gabriella opened second spherical trying to get her hanging going however Wang appeared to have a solution for every thing. Cong simply evaded multi punch mixtures, patiently ready to land physique kicks that echoed all through the world. Fernandes whiffed on a few head kicks and mid-way through the spherical seemed for a takedown that was stuffed.
Then, a head kick from Fernandes landed flush to the temple of Wang dropping her to the canvas. Wang popped up and seemed okay for a cut up second. She began firing again however Fernadez landed a picture-perfect left hand within the pocket that melted her opponent. Fernandes seized the second leaping on her opponent’s again and after a few seconds of compressing with a rear-naked choke, Cong was immobile, face down on the canvas. The ref stepped in to drag off Fernandes, to disclose that Cong was certainly unconscious. Gabriella had accomplished the unbelievable comeback towards the hometown favourite, including a nasty head kick and technical submission to her spotlight reel within the course of.
Within the emotional post-fight interview, Gabriella Fernandes, delivered to tears by her victory, defined through a pair of translators that she that she misplaced each her father in addition to her sister. She went on to say that she entered the battle with in depth accidents because the underdog and now she is leaving China as a winner.
Official Consequence: Gabriella Fernandes def. Wang Cong by technical submission (rear-naked Choke), Spherical 2, 3:49
