On the preliminary card of ‘UFC Fight Night: Hamburg’, Ashlee Evans-Smith bounced back from the first loss of her MMA career with a brutal finish of Veronica Macedo.
Evans-Smith weathered an early storm from Macedo, utilizing her wrestling to pick up an incredibly brutal TKO win via elbows in the 3rd round with just minutes left in the fight.
The win improved Evans-Smith’s record to 4-1, and her UFC record to 1-1. Following the win, Evans-Smith’s ranking will likely spike from where she is currently ranked at #13 on the UFC’s official women’s bantamweight rankings.
Punches are expected in combat sports like MMA, boxing, and even in hockey, but you don’t, as a general rule, expect to see anyone throwing hands in the refined sport of horse racing.
Paulo Costa has brought in a tall, rangy Muay Thai specialist to help him prepare for his upcoming fight with UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa has shared a truly bizarre promo video for his upcoming title fight with reigning middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
Shortly after the UFC on ESPN 14 weigh-ins concluded, the card’s headliners Robert Whittaker and Darren Till came face-to-face for a tense, final staredown.