Mizuki Inoue kicked off UFC 321 with a large upset over Jaqueline Amorim.
As anticipated, Amorim flexed her grappling sport early, scoring two takedowns by the midway level of the opening spherical and transferring into full mount. Amorim began fishing for submissions, almost cinching in a rear-naked choke, however Mizuki reversed place and landed some nasty floor strikes simply earlier than the horn.
It was Mizuki who opted to take issues to the bottom within the second, tripping Amorim in opposition to the fence and getting high management. Nevertheless, it was Amorim who went on the offensive, digging for a knee bar.
Mizuki defended effectively, however almost received caught in an arm bar simply earlier than the tip of the stanza. Nonetheless, Mizuki possible took the spherical after outlanding her opponent, sending us to the third with the Japanese underdog possible up 2-0.
Amorim got here out for the third, wanting extraordinarily exhausted and desperately making an attempt to get the combat to the bottom. Clinching up, Amorim ate a collection of knees and uppercuts. One of many blows seemingly took Amorim off her toes.
After working her method again up, Amorim clashed heads with Mizuki, inflicting a nasty lower close to the latter’s proper eye. In fact, that didn’t deter Mizuki from pushing the tempo and sealing the deal after 15 intense minutes of motion.
Official End result: Mizuki Inoue def. Jaqueline Amorim by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
