Dakota Ditcheva remains to be excellent after dominating a recreation Sumiko Inaba.
Saturday’s UFC Africa co-main occasion noticed Ditcheva rating a commanding unanimous determination win over Inaba (8-2) to enhance her professional report to 15-0. The Englishwoman constantly beat Inaba to the punch for 3 rounds and when the ultimate bell rang, the result was clear.
Throughout the bout, it appeared Ditcheva complained of a hand damage and he or she confirmed in her post-fight interview that she was at lower than one hundred pc for a portion of the struggle.
“I feel I’ve injured my left hand, however I feel I’m simply extra gutted as a result of I’ve been out for thus lengthy after which I’ve come again and I’m injured once more,” Ditcheva mentioned. “However I hope you guys loved it anyway, thanks a lot.”
Inaba was a large underdog heading into the struggle and he or she got here out trying to play spoiler, dashing at Ditcheva in Spherical 1 and counting on her toughness to take care of Ditcheva’s correct strikes. Ditcheva used her measurement and energy to clinch and sluggish Inaba down, then started to drag away on the playing cards with slick work on the toes.
Entrance kicks, physique photographs, and crisp combos have been Ditcheva’s weapons of alternative and although she couldn’t land a knockout blow, she put loads of injury on Inaba for quarter-hour. Inaba had moments the place she fired again, however Ditcheva was hardly ever in peril as she cruised to the choice victory in entrance of an appreciative crowd in Cape City, South Africa.
That is Ditcheva’s first outing since she gained the 2024 PFL flyweight match crown and he or she now units herself as much as face the winner of the 2025 last between Liz Carmouche and Jena Bishop, which takes place on Aug. 15.
