Virna Jandiroba punched her ticket to a shot on the strawweight world title with a dominant efficiency in opposition to the division’s top-ranked contender, Yan Xiaonan, at UFC 314 on Saturday night time.
As anticipated, Jandiroba went for an early takedown, however Xiaonan defended properly and stayed upright. Two minutes into the opening spherical, Jandiroba shot in for an additional try. This time, she managed to muscle Xiaonan all the way down to the person close to the fence.
Jandiroba stepped over into facet management and instantly went for an armbar, however Xiaonan noticed it coming and shortly obtained her arm out of hazard. Xiaonan obtained Jandiroba again into her guard, however ate some stable ground-and-pound strikes. Jadiroba once more fished for an armbar try with solely seconds left on the clock, however ‘9’ managed to make it out of the spherical.
Jandiroba wasted no time returning Xiaonan to the mat within the second stanza and shortly took her again. Jandiroba as soon as once more locked in an armbar with seconds to go within the spherical, however Xiaonan defended and made it again to her stool.
It took a bit of longer to get Xiaonan all the way down to the mat within the third. However, she muscled down the top-ranked contender with over two minutes to go within the struggle regardless of Xiaonan blatantly grabbing the fence. Jandiroba took Xiaonan’s again and maintained management by means of the rest of the spherical, placing a cap on an totally dominant efficiency in opposition to the previous strawweight title challenger.
Official End result: Virna Jandiroba def. Yan Xiaonan through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
