The women’s Flyweight fight of UFC Vegas 43 main card features the fight between the number sixth-ranked UFC women’s Flyweight fighter, Joanne Wood facing the number tenth-ranked women’s Flyweight fighter, Taila Santos. Wood is coming into this fight with a loss against Lauren Murphy in her last fight on UFC 263.
Santos on the other hand is the betting favorite coming into this fight at UFC Vegas 43 with a three-fight winning streak with his latest win coming against Roxanne Modafferi on UFC 266.
Round 1: Wood and Santos traded a few shots to start the striking, both fighters did not throw a high volume of strikes. Santos drops Wood with a right hand, Wood eats some follow-up shots and tries to survive, and gets back on her feet. but she got dropped again by one more punch and Santos scrambled and got her back. She looks for a rear-naked choke and Wood tries to save her neck. She squeezes and that’s it here comes the tap.
Taila Santos entered the title contention with this win
The Brazilian mixed martial artist, Taila Santos emerged as the new UFC women’s Flyweight title contender with a win in this fight. This marked the fourth win of her UFC career, she secured the first three wins of her UFC career via decision and this is one of those wins that she needed for the title shot.
Result: Taila Santos def. Joanne Wood via submission (Rear-Naked Choke) (Round 1, 4:49)
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