Wang Cong and Bruna Brasil, UFC 312 weigh-in Credit score: Youtube/UFC
Wang Cong, one among three Chinese language fighters showing at UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, seemed to construct on the momentum countrymate Zhu Rong had set as she took on Bruna Brasil.
Cong was 1-1 within the UFC and had dropped what many felt was the Upset of the 12 months towards Gabriella Fernandes again in November.
Brasil opened Saturday’s flyweight contest with a crisp leg kick or two, forcing Cong to the skin. Cong would fireplace again with a kick of her personal; Brasil returned fireplace in type. Early on, the motion consisted primarily of feints and kicks whereas the pair felt one another out. That feeling out course of truly continued for many of the opening body, with single strikes and temporary exchanges making up many of the motion, exterior of a flurry on the very finish of the spherical.
In spherical two, Wang Cong started mixing in assaults to the physique. Each fighters flashed stance switches, if briefly. Brasil appeared somewhat hesitant to drag the set off because of Cong’s various assaults. Compared, nearly everything of Brasil’s offense had been comprised of leg kicks, and to that time, Wang Cong’s mobility had not been compromised. As a substitute, it was Cong strolling ahead, firing a kick to the physique, then a kick down low, and later a easy, sharp 1-2 combo that backed Brasil up. Because the spherical wore on, Cong appeared to have discovered her rhythm, probably a difference-maker in a struggle that had began comparatively shut.
On the finish of the second, Cong went on the assault, ripping the physique once more and forcing Brasil to retreat. Between rounds, Combating Nerds star Caio Borralho informed Brasil that it is perhaps 1-1, however that she wanted to go for it.
The issue for Brasil was that, exterior of her kicks, she nonetheless couldn’t get her weapons going. Cong was the fighter placing on the strain, backing Brasil up. Cong was feinting, ripping the physique, and unleashing brief combos, two or three punches in bunches. Brasil, as she had within the second, was at occasions flat-out retreating. If Bruna Brasil was going to discover a approach to get again within the struggle, she needed to so it fast. As a substitute, it was China’s Wang Cong touchdown a excessive kick, bullying the Brazilian, touchdown a takedown on the buzzer, and finally cruising to a choice victory.
Official Consequence: Wang Cong def. Bruna Brasil by unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
