Amanda Lemos and Iasmin Lucindo, UFC 313 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press
Former UFC ladies’s strawweight title challenger Amanda Lemos confronted off with fellow Brazilian Iasmin Lucindo as a part of Saturday evening’s UFC 313 essential card in Las Vegas.
Lemos, visibly the smaller of the pair, was on the skin early, arms excessive, toes lively – each cellular with lateral motion, and throwing kicks. Lemos confirmed persistence, however quickly sufficient discovered herself again to the fence, Lucindo driving into her. But when the takedown got here, it was Lemos touchdown on prime care of a visit.
From there, Lemos was within the driver’s seat, with Lucindo making an attempt, with various levels of success, to tie her up. Lemos discovered a little bit of house to work, touchdown one smashing elbow with about 30 seconds within the body, however for probably the most half, Lucindo escaped the spherical unscathed.
Nonetheless not a superb search for Iasmin Lucindo, who spent the again half of the spherical simply there – on her again.
Lucindo slipped off a spinning kick early in spherical two, whereas Lemos discovered the mark along with her jab. Lucindo was doing a whole lot of twitching and feinting, but it surely was a leg kick by Amanda Lemos that acquired her actually transferring – almost taken off her toes in reality. That led to a clinch, Lucindo attempting to drive Lemos into the cage once more. Underhooks noticed Lemos flip that round, whereas the group let their displeasure on the grappling-heavy show be heard.
Once they went down, it was Lemos on prime once more, an analogous scene to need transpired within the first. Not a ton of motion, however loads of management for the previous title challenger, who was profitable the struggle just about from that prime time.
Early within the third, missing any signicicant strikes within the struggle and desperately in have to flip the script, it was Lucindo touchdown a takedown off a visit and popping out on prime. She briefly handed to aspect management, however Lemos regained half guard. The one drawback was, down two rounds, Lucindo wanted a end. Lemos discovered herself in bother for a minute, with Lucindo getting again to aspect management. Lemos slipped out, nevertheless, reversing off the fence, attending to her toes, then touchdown her personal takedown. Lucindo wasn’t in regards to the throw something up off her again that late within the struggle, as a substitute closing her guard. That put a fork within the struggle, with Lemos coming away with the choice victory.
For a lot of the struggle, Lucindo appeared caught in first gear, whereas Lemos used veteran smarts to cruise to a choice. The win sees Amanda Lemos bounce again from a loss to Virna Jandiroba final day trip.
Official Consequence: Amanda Lemos def. Iasmin Lucindo by unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
