Kline vs. Dudakova, UFC Vegas 101 weigh-in Credit score: Eddie Regulation/Cageside Press
Fatima Kline vs. Victoria Dudakova would have been the primary UFC struggle of 2025, have been it not for a bit of shuffling of the deck at UFC Vegas 101.
As a substitute, the strawweight pair must accept going second, in a struggle that discovered each women seeking to bounce again from latest losses.
Dudakova opened the struggle holding heart, with Kline circling exterior and the pair buying and selling kicks. Lower than 30 seconds in, Dudakova closed the space, altering ranges for a takedown try that Kline deftly defended. Kline bought again to heart, however Dudakova was undeterred and landed the primary takedown of the struggle on her second try. That led to some enjoyable transitions from the Russian after Kline attacked a leg, leading to Dudakova threatening to take the again earlier than falling off the highest.
Off her again, Dudakova briefly attacked with an arm-bar, however didn’t have it. As a substitute, Dudakova labored at taking the again; someplace within the sequence, Victoria’s nostril had been bloodied. And as a substitute of her taking the again, it was Kline managing to show the tables and get on high. She’d end out the spherical there, doing a bit of injury and regardless of a gradual begin, ending in a dominant place.
Victoria Dudakova opened spherical two with a takedown try. Kline, nonetheless, bought her foot in the way in which, landed a visit, and the pair wound up in a scramble with Fatima Kline popping out on high. When Dudakova tried to flee, Kline stayed on her. She moved to half-guard, then mount, with three minutes and alter nonetheless on the clock.
Albeit in a dicey spot, Victoria Dudakova was capable of escape to her ft. When she went again in on a takedown, nonetheless, it was a case of deja vu: Kline landed a visit, they went down in a heap, and a scramble noticed Kline come out on high. She would get to facet management, dropping some smashing elbows. Regardless of the ref urging Dudakova to struggle, she couldn’t and Fatima Kline had the TKO end!
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Official Outcome: Fatima Kline def. Victoria Dudakova by TKO (elbows), Spherical 2, 4:27