Former UFC title challenger Sara McMann earned one of the biggest victories of her career in a featured bantamweight matchup tonight at The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada. McMann submitted BJJ black belt Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis with a second-round arm-triangle choke.
McMann has now won back-to-back bouts inside the Octagon and has set her sights on fighting her way back into title contention. Also on tonight’s TUF 24 Finale card, highly-touted strawweight prospect Jamie Moyle took home her first official UFC win by defeating talented Hawaiian Kailin Curran.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale. The card was headlined by a UFC Flyweight Championship bout between dominant champ Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and challenger Tim Elliott.
In the co-feature, Joseph Benavidez took on rival TUF 24 coach Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo at 125 pounds. Jake “The Juggernaut” Ellenberger battled Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal in a welterweight showdown between hard-hitting strikers. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.
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Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Angela “Overkill” Hill retained her title and took another step up in the 115-pound rankings with a clear-cut Unanimous Decision victory at Invicta Fighting Championships 20 in Kansas City, Missouri. Hill defeated Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros in the co-feature.
The Invicta FC 20 main event between Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger and Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya was overturned, leaving the bantamweight title in Evinger’s hands. Among the other key winners in November was Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha, who triumphed at UFC Fight Night 100 in Brazil.
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