UFC ladies’s flyweight Cortney Casey demonstrated her submission expertise at UFC Battle Evening in Jacksonville on Saturday night time as she compelled opponent Mara Romero Borella to scream out a submission of their preliminary card combat.
The occasion was the UFC’s third consecutive present within the house of simply eight days on the VyStar Veterans Memorial Area in Jacksonville and, identical to the earlier two occasions, performed out behind closed doorways, with no followers in attendance.
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It meant viewers watching the fights on TV might hear each punch and kick, in addition to the nook recommendation from each fighters’ groups, throughout every combat.
And Borella’s audible agony was clear to listen to as she screamed out in ache as Casey locked up a good armbar submission and utilized the stress, forcing Borella to faucet out whereas screaming.
The finishes maintain coming! @CastIron_Casey with that tight arm bar on our #UFCFL prelims!
? Watch LIVE now on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/z58epUpsTC
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) Might 16, 2020
???? ???? ?@CastIron_Casey locks within the RD1 sub!
➡️ Tune in now on @ESPN! pic.twitter.com/pv0vvDhjzL
— UFC (@ufc) Might 16, 2020
The submission end gave Casey a assertion win within the 125-pound flyweight division after beforehand competing 10 kilos lighter as a strawweight, as she made an prompt impression in her new weight class and proved that she is a brand new contender to be reckoned with within the division.
Talking after her win, Casey mentioned, “I’m simply joyful. Completely happy to have my job, joyful to have my staff behind me, all of my household, all my supporters who’ve been by the ups and downs of the combat world and my profession within the UFC, so I’m simply joyful to be the place I’m at.
“Whether or not it was throughout a pandemic or only a regular combat week, I’m simply joyful to get the end.
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“I noticed that she was leaving her arms just a little bit heavy within the entrance, so I knew I’d be capable of assault the arm.
“She was attempting to go for a number of head-and-arm triangles and issues like that, which I like out of women as a result of it makes it simpler for me to search for submissions as effectively.
“If somebody is doing jiu-jitsu, it’s straightforward to do jiu-jitsu, in the event that they’re simply sitting and holding you, it’s sort of exhausting, so I used to be joyful to know that she was going to make use of her jiu-jitsu and I might counter it.”
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