UFC Fight Night 161: UMA (Ultimate Fighting Championship) locked and loaded "Joanna vs. Waterson" MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) event was held in TONIGHT (Saturday, October 12, 2019) in Tampa, Florida at ESPN + inside Amalie. The headline of the "Sunshine State" fight card is the women's strawweight showdown of former 115-pound champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and top division contender Michelle Waterson. UFC: Fighting Wizard Kron Gracie, an event co-hosted by “Tampa”, is trying to raise the Featherweight rankings at the expense of 145 pound veteran Cub Swanson. Mackenzie Dern also tests Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skills against Amanda Ribas after a maternity leave.
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UFC Tampa Quick Results:
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Michelle Waterson — Jedrzejczyk def. Waterson (UD 50-45 x2, 49-46) — highlight!
Cron Gracie vs. Cub Swanson — Swanson Def. Gracie (UD 30-27 x3)
Mackenzie Dunne vs. Amanda Rivas — Ribas def. Dern (UD 30-27 x3)
Matt Prebola vs. Luis Pena — Prevola Def. Pena (SD 29-28 x2, 28-29)
Eric Anders vs. Gerald Meerschaert — Anders def. Meerschaert (SD 29-28 x2, 28-29)
Nico Price vs. James Vick — Price Defense Vick (EN 0:44 Rd 1) — highlight!
Devin Clark vs. Ryan Spann — Span Defense. Clarke (SUB Guillotine 2:01 Rd 2)
Mike Davis Thomas G. Ford vs. Davis Def. Gifford (KO Punch 4:45 Rd 3) — highlight!
Max Griffin vs. Alex Morono — Moron def. Griffin (UD 29-28, 29-27×2)
Tim Elliott vs. Deiveson Figueiredo — Figuerardo Def. Elliott (SUB Guillotine 3:08 Rd 1) — highlight!
Marlon Vera vs. Andre Iwell — Vera def. Ewell (TKO GNP 3:17 Rd 3) — highlight!
Miguel Bazaar vs. Hector Aldana — Baeza def. Aldana (TKO Leg Kick, 2:32 Rd 2) — highlight!
Marvin Vettori vs Andrew Sanchez — Vettori def. Sanchez (UD 30-27 x3)
Jay Aldrich vs. Lauren Muller — Aldrich def. Muller (UD 30-27, 29-28 x2)
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UFC Tampa Play by Play:
115 lbs: Joanna Jedze jc Big vs. Michelle Waterson
Round 1: Jedrzejczyk black, Waterson blue and white. Jedrzejczyk has a central cage and begins to faint like crazy. Waterson went on a takedown attempt, but JJ defeated it. Jedrzejczyk is trying to put her in a cage and position him. Waterson is reversed. JJ enters both elbows. Strike on break and Waterson. Fits with a good right hand Another takedown attempt for Waterson. They are fighting along the metal. Good elbow of the former champion. Reverse and reverse. Jedrzejczyk was good at sinking hips and keeping at least one under hook. Knees and elbows when sporadic strikes occur. Another big elbow.
10-9 Jedrzejczyk
Round 2: They swap kicks. Waterson rubs blood in the nose, and Jedrzejczyk distracts her to kick her in the body. "Karate Charm" own body kick. Low kick JJ. Waterson almost leads to a head kick. They soak outside with Waterson this time. Get your right hand at break. Waterson tries to play a single game, but leaves it when he hits the cage. JJ secures the low end and rotates the waterson against the link. They go back to the center cage and Jedrzejczyk kicks Waterson in his mouth.
10-9 Jedrzejczyk
Round 3: JJ, with a slight reduction in footprint as he kicks and kicks the ankle, does not show any side effects of weight loss. Waterson is getting one or two kicks and punches here and there, but Jedrzejczyk is giving each one or four. They backed off and Waterson balanced. Jedrzejczyk grabs her neck and drags her down. She is looking for a finish hanging around her neck. Jedrzejczyk did not get it, but hardly finished it. Waterson suddenly enters Jedrzejczyk, growls behind Jedrzejczyk and is fishing for naked choking! She is close, but can't go under the chin. Jedrzejczyk wakes up and Jedrzejczyk shivers at the end of the round.
10-9 Jedrzejczyk
Round 4: Round begins the way most of this fight ends with JJ Peppering Waterson. Jedrzejczyk fights clinch. The record doesn't feel broken, and this is mostly a one-way passage that Jedrzejczyk wants. She supplies Waterson with a steady kick, most of which is on her legs. Waterson grabs headlock and Jedrzejczyk with torso lock. Big elbow at the pole. More clinch strikes at the end of the round.
10-9 Jedrzejczyk, push 10-8
Round 5: Jedrzejczyk hit his right foot with this kick. JJ now throws a left kick and more punches. There is a firm kick. I don't write a lot about what I haven't done yet. Jedrzejczyk overwhelms and overwhelms Waterson every time the fight goes on. Waterson holding body rock until Jedrzejczyk swims right underhook and turns her around. Kneel down They are shuffled and Jedrzejczyk slips and Waterson goes back to her. Jedrzejczyk rotates by breaking and spinning the grip.
Striking at the end of 1 minute to go. Almost everything that rotates backfist, kicks, punches and more in Jedrzejczyk.
Final result: Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Michelle Waterson (unanimous decision 50-45 x2, 49-46)
145 lbs: Cron Gracie vs. Swanson Cub
Round 1: Swanson (Black), Gracie (Gray). Trying to get into the range of old-fashioned kick / storm and gracie grabbing. Gracie flock and eat the counter against his problems. Body shot from Swanson. Cron hits b Right hand too. Big kick from the foal. Leg kick and 1-2. Another opportunity for Gracie's intestines. Buy the hook and the other back to your body. Gracie is a bit rough, but enters the effective right hand.
Another heavy punch in Gracie's jug for 1 minute to go.
10-9 Swanson
Round 2: Cub hits b, cron counters to the left. Both are landing rings. Body for cubs. A good right and left of Gracie will knock the foal into the fence. Cub gets some space and gets back to the center as soon as possible. The cub slipped into his pocket, but Gracie could not climb on it before the cub got his foot back and out of danger. Perfect for chicks A few uppercuts and gracies. Cron lands b. He grabs the clinch and punches the Cub behind the ear. They punch in the bells.
10-9 Swanson
Round 3: Gracie with the right to open a round. The pups got firm, but Gracie's jaw stayed perfect. Gracie and Cub swing and connect from your pocket. Gracie gets a clinch, but cub rugs him up Swanson combo ends with a gap to make a distance. Gracie tries to jump over the guard, but slips while sweating. Gracie gets almost hip hop, but Swanson keeps the wizard and gets up. Another failed guard pool attempt. They are in trouble, and Cub continues to get better, but not without getting their own punishment.
90 seconds left. This is a mix of rock-arms sock robots and raging attempts. Cron finally gets the guard pool. The pup avoids dodging with his P and Q in mind. Sorry guys, that's your night fight.
10-9 Swanson
Final result: Cub Swanson def. Kron Gracie (Unanimous Decision 30-27 x3)
170 lbs: Nico Price vs. James Big
Primary: black price, Vick blue price. The price is skyrocketing early. Price grabs the kick and pushes Big to the ground. He climbs to the top and works at GNP. Big Scramble and get up and are now on top. He poses and leaves a huge impression on his chin! He came out like a light
Final result: Niko Price def. James Big (KO upkick 0:44 Round 1)
155 lbs: Mike Davis Thomas Gifford
Primary: Davis is black, Gifford is blue. Davis threw heavy leather and landed quite a bit. Gifford tries to roll Imanari, but Davis avoids. Gifford b. Davis has a big combo, but he eats like Kit Kat. Davis fell twice in his momentum. Big body shot the ground Davis has two right rings. Damn, I flushed the left power shot and Gifford almost flickered. Kneel Davis' chin straight to the left. Davis landed everything and finally Gifford is shaking. Unreal punishment here.
10-7 Davis
Round 2: Davis' low kick pulls his leg out for one second under Gifford. Forehead roll entries fail again. There are Davis's uppercuts and a few bs. The bubble eats the knee in the front kick. As Davis does this more slowly, 1-2 in Gifford. Several big shots from Davis and Gifford pull the guard. Heavy forearms and elbows for Davis. Davis stepped back and threw a punch to Thomas. Gifford is on the right but is the goal for 10 return shots.
10-9 Davis
Round 3: Start slowly in this round. A bit of the next deal. Gifford landed a bit, but was powerless. He tried and almost took down, but Davis fights with a nice wizard. Davis is now conserving his energy. The enemy lands, but still has power when throwing. Gifford fell down with a huge leg kick. Commenting on Gifford's corner and the referee's not long stopping. Giant Right Hand Last Sleeps Poor Gifford
Final result: Mike Davis def. Thomas Gifford (KO Punch in Round 3 4:45)
115 lbs: Mackenzie Dunne vs. Amanda Lee Bath
Round 1: Derby to Yellow, Riva to Black. With his right hand, Ribas accidentally finds Dern out of balance. Ribas with nice counter game ever. Dern slipped again. They fire Riva land in their pockets. Take down but immediately rebas. Good for Ribas. Dern grabs Ribas, but Ribas straightens up ass. Dern tries a triangle for a while before settling in to the guard. Elbow couple on the floor. The round ends with Ribas and not much.
10-9 Riva
Round 2: Shoot the singles offered by Ribas immediately. Ribas' great counter right hand. Ribas gets a big right by balancing Dern using a tanning internal kick. It will fail if the level changes. Dern falls into b. Dern almost finishes the single but touches the floor. Ribas is trying to finish the round as he is released from the guard.
10-9 Riva
Round 3: throw back and fall But Rivas will not interfere with the ground game. Dern with a clogged kick, Ribas to the right of the counter. Dern's single leg attempt will fail again. She eats GNP as a problem before Ribas slanders. Left at Riva.
1 minute left. Ribas yelling and combo. Tossed with a front kick.
10-9 Riva
Final result: Amanda Ribas def. Mackenzie Dunn (Unanimous decision 30-27×3)
£ 155: Matt Prebola vs. Luis Pena
Round 1: Frevola is black, Pena is grey. Frevola with right hand. Pena kicks. Frevola took a good position and hit Pena. Pena can scramble and recover quickly. With another single slam, Frevola Pena with a large single leg takedown, turns the rubber guard into a strange triangular strain. Pena is used to threaten serve and roll over Frevola. Frevola is reversed again. Pena growls, grabs a tie clinch and kneels. Pena With A Body Lock Tries His Takedown Pena breaks three rights and lands. Frevola with one of his.
10-9 Prevola
Round 2: Frevola was hit by a huge knee that almost dropped him. Pena found both elbows and switched to Kimura. He couldn't finish it and Frevola was backed up. Pause for a moment to let Frevola reinsert the mouthpiece. Pena doing an unattached front kick jump, Frevola with a superman punch not fully. Pena falls on the kick attempt, Frevola accuses, nothing happens and the threat is over. Frevola attempts to take down, locks the torso, and Pena immediately hunts for Kimura. Suplex by Frevola while Pena still works that Kimura. Pena turns into a triangle, climbs up, punches, tries a guillotine and the round is over.
10-9 pena
Round 3: Frevola tries to punch that superman again but can't get it. Frevola gives some good rights to support Pena for a while. Frevola connects and Pena slips on the butt. Frevola kneels to fly away. Pena crushes and threatens Kimura whenever Frevola puts her hands on her legs or waist. Pena enters to the right, Frevola moves the counter to the left. Frevola can not be obtained by trying take down from the buzzer.
10-9 Prevola
Final result: Matt Frevola def. Luis Pena (partition decision 29-28 x2, 28-29)
185 lbs: Eric Anders vs. Gerald Myers Heart
Round 1: Anders Yellow, Meerschaert Gray. Anders lands a punch early with the center cage. Meerschaert comes back. Anders kicking his ankle. Meerschaert drills a hole in the body and avoids the left side. Meerschaert cracked with a short punch as the duck stooped and rolled his back. Anders can back him up. Make takedown attempts straight from Anders. Bisping points out that Gerald still stands still. Meerschaert keeps leaning on Anders' big left hand. He has been successful so far, but it is dangerous Lean for Anders to target a wider range. Meerschaert's b. Anders flocked to the end of the round when Meerschaert tried to ride his bike.
10-9 Anders
Round 2: Anders knocks off the off-balanced Meer's Chart with an uppercut but never follows him again. Kick the outer legs of Meerschaert. His right hand also comes in. Good liver kick for Meerschaert. Slow round. Another body kicks to the end.
10-9 Meerschaert
Round 3: Start slowly so far. In 90 seconds, two people land to the left. Uppercut and left at Anders. Other. Gone kick from Anders and go from Meerschaert. Anders left the counter and the two hit each other.
90 seconds to go Anders is exaggerated with a whip and Meerschaert beats a nice punch from Anders out of balance. His equilibrium was shot for a while, and Meerschaert tries to enter Anders. Anders stop him, but Meerschaert is a great way to fight up close.
10-9 Anders
Final result: Eryk Anders def. Gerald Myers Heart (Split Decision 29-28 x2, 28-29)
205 lbs: Devin Clark vs. Ryan Span
Round 1: Clark eats black, span is yellow, and legs kick. Clark took down and Span tried the guillotine. Span grabs the leg and attempts to press his body down using the leg. Clark fights back in the middle, and Span enters the level change at Clark, but Span is backing up soon. Clark can jump over the reach of the span. Left hand too. Low kick. Slowly, Clarke stares at the left head kick.
Clark 10-9
Round 2: Start a nice nice round in Span. Span to the big left, finally shaking Clark. Clark is struggling to suddenly try to set fire with a wildfire. Clark illo fires again, but Clark knocks when he is immersed in the guillotine and the span adjusts the grip.
Final result: Ryan Spann def. Devin Clarke (sub guillotine at 2:01 of Rd 2)
125 lbs: Tim Elliott vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Round 1: Elliott in Black, Figueredo in Yellow. Elliott's signature awkward technique. The punch in Figueiredo is about 30 seconds. Elliott fills up a small short punch. Kicking off Elliott, short and powerful in Figueredo. Elliott with a double leg but direct to the guillotine. Figueiredo defends him and finishes off!
Final result: Deiveson Figueiredo def Tim Elliott (SUB guillotine at 3:08 of Rd 1)
170 lbs: Max Griffin vs. Alex Morono
Primary: Griffin is grey, moro blue. Griffin arrives early. Morono gets back with a pair of bs and a low kick Right hand of two people. The outer leg kicks slightly over Morono.
2 minutes left. Morono with a rotary kick to the liver. Griffin is back in his right hand. Morono began to appear to have hit the square under the chin.
10-9 Griffin
Round 2: Morono throws the volume and moves to the right. Max counters none. Griffin with redness shakes Morono slightly. When Morono threatens the guillotine, he drinks gas, knocks down ducks, and detains him. Giant left head kick floor griffin. Morono bunch who tried to get rid of Max Griffin. Lots of jaws fucking in Griffin's knees, short punches, elbows, spinning back piste. Griffin supports Morono for 1 second with his backfist! Somehow Griffin survives and we continue the third round.
10-9 Morono
Round 3: Griffin is aggressive here, realizing he can knock down the cards in the last round of 10-8 rounds. He gets the right money for him in every fight. Griffin misses his flying knee, but punches on his way down. Left hand. Griffin pops forward and takes down. Mix the butterflies on the griffin to make scrambled eggs. He was getting up, but he went back to the link and sat down. The half guard's griffin passes by, but Morono rumbles during the pass. Attempting a third takedown will not work, will continue to work, and will remain at 1:10 in the round. His corner is screaming at the elbow, but Morono sticks out the shrimp. Griffin's fifth takedown
10-9 Griffin
Final result: Alex Morono def. Griffin Max (29-28 unanimous decision, 29-27×2)
170 lbs: Miguel Bazaar vs. Hector Alda
Round 1: Alana of green, bazaar of black. The first important strike of the fight goes to Alana with a severe leg kick. Two men started to kick. Feeling slow and felt so far.
2 minutes left. Baeza's right hand is blocked. Baeza causes double nice explosions on the doorbell.
10-10 draw
Round 2: Round so far. Baeza's landing was better. Right hand of tall Puerto Rico. Cut your leg kick and you know it will fall. Suddenly a calf kick came across Aldana and the eMexican fighter was down! Baeza drops the GNP until the referee stops the fight and he does not get up.
Final result: Miguel Baeza def. Hector Aldana (TKO Leg Kick and GNP of 2nd Round 2:32)
185 lbs: Marvin Betori vs. Andrew Sanchez
Round 1: Vettori is green and Sanchez is red. Vettori with a good right. Another couple strikes at Marvin. Sanchez gets a good kick from inside the leg. Block the body kick. Vettori will come forward in the covered Sanchez. Nice b land.
2 minutes to go. Vettori with a really cool tekken combo. He had eight knees and two punches that looked like eight strikes. Heavy hand back from Vettori. The broadcast shows the main strike of each man and we prefer Italy at 29-4. Made 30 times
10-9 Vietnam
Round 2: new round, same result. Pop pop where Vettori lands many times. Marvin's big knee. Sanchez got the right to be retaliated, but still outgoing, like 12-1. Sanchez's All Rights Reserved. Vettori's left ground is being slightly slowed down.
2 minutes left Both arrive on the left side. Sanchez tries to take down but that single leg doesn't go anywhere.
10-9 Vietnam
Round three: Sanchez's sneaky spinning backfist is clean. Vettori takes a few seconds to collect himself and aggressively tries again. Vettori catches a body kick on Sanchez and Vettori catches a body lock Take down is not possible, so we return to the center cage. For Marvin it is 2-3. Inter kick. Sanchez tried the backfist again, but this time Vettori mostly blocked. Heavy left on Sanchez's ribs.
2 minutes to go to the fight. It's a combo of two men, but Sanchez's land is cleaner. Duck Vettori and another rotary backfist go with b. The advantage of the strike in this round is 25-16. They throw it to the end but I think the Italians get it.
10-9 Vietnam
Final result: Marvin Vettori def. Andrew Sanchez (Unanimous decision 30-27 x3)
125 lbs: J.J. Aldrich vs. Lauren Muller
Round 1: Muller is blue, Aldrich is black. In about 40 seconds, JJ, with a nice counter, gets his first major blow of the match. It was a good 1-2 for Mueller and Aldrich. Another left wing sneaked in for Aldrich. Lauren leans back from others. Let's go and they soak.
Aldrich is taking Mueller back to the fence and working to improve the grip. She receives a body lock and a trip outside. Aldrich tried to step back, but leaving too much space, Mueller stood up for a minute. They hug and spin for 1 minute. Mueller kneels and throws Aldrich on the mat.
10-9 Aldrich
Round 2: Next week we'll see a Boston card ad featuring Chris Weidman vs Dominick Reyes. After about 15 seconds, the woman lands hard and at the same time. As Muller's reaction seemed very slow, Aldrich got another punch. Mueller charges with a level change from Aldrich who cannot complete the takedown. Lauren steps back on the link but fishes and flips the underhook. She falls and makes a good right fist and steps down
2 minutes to go. Mueller is aggressive but hit the same 1-2 without hitting it too much. Once again Aldrich's faster hands. Mueller had some success when he took Mueller to the fence and threw it hard. They mock each other but keep punching. Mueller goes well with aggression and turns into a slug pest.
10-9 Aldrich in close round
Round 3: Pat Barry, on the corner of Aldrich, told her to keep exercise and volume. Awesome 3-2 in Aldrich and she is landing shot after shot. Aldrich hurt her. With smart moves, Mueller tied up with Aldrich and prevented her from teeing off. Aldrich enters the same simple meat and potato ja hook cross through separation. Mueller backs Aldrich by quadrupling pumping b, but JJ is turning to the left to avoid the fence. Very smart.
Two minutes to go, Muller throws, but doesn't pull his head off the centerline, but eats a combo that Aldrich throws. Straight from Aldrich. Muller grabs the kick and wins the couple's right. Good left hand. Mueller tried to grab, but instead feeds. At the end, it's a firefighter, but there's nothing for Mueller who is most likely to lose this fight.
10-9 Aldrich
Final result: JJ Aldrich Def. Lauren Muller (unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28 x2)
135 lbs: Marlon Vera vs. Andre Iwell
Primary: “Cheeto” Vera is blue, Ewell is black. Immediate kicks close to Vera's feet. Vera stands the duck's arm and punches the triangle to Ewell's punch. Vera swings him to the mat when she tries to finish choking on the floor. Ewell has been able to break the leverage and is now fully monitored. Vera with elbows at the bottom.
Two minutes left and Ewell couldn't do much from the start. Vera tries Amba but Ewell got up using this transition. Finish with flush
10-9 Vera
Round 2: It won't happen for 90 seconds in this round. Finally, Vera takes up the right height, but doesn't flush. Ewell takes a foot, but can't do anything with that advantage. Vera moved forward, but not as clean as his confusion I saw.
2 minutes left Ewell arrives on the left. Ewell's b pierces Vera again and fishes for the same triangle arm. Vera with sereis of knees on thighs and body. Vera's left and large knees are connected.
10-9 Vera
Round 3: The combo from Vera involves a pair of knees. Ewell them well and he fired back and lands. Kneel into the entrance of Vera. He is visiting many of them. Three left elbows in Vera. Ewell throws his hands back. A big left hand flush to Ewell's chin. Ewell Duck, but direct to guillotine attempts. Vera maintains his best position, stops choking attempts and starts throwing huge GNPs. Currently, punches and elbows are raining down in Japan. The ref finally stops!
Final result: Marlon Vera def. Andrey Ewell (TKO GNP at 3rd Round 3:17)
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