UFC Vegas 122: Alice Pereira Slices Open Daria Zhelezniakova, Earns TKO Victory

Just twenty, Alice Pereira took on an opponent ten years her senior in Darya Zheleznyakova at UFC Vegas 120 on Saturday. The women’s bantamweight bout found Pereira coming off her first win in the company, while Zheleznyakova had lost to Melissa Croden last time out. The leather was slung hard and early as the fight got underway, both ladies looking to land knockout blows. Pereira then took Zheleznyakova to the fence, firing a knee from the clinch while the Russian defended with a whizzer. Pereira completed the takedown regardless, and was in half-guard, heavy on top. A curious decision given...