Bia Mesquita made an enormous impression in her Octagon debut, fully crushing Irina Alexeyeva at UFC Rio.
As anticipated, Mesquita went for a takedown comparatively early and muscled Alexiva down with little resistance. Mequita landed straight in full mount and continued to land hammerfists and lethal elbows for over three minutes. Regardless of the onslaught, “Russian Ronda” managed to outlive the stanza, nevertheless it was solely a matter of time earlier than Mesquita ended the match.
It took simply over a minute for Mesquite to ship Alexiva again to the mat within the second spherical. After 60 seconds, she moved to full mount, and Alexiba gave in virtually instantly.
This allowed the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sensation to lock her arm beneath Alexiva’s chin and rating a rear bare choke, forcing her to faucet out.
official outcomes: By way of Mesquita def. Irina Alexeeva wins by submission (rear bare choke) at 2:14 of spherical 2.
Watch the highlights of Irina Alexeyeva vs. By way of Mesquita at UFC Rio:
debut dub
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