Jillian Robertson continued her pursuit of a strawweight title shot, defeating Amanda Lemos in three rounds at UFC Vegas 114.
After struggling to punch inside, Robertson was lastly in a position to shut the gap and rating the primary takedown of the struggle after the midway level of the opening spherical. But it surely was Lemos who discovered success on the bottom, hitting Robertson with a collection of brutal elbows that each one however sealed the Kimura.
Robertson finally scrambled out of the maintain and gained some extra management time, however there isn’t any denying that the primary 5 minutes belonged to Lemos.
Robertson did not take lengthy to defeat Lemos within the second match, securing a takedown shortly after the beginning of the stanza.
“The Savage” will safe management time of over 4 minutes per spherical whereas fishing for numerous submissions. Lemos picked himself up within the last seconds of the spherical and tried a late rush, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to sway the scorecards in his favor.
This end result takes us to the third spherical and the struggle is more likely to be tied 1-1.
The third spherical was a lot the identical, however there was a second when Lemos appeared to catch Robertson in an armbar.
Unable to pressure a tapout, Robertson regained management and survived the ultimate two minutes to safe a hard-fought determination victory over the one-time title challenger.
official outcomes: Gillian Robertson def. Amanda Lemos wins by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
