Luana Santos delivered one other dominant efficiency contained in the Octagon, defeating Melissa Croden at UFC Vegas 112 on Saturday evening.
Santos managed to get Croden to the mat early on by way of a shawl maintain, however earlier than lengthy, Croden popped her head free and took the Brazilian’s again. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Santos broke free, getting again to her ft and separating. The rest of the opening spherical principally performed out with each girls jockeying for place in opposition to the fence.
Santos picked up proper the place she left off within the second, urgent Croden in opposition to the cage earlier than scoring a slick takedown and preserving Croden on the mat for everything of the stanza.
Simply previous the 90-second mark of the third, Santos landed her third takedown of the combat, placing Croden in one other scarf maintain. This time, Croden was unable to combat her manner out of the maneuver, handing Santos greater than three minutes of management time within the spherical and thus, the combat.
Official Outcome: Luana Santos def. Melissa Croden by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).
