Kicking off the main card of UFC on FOX 20 tonight (July 23, 2016) were strawweight scrappers Felice Herrig and Kailin Curran. Round one begins with front kicks from Herrig, but she doesn’t land. A couple low kicks and jabs land for Herrig. She lands a three-piece combo on the Hawaiian followed by another leg
Kicking off the main card of UFC on FOX 20 tonight (July 23, 2016) were strawweight scrappers Felice Herrig and Kailin Curran.
Round one begins with front kicks from Herrig, but she doesn’t land. A couple low kicks and jabs land for Herrig. She lands a three-piece combo on the Hawaiian followed by another leg kick. Curran counters a leg kick with a straight right and a high kick, but Herrig catches the kick and takes her down. The veteran Herrig lands in half guard. As Curran tries to scramble up, “Lil Bulldog” takes the back. Curran stands, but as she does Herrig gets her arm under the neck. Curran falls back to the mat with Herrig beneath her. After a few moments of adjusting, Curran asks out of the match.
Final Result: Felice Herrig def. Kailin Curran via rear naked choke at 1:59 of Round 1.
The UFC’s packed summer of action continues on with this weekend’s (Sat., July 23, 2016) UFC on FOX 20 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, which features a pivotal women’s bantamweight battle between former champion Holly Holm and rising contender Valentina Shevchenko. The UFC released the Road to the Octagon video segments for the
The UFC’s packed summer of action continues on with this weekend’s (Sat., July 23, 2016) UFC on FOX 20 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, which features a pivotal women’s bantamweight battle between former champion Holly Holm and rising contender Valentina Shevchenko.
The UFC released the Road to the Octagon video segments for the card’s three main bouts, starting with Holm vs. Shevchenko:
Another fight with dire implications will take place in the co-main event when surging striking specialist Edson Barboza meets returning former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez, who has a lot to prove coming off a one-year suspension for a fail drug test following his UFC 188 loss to current UFC 155-pound boss Eddie Alvarez:
In the third bout chronicled on Road to the Octagon, fan favorite women’s strawweight contender Felice Herrig will return to the octagon after more than a year off against touted but raw prospect Kailin Curran:
The UFC On FOX 20 card scheduled for July 23rd in Chicago has a new fight.
On Thursday, it was announced that UFC Women’s Strawweight contenders Felice Herrig and Kailin Curran will meet at the UFC On FOX 20 event in July.
Fights previously annou…
The UFC On FOX 20 card scheduled for July 23rd in Chicago has a new fight.
On Thursday, it was announced that UFC Women’s Strawweight contenders Felice Herrig and Kailin Curran will meet at the UFC On FOX 20 event in July.
Fights previously announced for UFC On FOX 20 thus far includes Ryan LaFlare vs. Alexander Yakovlev, Hector Urbina vs. George Sullivan, Alex Oliveira vs. James Moontasri and Luis Henrique vs. Dmitry Smolyakov.
UFC On FOX 20 is scheduled for July 23, 2016 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Instead, “12 Gauge” and “Punkie Bruise-ter” (our tentative nickname for Curran) will now square off at Fight Night 57, which goes down on November 22nd from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. This is normally the part of the article where we’d start listing Van Zant and Curran’s relevant/recent wins, but with a *combined* record of 6-1 and their only notable opponent being Tecia Torres (who defeated VanZant via UD at Invicta 4), let’s just skip the formalities, shall we?
Also joining Fight Night 57 will be a flyweight clash between Joseph Benavidez and Dustin Ortiz. After being KO’d by Demetrious Johnson in their rematch at UFC on FOX 9, Benavidez bounced back in style at UFC 172, submitting Tim Elliott with a guillotine so vicious that it forced him to tap with his feet. Ortiz, on the other hand, has made it two in a row since being outworked by John Moraga at Fight Night 35, notching split decisions over Ray Borg and highly-touted prospect Justin Scoggins in back-to-back appearances.
After the jump: Kailin Curran kicks the shit out of two interns on The Jason Ellis show. You know, for science.
Instead, “12 Gauge” and “Punkie Bruise-ter” (our tentative nickname for Curran) will now square off at Fight Night 57, which goes down on November 22nd from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. This is normally the part of the article where we’d start listing Van Zant and Curran’s relevant/recent wins, but with a *combined* record of 6-1 and their only notable opponent being Tecia Torres (who defeated VanZant via UD at Invicta 4), let’s just skip the formalities, shall we?
Also joining Fight Night 57 will be a flyweight clash between Joseph Benavidez and Dustin Ortiz. After being KO’d by Demetrious Johnson in their rematch at UFC on FOX 9, Benavidez bounced back in style at UFC 172, submitting Tim Elliott with a guillotine so vicious that it forced him to tap with his feet. Ortiz, on the other hand, has made it two in a row since being outworked by John Moraga at Fight Night 35, notching split decisions over Ray Borg and highly-touted prospect Justin Scoggins in back-to-back appearances.
In semi-related news, here’s Kailin Curran kicking the shit out of two interns on The Jason Ellis show. You know, for science.
To borrow a phrase from the CME, these two certainly look good getting off the bus. On the other hand, VanZant and Curran land on the low end of the UFC experience spectrum, to put it gently. VanZant is 3-1 professionally with all three of those wins coming against women who were making their pro debuts. Curran’s pro record is a similar 3-0, with all three victories by unanimous decision under the Pacific Xtreme Combat banner — and none of those wins coming against an opponent with a winning record.
VanZant and Curran have something else in common: They both tried out for TUF 20. While VanZant was blocked from the show due to age requirements, Curran simply didn’t make the cut. Or maybe the UFC hand-picked her as VanZant’s first opponent, for aesthetic reasons.
Speaking of which, 12 more photos of Kailin Curran are in the gallery after the jump. Enjoy, and check out her Instagram page for more.
To borrow a phrase from the CME, these two certainly look good getting off the bus. On the other hand, VanZant and Curran land on the low end of the UFC experience spectrum, to put it gently. VanZant is 3-1 professionally with all three of those wins coming against women who were making their pro debuts. Curran’s pro record is a similar 3-0, with all three victories by unanimous decision under the Pacific Xtreme Combat banner — and none of those wins coming against an opponent with a winning record.
VanZant and Curran have something else in common: They both tried out for TUF 20. While VanZant was blocked from the show due to age requirements, Curran simply didn’t make the cut. Or maybe the UFC hand-picked her as VanZant’s first opponent, for aesthetic reasons.
Speaking of which, lots more photos of Kailin Curran are in the gallery above. Enjoy, and check out her Instagram page for more.
