Tag: Yana Kunitskaya

Thiago Santos Admits To Mental Health Struggles Before Teixeira Loss

After a brutal loss to Glover Teixeira last Nov., Thiago Santos has spoken out about the mental hurdles that plagued him before the fight. After his failed title bid with the champion, Jon Jones, the Brazilian striker suffered serious injuries to his k…

After a brutal loss to Glover Teixeira last Nov., Thiago Santos has spoken out about the mental hurdles that plagued him before the fight. After his failed title bid with the champion, Jon Jones, the Brazilian striker suffered serious injuries to his knees. Following a strenuous healing process, with the help of his partner Yana […]

Yana Kunitskaya Upsets Ketlen Vieira – UFC Vegas 19 Results

Yana KunitskayaIn the UFC Vegas 19 co-main event we have a bantamweight matchup between Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya. Round 1: Ketlen Vieira comes out swinging big. Yana Kunitskaya lands a low-leg kick but is quickly defending a takedown attempt early. Kunitskaya does well to stay up early but is eventually dragged to the mat. Kunitskaya […]

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In the UFC Vegas 19 co-main event we have a bantamweight matchup between Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya.

Round 1: Ketlen Vieira comes out swinging big. Yana Kunitskaya lands a low-leg kick but is quickly defending a takedown attempt early. Kunitskaya does well to stay up early but is eventually dragged to the mat. Kunitskaya quickly pops back up. These two ladies are exchanging techniques against the fence. Vieira gets another takedown – this one is in the middle of the mat. She’s advancing position well here. Kunitskaya is able to prevent the mount for a moment but Vieira gets it. The Brazilian is trying to rain down strikes but is pushed back to half-guard. Vieira is trying again for the mount. Kunitskaya is hitting her with short shots from the bottom before rounds one ends.

Round 2: Kunitskaya is aggressive at the start of round two. She pushes her opponent against the fence. Lot’s of volume but nothing of note. Kunitskaya gets the fight to the floor. She’s sitting in her opponent’s guard throwing body shots. Vieira is very active in this position. Lots of submission attempts. So far, Kunitskaya has done well to defend. Vieira throws up a triangle choke. Kunitskaya defends once again. Vieira rolls for a leg lock. She doesn’t finish but uses the submission attempt to get back to her feet. Kunitskaya has the fight controlled against the fence. Viera hits the throw but is unable to secure the position. Kunitskaya is back up and in control. The fight is back down on the mat and Kunitskaya is throwing knees from side control. Kunitskaya is letting nasty elbows go to the body. Kunitskaya lands a head kick on Vieira as she stands back up towards the end of the second round.

Round 3: They touch gloves at the start of round three. It seems to be one round a piece at this point. We have a huge round ahead of us. Vieira shoots and scores with her takedown attempt. The Brazilian is in half guard trying her best to get into the mount. Kunitskaya is defending with everything. Eventually, she gets it. Just under three minutes left on the clock. Vieira transitions to the back. She’s got both hooks in but is up against the fence so it’s stifling her attacks. Kunitskaya clears one of the hooks and is throwing punches back at her opponent. The clock is ticking down now and this fight appears to be getting away from Kunitskaya. She eventually reverses the position and is throwing bombs at Vieira right up until the final bell.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Yana Kunitskaya def. Ketlen Vieira via unanimous decision

Yana Kunitskaya Outgrapples Ketlen Vieira At UFC Vegas 19

Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya exceeded what those had thought it was going to be and was worthy of its co-main event billing.  The two fighters met in a women’s bantamweight bout on Saturday night (February 20, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 19 event …

Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya exceeded what those had thought it was going to be and was worthy of its co-main event billing.  The two fighters met in a women’s bantamweight bout on Saturday night (February 20, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 19 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Vieira dominated […]

UFC Vegas 19 Results: Blaydes vs. Lewis

UFCLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 19: Blaydes vs. Lewis results throughout the afternoon (Sun. 20th. February 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rescheduled for tonight’s main event, heavyweight contenders, Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis finally square off following the cancellation of their first attempted pairing back in November at UFC Vegas […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 19: Blaydes vs. Lewis results throughout the afternoon (Sun. 20th. February 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rescheduled for tonight’s main event, heavyweight contenders, Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis finally square off following the cancellation of their first attempted pairing back in November at UFC Vegas 15 amid a positive COVID-19 test result from the former.

Hoping to continue on his quest to his premier promotional title challenge, Lewis, like Blaydes headlines his second event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — following his June unanimous decision victory over the recent feature, Alexander Volkov.

For New Orleans favourite, Lewis, a victory over the #2 ranked Blaydes would surely guarantee him his second title challenge under the UFC’s banner. Featuring in August of last year in a main event slot against common-foe, Aleksei Olienik, Lewis became the most prolific knockout artist in the history of the UFC’s heavyweight division, notching his eleventh stoppage via strikes.

In a co-main event matchup, Brazilian striker, Ketlen Vieira is rebooked to match with former Invicta FC bantamweight champion and one-time UFC featherweight title challenger, Yana Kunitskaya. Tipping the bantamweight scales at yesterday’s weigh-ins, Vieira was fined twenty percent of her fight purse, with the matchup proceeding at a 138-pound catchweight limit.

Manaus native, Vieira returned to the Octagon following her first promotional loss back in December of 2019 — taking a unanimous decision victory over Sijara Eubanks at UFC 252 last September.

Also returning to the win-column following a knockout loss of her own, Kunitskaya managed a unanimous judging win of her own against Julija Stoliarenko at UFC Vegas 6 in August.

UFC Vegas 19 Results: Blaydes vs. Lewis

Main Card: (ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis

Catchweight (138-pounds): Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya

Featherweight: Darrick Minner vs. Charles Rosa

Heavyweight: Chris Daukaus vs. Aleksei Oleinik

Middleweight: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Phil Hawes

Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski vs. Tom Aspinall

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass 5 p.m. ET)

Featherweight: Danny Chavez vs. Jared Gordon

Bantamweight: John Casteneda vs. Eddie Wineland

Featherweight: Julian Erosa vs. Nate Landwehr

Flyweight: Shana Dobson vs. Casey O’Neill

Bantamweight: Drako Rodriguez vs. Aiemann Zahabi

Heavyweight: Serghei Spivac vs. Jared Vanderaa

Featherweight: Jamall Emmers vs. Chas Skelly

UFC Vegas 19 Weigh-In Results

BlaydesOriginally scheduled to field a fifteen fight card, featuring a whopping nine preliminary bouts — UFC Vegas 19 has been gutted to fourteen bouts, following a rather notable weight-cut mishap from featherweight, Rafael Alves.  Scheduled to matchup with Pat Sabatini in a 145-pound pairing, the Brazilian tipped the scales at 157.5-pounds for the matchup, a […]

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Originally scheduled to field a fifteen fight card, featuring a whopping nine preliminary bouts — UFC Vegas 19 has been gutted to fourteen bouts, following a rather notable weight-cut mishap from featherweight, Rafael Alves. 

Scheduled to matchup with Pat Sabatini in a 145-pound pairing, the Brazilian tipped the scales at 157.5-pounds for the matchup, a whole eleven and a half pounds beyond the featherweight limit. 

Also tipping the scales, bantamweight contender, Ketlen Vieira, who was fined twenty percent of her fight purse, as well as Drako Rodriguez, and Jared Gordon — giving up thirty percent of their respective fight purses.

Official for tomorrow night’s headliner, heavyweight contenders, Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis both successfully made weight below the 265-pound limit. 

Main Card:

Curtis Blaydes (259-pounds) vs. Derrick Lewis (263-pounds)

Ketlen Vieira (138) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (135.5-pounds)

Darrick Miner (146-pounds) vs. Charles Rosa (146-pounds)

Chris Daukaus (234-pounds) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (240-pounds)

Andrei Arlovski (249.5-pounds) vs. Tom Aspinall (244.5-pounds)

Preliminary Card:

Nassourdine Imavov (185.5-pounds) vs. Phil Hawes (185-pounds)

Danny Chavez (145-pounds) vs. Jared Gordon (150-pounds)

Drakkar Klose (156-pounds) vs. Luis Pena (155.5-pounds)

John Casteneda (136-pounds) vs. Eddie Wineland (135.5-pounds)

Julian Erosa (145.5-pounds) vs. Nate Landwehr (146-pounds)

Shana Dobson (126-pounds) vs. Casey O’Neill (125.5-pounds)

Drako Rodriguez (140.5-pounds) vs. Aiemann Zahabi (136-pounds)

Serghei Spivac (245-pounds) vs. Jared Vanderaa (265-pounds)

Jamall Emmers (145.5-pounds) vs. Chas Skelly (146-pounds)

Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya Set For Feb 20 UFC Event

Ketlen VieiraIt looks like the UFC are still eager to see Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya throw down. With the two bantamweights scheduled to fight for the third time at UFC fight night Feb. 20. An event that still awaits a location. Originally scheduled to fight back in August, the bantamweight match up between 7th ranked […]

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It looks like the UFC are still eager to see Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya throw down. With the two bantamweights scheduled to fight for the third time at UFC fight night Feb. 20. An event that still awaits a location.

Originally scheduled to fight back in August, the bantamweight match up between 7th ranked Ketlen Vieira and 8th ranked Yana Kunitskaya has been re-booked and will now take place on February 20th. With Kunitskaya announcing the bout via Instagram.

Vieira was forced to withdraw from her UFC Fight Night 174 bout due to visa issues. However, Kunitskaya (13-5-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) remained on the card and accepted a bout against late replacement and UFC newcomer Julija Stoliarenko. Kunitskaya went on to dominate Stoliarenko over 3 rounds – resulting in a unanimous decision. A victory that extends the former Invicta FC champion’s UFC record. Now a respectable 3 wins from 5 bouts. With previous victories over Lina Länsberg and Marion Reneau.

But, Vieira (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) who suffered her first career loss at the hands of Irene Aldana in Dec. 2019 bounced back with a decision victory over short-notice replacement Sijara Eubanks at UFC 253. A result that extends Vieira’s UFC record to an impressive 5 victories from 6 outings. With the Brazilian’s previous 4 wins coming against Kelly Faszholz, Ashlee Evans-Smith, Sara McMann, and Cat Zingano.

With both fighters coming off victories and currently ranked side by side within the UFC. This is a much needed fight for the women’s bantamweight division. But, a victory could propel either fighter towards a potential bout with women’s all time greatest mixed martial artist. Amanda “Lioness” Nunes for the bantamweight title.

However, lets hope third times the charm and we witness a great battle between Vieira and Kunitskaya on Feb. 20.

Who do you think goes home with the victory when Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya fight on February 20th?