Tonya Evinger began her fight with Lina Lansberg looking like she couldn’t wait to get the fight to the mat.
But when she actually got her wish, Evinger (19-8 MMA, 0-3 UFC) soon looked like she’d rather be anywhere else as Lansberg (9-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) battered her with ceaseless punches and elbows en route to a unanimous decision victory.
The women’s bantamweight bout was part of the preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 11 event at Ericcson Globe in Stockholm. It streamed on ESPN+.
Evinger controlled the first few minutes of the fight, clinching Lansberg against the fence in search of a takedown. But after opening a cut around Evinger’s eye with a short elbow strike, it was Lansberg who scored the takedown and then moved quickly to mount, where she poured on the punches until Evinger was saved by the horn to end the first round.
Evinger briefly got back on the offensive in the second frame, taking Lansberg down and then moving to her back, but after being reversed onto the mat she again found herself on the receiving end of Lansberg’s ground-and-pound attack.
By the final round it was all Evinger could do to stay in the fight. Lansberg was the fresher, more aggressive fighter, working from the top position as she tied up Evinger’s arm and peppered her in the face with strikes.
When the fight went to the scorecards, all three judges saw it as a wipeout for Lansberg, giving her the win with scores of 30-26, 30-27, and 30-26.
Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN+ 11 results include:
- Lina Lansberg def. Tonya Evinger via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
- Leonardo Santos def. Stevie Ray via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 2:17
- Frank Camacho def. Nick Hein via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:56
- Bea Malecki def. Eduarda Santana via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:59
- Devin Clark def. Darko Stosic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Joel Alvarez def. Danilo Belluardo via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:22
For complete coverage of UFC on ESPN+ 11, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
