Yana Kunitskaya welcomed Julija Stoliarenko to the UFC in decisive fashion at UFC on ESPN+ 32.
For nearly the entirety of three rounds, Kunitskaya (13-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) grinded, grappled and controlled fellow former Invicta FC bantamweight champion Julija Stoliarenko. The performance earned Kunitskaya a unanimous decision victory with scores of 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27.
Controlling the action against the cage, with a few takedowns mixed in, Kunitskaya cruised to a three-round unanimous decision victory over Stoliarenko (9-4-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC).
With the victory, Kunitskaya punched her ticket back into the win column after a loss to Aspen Ladd this past December. The former women’s featherweight title challenger has won three of her most recent four outings.
The women’s bantamweight bout was part of the UFC on ESPN+ 32 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It streamed on ESPN+.
Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN+ 32 results include:
- Yana Kunitskaya def. Julija Stoliarenko via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
- Beneil Dariush def. Scott Holtzman via TKO (spinning back fist) – Round 1, 4:38
- Tim Means def. Laureano Staropoli via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Kevin Holland def. Joaquin Buckley via TKO (punch) – Round 3, 0:32
- Nasrat Haqparast def. Alexander Munoz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Andrew Sanchez def. Wellington Turman via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 4:14
- Gavin Tucker def. Justin Jaynes via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:43
- Youssef Zalal def. Peter Barrett via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
- Irwin Rivera def. Ali Alqaisi via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
