Yazmin Jauregui faced some adversity in her second octagon appearance at UFC on ESPN 42, but in the end, she got the same result as all her other fights: A win.
After getting stunned and dropped early in the first round by Istela Nunes (6-4 MMA, 0-3 UFC) on Saturday at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., Jauregui (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) turned the tide and began landing her own shots, and becoming the second strawweight in UFC history to land multiple knockdowns in a fight.
The damage began to add up in a big way by the end of the second round, and once Jauregui began to land a flurry of ground-and-pound, referee Keith Peterson stepped in and waved it off for the TKO.
Check out the replay of Jauregui’s victory below (via Twitter):
Yazmin Jauregui stays undefeated!!
She moves to 10-0 with the 2nd round finish of Istela Nunes 👊 #UFCOrlando pic.twitter.com/WDWy4XJmNf
— UFC (@ufc) December 4, 2022
2-0 in the UFC, 10-0 overall 👏
Yazmin Jauregui is no joke #UFCOrlando pic.twitter.com/kKdZhcfmtN
— UFC (@ufc) December 4, 2022
After the fight, the 23-year-old Jauregui said she was happy with her performance and to take the next step forward on her journey to the tap.
“I knew it was going to be a tough fight,” Jauregui told Daniel Cormier through an interpreter during her post-fight interview. “I’m very happy and very honored to share the octagon with Istela.”
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