LAS VEGAS – Virna Jandiroba beat Felice Herrig with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 252 in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Jandiroba, who picked up her second straight first-round submission win.
Result: Virna Jandiroba def. Felice Herrig via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:44
Updated records: Jandiroba (16-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Herrig (14-9 MMA, 5-4 UFC)
Key stat: Jandiroba has 13 of her 16 career wins by submission.
Jandiroba on the fight’s key moment
“As everybody knows, I’m a (Brazilian jiu-jitsu) specialist. As I said in my interviews, I had a Plan A or a Plan B. Plan A worked.”
Jandiroba on trying to have a quick finish
“I didn’t mention this to anybody before, but during camp I had a little bit of a problem: I lost my front teeth and I didn’t want to lose them again, so I tried to make it as quick as possible.”
Jandiroba on what she wants next
“Felice was ranked, so hopefully come next week, I’m ranked. I think this maybe made a statement in the division and hopefully the UFC is going to look with some more caring eyes to me and give me a top 10 opponent – just someone ranked, top five, who knows. Whatever they want to give me, I’ll be happy with it. But if I could keep on climbing the rankings, that would be great. As far as name goes, I’m just really focused on getting up in the rankings. So whoever is available, I’m more than happy to take them on. As far as the time frame, I could fight tomorrow – honestly, I didn’t take that much damage. Maybe next week. I think I have a mandatory suspension or something. As soon as that’s done, I’m ready to fight.”
To hear more from Jandiroba, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
