FEMALE STRAWWEIGHTS TAKE CENTERSTAGE
Carla Esparza First UFC Strawweight (115 lb.) Champion
Los Angeles, CA– Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza was crowned The Ultimate Fighter tonight at the Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas, NV, as she defeated Rose Namajunas (2-2) with a rear-naked choke at 1:26 of round number three. With several strawweights featured on this card, Esparza will have her hands full defending this new belt.
OLVEIRA TOPS STEVENS IN CO-FEATURE
Featherweight (145) Charles Oliveira (19-4, 1 NC) won a unanimous decision after 3 rounds over Jeremy “Lil’ Heathen” Stevens (23-11) in an uneventful scrap. A lightweight (155) bout between K.J. Noons (13-7, 1 NC) and Daron Cruickshank (16-5, 1 NC) ended in a no-contest after Noons’ repeated eye pokes left Cruickshank unable to continue. Lightweight Yancy Medeiros (11-2, 1 NC) took just 4:37 to submit Joe Proctor (10-3) with a guillotine in round 1. Jessica Penne (12-2) defeated Randa Markos (4-2) by split decision in the opening bout of the main card.
ULTIMATE PRELIM RESULTS
Felice Herrig (10-5) SUB2 (3:05) Lisa Ellis (15-9)
Tecia Torres (5-0) UD3 Angela Magana(11-7)
Joanne Calderwood(9-0) UD3 Seo Hee Ham (15-6)
Heather Clark (7-4) UD3 Bec Rawlings(5-4)
UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS RESULTS
Aisling Daly (15-5) SUB1 (4:53) Alex Chambers (4-2)
Angela Hill (2-0) UD3 (Emily Kagan (3-2)
Zack Young