5 most explosive moments from UFC Fight Night: Amanda Lemos vs. Jessica Andrade
To say that UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade was being largely overlooked would be an understatement. Thankfully, the event ended up delivering plenty of action.
This UFC Fight Night featured a total of 11 bouts, and of those 11, only three ended up going the distance, meaning we were treated to plenty of explosive finishes.
With a total of three knockouts, four submissions and even one disqualification, this event basically had something for everyone.
With that in mind, here are the five most explosive moments from UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade.
#5. Jessica Andrade pulls off the first standing arm triangle choke in UFC history
The ending to last night’s headline bout between UFC strawweight contenders Jessica Andrade and Amanda Lemos was arguably based more around sheer brute force than explosiveness, but it was highly memorable nonetheless.
The bout was just over three minutes old when Andrade – who appeared to be struggling slightly with the striking skills of her fellow Brazilian – forced her way into the clinch. She then immediately looked to lock up a standing arm triangle choke.
Nobody really expected the hold to work. After all, while plenty of UFC fighters have pulled off wins with the ground version of the arm triangle choke, the standing version had never been used to submit a fighter in the octagon before. This is simply due to the amount of power required to make it work.
‘Bate Estaca’, though, proved that she’s got the kind of freakish power a fighter needs to pull off such a hold. After squeezing the life out of Lemos, her opponent was forced to submit, handing Andrade her 15th UFC win and a $50k bonus in the process.
Whether Andrade can climb back up the ladder to another shot at the UFC strawweight crown she lost back in 2019 is anyone’s guess, but if that’s her aim, then this – her first fight at 115lbs since the summer of 2020 – was a fine way to start.