#UFCVegas105 video: Dione Barbosa takes out Diana Belbita with first-round choke

#UFCVegas105 video: Dione Barbosa takes out Diana Belbita with first-round choke

Dione Barbosa was a sizeable favorite at UFC on ESPN 65 and showed why when she easily dispatched of Diana Belbita. After a feeling out process on the feet, Barbosa (8-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) got Belbita (13-10 MMA, 2-6 UFC) to her wheelhouse on the mat and went to work. She advances into position for an arm-triangle choke, then got the tap at the 4:13 mark of Round 1 in the women’s flyweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Check out the replay of th…

Canadian-based flyweight Diana Belbita loses via submission on UFC Fight Night card

LAS VEGAS - Brazilian Dione (The Witch) Barbosa submitted Canadian-based flyweight Diana (Warrior Princess) Belbita in the first round on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show Saturday.

Photograph by UFC Diana Belbita and Dione Barbosa, MMA fighters, concluded the preliminarys of UFC Vegas 105. Both fighters showed initiative in the first round, but Belbita impacted with greater insistence, while Barbosa sought to counterattack with greater force. Belbita managed to connect on the right, but her opponent would respond and send her into the bars, and gave rise to the first downfall of the match. Then, Barbosa would try to take a…

UFC Vegas 105: Dione Barbosa Submits Diana Belbita in Opening Round

Strawweights Diana Belbita and Dione Barbosa closed out the UFC Vegas 105 prelims on Saturday, with both fighters looking to bounce back from recent setbacks. The early part of the opening round saw quick, crisp exchanges thrown between the pair, with both mixing in kicks. Belbita was landing more frequently, though Barbosa had some power behind a head kick that was blocked inside the first two minutes. It was punches in punches from Diana Belbi…

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