Karine Silva submitted Ketlen Souza when the pair squared off at UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs Albazi live stream on ESPN+ from UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 3. The all-Brazilian women’s flyweight clash ended at 1 minute and 45 seconds into the first round.
Silva came out victorious via Knee Bar. Souza was forced to tap to avoid a severe injury.
With the victory by submission, Karine Silva improved to 16-4 and secured her seventh win in a row. Ketlen Souza dropped to 13-4, which snapped her five-win streak.
“It’s so good to see the work that I put in and my entire team puts in to come to fruition,” Karine Silva said post-win (via interpreter). “This is another step into the direction of being a champion. This is what we wanted to do and it’s amazing to actually have them here.”
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“This was the position we train a lot,” Silva commented on the way she pulled the submission. “I usually do it don’t straight up, I do it to the side, I’m looking for the heel hook. When I saw we were straight down, I felt something, I felt a pop, there was something weird and I just let it go.”
In Australia, the event aired live on Sunday, June 4.
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