Argentina once again plants its flag in the mixed martial arts octagon and Ailín Pérez had a spectacular performance at the UFC Fight Night in Paris. The Argentine, who had been a trend due to her problems and her physical condition at the time of the pre-fight weigh-in, defeated Dariya Zheleznyakova in the first round by submission and achieved her fourth consecutive victory. After consummating his victory, he starred in his characteristic show and danced “twerk” in the Russian’s face.
The 29-year-old athlete is making a big name for herself in the world of MMA combat and once again had a great performance that positions her as a contender for the women’s bantamweight title. Fiona started as a favorite in the fight that was part of the preliminaries of the event that is taking place at the Accor Arena in Paris, but her performance inside bars once again captured all the attention.
Pérez showed herself to be the clear dominator of the fight and won the center of the ring from the opening bell. From there, the albiceleste began to demonstrate superiority in the confrontation and began to work their fight from the canvas. After a few minutes of subduing the Russian, the fight ended with 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining in the first round through a submission finish.
Ailín Pérez defeated Dariya Zheleznyakova and remains strong in the UFC. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
After her victory, Ailín once again performed her characteristic celebration and began to dance Twerk, with the exception that this time she did it in the face of Dariya who was recovering from the floor. Argentina gave her the show that is perfectly received in the UFC and, although at first the Russian didn’t even look at her, afterwards there was a heartfelt greeting in which they showed mutual respect.
“I am not just a twerk girl and I am responsible for bringing the UFC to Argentina. “I’m going to make Amanda Nunes come back to fight me,” were Pérez’s words at the end of the fight. Reality accompanies the national athlete, since she achieved her fourth victory in a row and will continue to climb in the ranking of the category, where she was in 15th place before the fight.
In this way, since it has been under the sphere of the most important company in mixed martial arts, the only defeat was in her debut against Stephanie Egger by submission. Then, she chained three consecutive victories by cards (Ashlee Evans-Smith, Lucie Pudilová and Joselyne Edwards). Fiona increased her personal record to 11-2-0 against Russia’s Zheleznyakova (9-2-0). After winning the fight, she became one of the strongest contenders for the title fight around Raquel Pennington’s waist.
The shocking moment that Ailín Pérez experienced during the UFC Paris weigh-in
Ailín had been in the news before the duel against Zheleznyakova due to the problems she had when carrying out the official weigh-in. The Argentine suffered considerably to get on the scale for the momentous fight as a result of the weight cut she had to make. That day she was seen having clear problems maintaining her stability – she had to be helped by her coach – and trembling all over her body. In fact, the clear problems he had in making the cut were reflected in the balance, since he exceeded the limit of 136 by half a pound and, for this reason, he lost 20% of the economic purse that he was going to take for the combat.
Although it was only the fourth fight of the evening in the City of Light, the Argentine already took the big flashes of the UFC night. The event will close on the main card with the confrontation between the Brazilian Renato Moicano and the local Benoit Saint Denis.
