Tatiana Suarez remains undefeated, submits former champion Jessica Andrade in UFC Nashville co-main event
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, August 5, 2023, for UFC Nashville, going down live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Headlining the event is a 140 lb catchweight bout between a pair of bantamweight contenders in no. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen (16-4) and no. 7 ranked Rob Font (20-6).
Co-headlining the event was a strawweight match up between no. 5 ranked former divisional champion Jessica Andrade (24-12) and no. 10 ranked Tatiana Suarez (10-0).
Suarez was originally slated to face no. 6 ranked Virna Jandiroba (19-3) tonight. However, the Brazilian contender was forced from the bout with a knee injury and replaced by fellow Brazilian finisher Jessica Andrade.
Following a 4-1 run from 2020 to 2023, defeating the likes of Katlyn Chookagian (KO), Cynthia Calvillo (TKO), Amanda Lemos (arm-triangle choke), and Lauren Murphy (UD), only losing to former flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko (TKO), Andrade had since lost her last two-straight to Erin Blanchfield (rear naked choke) and Yan Xiaonan (KO).
Suarez on the other hand just returned to the octagon for the first time in nearly four years in February, dispatching of Montana De La Rosa (guillotine choke) up at 125 lbs prior to her strawweight return tonight at UFC Nashville.
Continue reading to see how this 115 lb co-main event clash went down:
Official Result: Tatiana Suarez def. Jessica Andrade via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:31 of round two
Both women trade leg kicks through the first half of the opening round, up until Suarez secures a beautiful ankle pick takedown. She’s unable to keep the former champion on her back for long however and about one minute later they’re in the clinch with Suarez landing a pair of nasty knees to the body.
The two separate to striking range for the final minute of round one, Suarez utilizing her effective front snap kick.
Suarez secures another takedown early in the second, and when Andrade gets back up this time she’s locked into a front head lock. Suarez proceeds to jump guard for a guillotine choke, forcing Andrade to tap shortly following.
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Tatiana Suarez was just awarded her black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu following this impressive victory, as she defeats the third world champion opponent of her career in fellow BJJ black belt Jessica Andrade, Alexa Grasso (rear naked choke) and Carla Esparza (TKO) being the first and second.
Not to mention as you see, she stopped all three of them.
Suarez went 2-0 as an amateur, she went 3-0 on The Ultimate Fighter with two submissions, winning her season in just her fourth professional fight with another submission, and she remains undefeated following this victory as she improves her record to 10-0.
Suarez has now gone 2-0 since returning to the cage, both wins coming via guillotine choke in round two.
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