UFC Fight Night 161 Results: Jedrzejczyk Defeats Waterson in Tampa
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The UFC hosted the UFC Fight Night 161 event in Tampa, Florida this past Saturday evening at the Amalie Arena. As part of the main event, Polish fighter Joanna Jedrzejczyk was back in the cage for the first time in 2019. Jedrzejczyk hadn’t fought since losing the Women’s Flyweight championship bout to Valentina Shevchenko in December 2018 at UFC 231. She looked hungry and excited to be back, breezing through 5 rounds of dominance over “Karate Hottie” Michelle Waterson.
Despite Jedrzejczyk winning via a unianimous decision, Waterson showed heart and even stunned the crowd with a Round 3 rear-naked choke attempt. Unfortunately the choke wasn’t deep enough to put away the confident former UFC Srawweight champ.
Main Fight card Results:
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeated Michelle Waterson via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
- Cub Swanson defeated Kron Gracie via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Niko Price defeated James Vick via KO (strikes) at 1:44 in Round 1
- Amanda Ribas defeated Mackenzie Dern via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Matt Frevola defeated Luis Pena via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
- Eryk Anders defeated Gerald Meerschaert via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Preliminary Fight card Results:
- Ryan Spann defeated Devin Clark via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 2:01
- Mike Davis defeated Thomas Gifford via KO (punch) – Round 3, 4:45
- Alex Morono defeated Max Griffin (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)
- Deiveson Figueiredo defeated Tim Elliott via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:08
- Marlon Vera defeated Andre Ewell via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 3:17
- Miguel Baeza defeated Hector Aldana via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:32
- Marvin Vettori defeated Andrew Sanchez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- JJ Aldrich defeated Lauren Mueller via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
