Major underdog Gabriella Fernandes shocked Wang ‘The Joker’ Cong’s today at UFC Fight Night 248 as she floored her with a punch and then pounced on a rear-naked choke finish in the 2nd round.
Round One:
Low kick for Cong. Inside leg kick for Fernandes. Feints from Cong as she presses forward and then lands a hard body kick.
Another body kick from Cong. Missed head kick from Fernandes and Cong lands on the counter.
Fast flurry from Cong, but Fernandez landed there too. Cong misses with a head kick. Body kick from Cong and Fernandez partially caught that and landed lightly on the counter.
Straight for Cong. Jab from Fernandes. Head kick attempt from Cong comes off the guard. Side kick to the body from Cong. Missed head kick from Fernandes and then Cong lands a good body strike and then one upstairs.
Left hand lands for Fernandes. Now she drives into the clinch against the cage. Cong gets away and immediately fires off some solid strikes, working well to the body along with the head. Slick side kick upstairs from Cong as the round ends, but doesn’t get through cleanly.
Round Two:
Body punch for Cong. Now a body kick. She lands it again. Inside leg kick. Cong stepping up her intensity early in the second round.
Cong avoids punches from Fernandes. Leg kick for Cong. Now a side kick to the body. Right hand comes off the guard. Head kick attempt from Fernandes misses and Cong counters with a leg kick.
Inside leg kick for Cong. Body punch from Cong and a kick from Fernandes in return.
Another missed head kick from Fernandes. Flurry of head punches from Cong is blocked, but lands a body punch at the end.
Fernandes tries for a takedown, but Cong shrugs it off. calf kick for Cong. Fernandes with one of her own now.
A couple of body punches for Fernandes. Head kick from Fernandes gets through cleanly! Cong takes it and tries to fire back with punches. However Fernandes then lands a hard punch that drops Cong!
Fernandes pounces on her, taking the back and sinking in a rear-naked choke. Cong is being flattened out and can’t escape the choke! Fernandes stays on the choke and that’s it, the fight’s over. Fernandes, the biggest underdog on the card by far, has submitted talented prospect Cong by rear-naked choke at 3.49mins of the 2nd round.
