The UFC 274 co-main event could have gone one of two ways — fireworks or utter boredom and unfortunately we got the latter.
Carla Esparza cruised to a split decision victory, taking the UFC women’s strawweight championship from Rose Namajunas. The amount of inactivity in the fight was unbelievable.
The former strawweight champion and number 5 ranked woman, Jessica Andrade had some serious words for the newly crowned champion.
Jessica Andrade Calls UFC 274 Co-Main Event Winner ‘Champion of Boredom’
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“I take advantage that you didn’t block me on twitter,” Andrade said. “I want to say that your fight yesterday was the worst in strawweight history, champion of boredom, I can’t wait to rip your head off. congratulations on the boredom belt, but fans of this sport want to see a massacre,I’ll do!”
Andrade (23-9) is currently riding a two-fight winning streak. After a stint at flyweight, the 30-year-old made a return to strawweight in her most recent outing. She won ‘Performance of the Night’ honors in that fight, as she pulled off a first-round standing arm-triangle choke against Amanda Lemos.
Esparza (19-6) has won six in a row, with five of those fights going to the judges’ scorecards. Three split decisions, one majority decision, one unanimous and one TKO on the six-fight run.
Both Esparza and Andrade have been in this sport for many years and have never crossed paths. This could happen sooner rather than later.
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