Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Ariane Lipski vs Luana Carolina

Here's the match video of Ariane Lipski vs Luana Carolina from last night's UFC show in Abu Dhabi. This fight is at Flyweight. Of course Ariane came to the UFC with a lot of hype as a former KSW champ. Then she got derailed in her UFC debut vs Joanne Calderwood. She was 1-2 going into this fight. Luana is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was in the Brazilian Contender Series and she won her UFC debut. She has been out since then with a back injury. She is mainly a striker. Ariane knocks Luana down with a body shot and follows her to the ground. When Ariane is unable to advance her position, she decides to get up. Instead of following her, Luana grabs Ariane's heel. Since Luana is a striker, I don't know why she did this. Also, a heel hook is a very low percentage submission. After Luana attempts to turn this into a calf slicer, Ariane adjusts her position so she is sitting on Luana. Ariane grabs her leg, leans back with a kneebar and Luana screams in pain. I don't think Luana could see what Ariane was doing. But obviously she made a bad mistake that cost her the fight. Ariane received a $50,000 performance bonus. Luana will have an MRI when she returns to Brazil. It looks like she blew out her knee. Enjoy the video!