Here's the match video of Sam Hughes vs Istela Nunes from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. This fight is at Strawweight. After going 0-3 in the UFC, Sam moved from her home in Washington to Houston to train with Saif Saud at Fortis MMA. She admitted this was a last ditch effort to save her from the chopping block. Istela is a PRVT fighter. So her fight style is similar to Jessica Andrade but not as good. She lost her UFC debut when she ran out of gas. That happened in this fight too. Istela started out like a house afire in round one. But she ran out of gas by the middle of round two. Plus after a first round eye poke, ref Mark Smith kept warning Istela to keep her fingers in. When there was another eye poke, Smith deducted a point from Istela. So I scored round one 10-9 for Istela, round two 10-9 for Sam and round three with the deducted point 10-8 for Sam. Two of the three judges scored it the same, 29-27 for Sam. The third judge scored round two for Istela. So she scored it 28-28. Sam won by majority decision. That judge was the infamous Adelaide Byrd. But to be fair, round two was close. It could have gone either way. PRVT owner Gailard Parana had better do something about Istela's endurance or she won't be in the UFC very long. And though Sam saved her job, Saif Saud still has things to work on or she won't last either. Enjoy the video!
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