Here's the match video of Ketlen Vieira vs Holly Holm from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. This fight is at Bantamweight and it's likely the winner gets a title shot. I picked Ketlen to win because she is ten years younger than Holly and a more accomplished fighter. I just don't think she is aggressive enough. Holly is 40 years old and she's coming off of knee surgery. And she was never a hard puncher to begin with. The strategy of Holly pinning Ketlen on the fence reminded me of Rose Namajunas' strategy a couple of weeks ago in the sense that it is a defensive strategy. Any strategy that depends on judges is seriously flawed. It worked at first because Ketlen didn't expect it. Between rounds, Ketlen's coach Andre "Dudu" Pederneiras told her to stay out of the clinch. So she was a lot better in round two. A standing choke almost finished Holly. She grabbed the fence to get out of it. Ref Jason Herzog missed that. In that situation, a point should have been deducted. Round three and four were close but I scored them for Ketlen. And I scored round five for Holly. Ketlen was tired. So I scored the fight 48-47 for Ketlen and so did two of the judges. The third judge scored round three for Holly. Ketlen won by split decision. Clinch control is another strategy that is not favorably interpreted by judges. If Holly and her coaches didn't know that, it's on them. Enjoy the video!
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