Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Livinha Souza vs Sarah Frota

Here's the match video of Livinha Souza vs Sarah Frota from last night's UFC show in Brazil. Both fighters are from Brazil. Livinha is a former Invicta Strawweight champ. She won her UFC debut. She is an elite fighter on the ground. Her striking is sub par. On the other hand, Sarah is a striker who is useless on the ground. She also missed weight by eight pounds and based on this fight, she should fight at Flyweight. Sarah was on the Brazilian Dana White Contender Series. Sarah is considerably larger than Livinha. This fight was closer than it should have been. And if Livinha doesn't improve her striking and her striking defense, she will have big problems with the better Strawweight fighters. And if Sarah was any good on the ground at all, she would have won this fight. She could take Livinha down but she was never able to advance her position and the ref kept having to stand them up. The judges gave Livinha a split decision. I scored it 29-28 for Livinha but round two was very close. It could have been scored either way. Alarm bells should go off in Livinha's camp. They really need to work on her striking. Enjoy the video!