Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Tracy Cortez vs Vanessa Melo

Here's the match video of Tracy Cortez vs Vanessa Melo from last night's UFC show in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This fight was at Bantamweight. This fight was supposed to be Duda Santana vs Leah Letson. They both dropped out. I liked Tracy from her Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series appearance. She looked pretty good in this fight too. A lot of this fight was Tracy trying to get a takedown on the fence and Vanessa trying to stop her. So there was a lot of clinching on the fence. And the crowd booed. But Tracy did enough so the ref didn't need to break it up. Tracy was generally more effective so I scored the fight 30-27 for Tracy. Two of the judges scored it the same and the third scored it 29-28. I don't think Vanessa did enough to win a round. Afterwards, Tracy dedicated the win to her late brother who was an aspiring MMA fighter who died of cancer. We'll see how she does against better competition. Enjoy the video!