Here's the match video of Virna Jandiroba vs Kanako Murata from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. This fight is at Strawweight. Both fighters are former Invicta Strawweight Champions. Virna is from Bahia, Brazil. She trains at Academia fight House. She is 2-2 in the UFC. She says she was embarrassed by her latest loss to Mackenzie Dern. Kanako is from Tokyo, Japan. She was a wrestler at Nihon University and recruited to RIZIN by Olympic wrestling champ Saori Yoshida. She looked pretty good in her first UFC fight. But her striking needs to improve. Kanako trains with Kieran Fitzgibbon at Combat Sports Academy in Dublin, CA when she is in the US. Virna decided that the way to beat Kanako was standing. So she was pretty aggressive with strikes until she pulled guard. That probably wasn't such a good idea but Virna hooked an armbar from the bottom. Though Kanako escaped, it became clear in round two that her left arm was damaged. The cageside doctor looked at her arm after round two and stopped the fight. It was a big win for Virna as she hadn't looked very good in previous fights. Maybe this will get her back on the rails. I haven't heard anything about Kanako's arm. Enjoy the video!
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