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LAS VEGAS – Cory McKenna beat Cheyanne Vlismas with a unanimous determination Saturday to shut out the preliminary card at UFC Battle Evening 216 in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the combat with McKenna, who received for the second straight time.
McKenna on the combat’s key second
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 17: (L-R) Cory McKenna of Wales battles Cheyanne Vlismas in a strawweight combat in the course of the UFC Battle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on December 17, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
“I really feel like kind of, it was what I anticipated. Maybe I anticipated a bit extra aggression out of her, however I really feel like she was very respectful of my grappling. … It went just about how I anticipated. She’s a really robust woman and made it troublesome for the takedown.”
McKenna on exhibiting new wrinkles
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 17: rl in a strawweight combat in the course of the UFC Battle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on December 17, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
“I might’ve appreciated to get the end, however I really feel like I confirmed some stuff I haven’t essentially been in a position to present earlier than. Clearly, everybody (thinks of me) as a grappler, and I really feel like I received extra of a possibility to indicate off some putting and present everybody I’m a bit extra well-rounded than I get credit score for.”
McKenna on what she needs subsequent
“I’d like to remain busy. I received three fights this yr, and that was nice – that’s at all times been my aim, to get three fights a yr. I feel that is the primary yr I’ve really been in a position to try this. I’d prefer to proceed the momentum and see the place it takes me.”
To listen to extra from McKenna, take a look at the video of the complete post-fight interview above.
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC Fight Night 263.
