Brazilian flyweight standout, Natalia Silva has landed essentially the most high-profile win of his naive Octagon tenure so far in tonight’s UFC Vegas 97 co-headliner, touchdown a unanimous determination shutout over former undisputed strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade.
Silva, who entered tonight’s flyweight affair because the quantity eighth ranked divisional contender, racked up her beautiful twelfth straight win in her determination win tonight — and managed to scoop her sixth straight win contained in the Octagon.
Prior tonight’s unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) win over Andrade on the Apex facility, Silva had beforehand turned in notable wins over the likes of Jasmine Jasudavicius, Victoria Leonardo, Andrea Lee, and fellow Brazilian contender, Viviane Araujo.
A former Jungle Struggle flyweight champion as well, famend submission risk, Silva is definitely now angling herself towards the flyweight title image — which can hopefully grow to be considerably clearer subsequent week as Alexa Grasso co-headlines Noche UFC in a trilogy struggle with Valentina Shevchenko.
