Karine Silva climbed again into the win column at UFC 319 with a extremely controversial choice victory over Dione Barbosa.
Regardless of coming in as a 2-to-1 underdog, Barbosa seemed spectacular within the opening spherical. She used her hanging to stifle Silva’s offense early on and almost completed the battle within the first after locking in an armbar within the waning seconds of the stanza.
Barbosa’s dominant show continued within the second as she put Silva’s again on the mat for a lot of the spherical. Silva tried to throw up some offense from her again, almost cinching in a triangle, however Barbosa in the end fought her approach out of the maintain.
5 minutes away from what may very well be her second straight loss contained in the Octagon, Silva confirmed some urgency within the third and last spherical, fishing for a guillotine and almost catching Barbosa in a d’arce choke. Sadly for Silva, Barbosa scrambled her solution to security and managed to retake prime management, the place she would stay for the rest of the battle.
Whereas the stay crowd appeared to see the battle in favor of Barbosa, it was Silva who got here out on prime through choice. Following the announcement from Bruce Buffer, Daniel Cormier expressed confusion over the end result whereas Joe Rogan dubbed it a “unhealthy choice.”
Official End result: Karine Silva def. Dione Barbosa through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Test Out Highlights From Karine Silva vs. Dione Barbosa at UFC 319:
