Stephanie Han retained her WBA gold in opposition to former UFC titleholder Holly Holm within the Serrano vs. Tellez co-main occasion on Saturday night time.
Han got here out wanting sharp within the opening spherical, touchdown some good photographs on the within earlier than connecting with a collection of stinging proper palms on the finish of the opening minute. Holm responded with a test hook, nevertheless it’s possible not sufficient to swing the scorecards in her favor.
The second stanza noticed Han choose up proper the place she left off, catching the previous UFC champion with a stiff proper. Nevertheless, Holm would rapidly take over the spherical, scoring with a pair of lefts and knocking Han off stability by way of a proper hook within the closing seconds.
Each fighters got here out swinging within the third, nevertheless it was Han who would acquire the higher hand, catching Holm with a left hook that had the ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ retreating. Han continued to dominate the spherical, strolling down her opponent and popping Holm’s head again with a nasty proper.
After delivering the very best spherical of the struggle, Han continued to regulate the motion, main the way in which with a straight proper hand that Holm merely had no reply for.
Sadly, issues got here to a crashing halt in spherical seven after a brutal conflict of heads resulted in Han sustaining a large lower. Earlier than lengthy, the bout was halted, sending us to the scorecards sooner than anticipated.
Official End result: Stephanie Han def. Holly Holm by way of unanimous determination (69-65, 69-64, 68-65) to retain the WBA light-weight world championship.
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