Jessica-Rose Clark overcame a traumatic week to defeat Paige VanZant at UFC Fight Night 124 on Sunday night in St. Louis.
Clark came into the fight having won back-to-back split decisions, including her UFC debut victory over Bec Rawlings. VanZant was making her flyweight debut on Sunday, looking to bounce back after having lost 2 of her last 3 bouts at strawweight.
Though she looked sharp in her stand-up, VanZant wasn’t able to overcome Clark’s smothering ground attack and limped out of the fight with what appeared to be an injury to her right arm.
VanZant was darting in and out early in the fight, peppering Clark with punches and launching somewhat unorthodox skipping kicks and front leg sidekicks.