Ailin Perez scored the biggest win of her career thus far, besting Karol Rosa at UFC 311 and skyrocketing herself into the bantamweight top ten.
Perez got off to a strong start, scoring an early takedown and pinning Rosa to the mat. Before long, Rosa scrambled her way back up and used the time remaining in the opening round to light up Perez’s legs with a series of calf kicks.
Rosa looked to pick up right where she left off in the second, but a flying knee attempt late in the round gave Perez the opening she needed to tie up her opponent and get the fight back to the ground with over 90 seconds to go.