Michelle Waterson ground the momentum of Paige VanZant to a screeching halt on Saturday night, submitting the popular strawweight with a first-round rear-naked choke in less than four minutes in the main event of UFC on FOX 22. It was a near flawless performance for Waterson, and afterward the former Invicta FC atomweight champion said she felt in her groove from the instant the fight began.
"I think that me switching to southpaw really threw her off guard," Waterson said at the UFC on FOX 22 post-fight press conference. "I think she looked at me and was like, ‘hold up, that's not what we were getting ready for,' and so it just kinda screwed with her head.