In a battle of top-10 strawweights at UFC 218, Tecia Torres improved to 10-1 in her MMA career (6-1 UFC) with an impressive unanimous decision win over Michelle Waterson, who is now on a two-fight losing streak. Torres’ striking posed major problems for Waterson throughout the contest, and in the deciding final round, Torres pulled away with more effective striking and some powerful ground-and-pound from back mount.
Waterson got the early takedown and took Torres’ back, with both hooks in, but Torres fought the hands and worked her way out of an early bad spot, then landed a right hand over the top, plus some slick combination boxing on the inside.