Tecia Torres’s rise in the UFC strawweight division has been slow and steady. But it has built her to the point there’s now no doubt she’s among the best fighters at 115 pounds.
The “Tiny Tornado” notched the biggest win of her career Saturday night with a unanimous decision victory over former Invicta atomweight champ Michelle Waterson at UFC 218. The judges scores at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena were 30-27 and a pair of 29-28s.
Torres took it to Waterson from the jump, hunting Waterson down in the first round and keeping her backpedaling as Torres threw punches in bunches.