UFC on ESPN 9 is underway from the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada and the preliminary portion had a bunch of cool subs and stoppages, including the ultra-rare TKO by way of leg kicks. The prelims closed out with the UFC’s #2 ranked women’s flyweight, Katlyn Chookagian, grossly running away with the scorecards against the #12 ranked, Antonina Shevchenko.
Chookagian was able to ground her opponent and completely dominate the fight there. Shevchenko just didn’t have answers for the grappling of Chookagian, spending the bulk of the fight defending from her back. Chookagian may have lost her title shot to current champ Valentina Shevchenko, but she got herself back into the win column by completely dominating her sister.