Yu Yaupui displayed the aggressiveness she is rapidly changing into well-known for in a dominant victory over Lara Fernandez at ONE Fight Night 20 on Saturday.
The Hong Kong fighter dominated his Spanish rival from starting to finish to earn a one-sided determination victory at Bangkok’s Lumphini Stadium.
Puyi solely is aware of how you can struggle one-sidedly, however Fernandez initially dealt with the relentless strain nicely, countering with elbows as his opponent closed the space.
It was an attention-grabbing however comparatively even opening match. Puyi continued to come back ahead with an onslaught of straight punches, however Fernandez discovered success with elbows from shut vary.
Fernandes’ nostril took the brunt of the harm, and a few of Puyi’s jabs and crosses clearly discovered their mark. However, it was the Spaniard who was bloodied in the beginning of the second spherical, with a gash on the Hong Kong fighter’s left eye.
Lara Fernandez receives remedy for a bruise she sustained throughout her ONE Fight Night 20 atomweight bout towards Yu Yaupui.Photo: ONE Championship
Pui continued to come back ahead, there have been indicators that Fernandes was beginning to wilt, and the Hong Konger started to combine issues up, knocking the Spaniard off his toes not as soon as however twice.
With seconds left, she hit a flurry of elbows from the clinch, one in all which landed at the back of the pinnacle. The referee paused the match to warn Puyi, however Fernandes was most likely grateful for a number of seconds of relaxation earlier than the ultimate gong rang.
With Puyi declaring his place on the world stage with a choice win, there was no query who can be the winner. The card was broadcast stay in North America by Amazon Prime, and followers could not assist however be impressed by the Hong Kong native’s pure coronary heart and willpower.
Afterwards, she admitted that her nook helped her make the mandatory changes after the opener.
“I could not discover the tempo within the first spherical, however listening to the nook jogged my memory of who I’m and what I have to do,” Pui stated. “I used to be distracted by her distance. She was shifting lots, in order that they jogged my memory to come back ahead and use the teep.”
The solely disappointment for Pui was that he was 3.5 kilos underweight for the atomweight Muay Thai contest, which seemingly value him a $50,000 bonus.