LAS VEGAS – It appears to be like like there will be more flying-knee knockouts in the UFC ladies’s bantamweight division.
Alice Pereira, a 20-year-old prospect, delivered one of the best knockouts in MMA so far this 12 months with a nasty flying knee to the chin of Hailey Cowan (7-5 MMA, 0-3 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 271 at the Meta APEX. It was a brutal end, and one that was in the works all all through the combat. Pereira (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) assures the knockout was no fluke, as that sort of attack is a fixture in her placing arsenal.
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“Flying knees have always been part of my game plans,” Pereira said. “On my debut, I tried twice to hit a couple of flying knees, but it didn’t work out. Today, even before the knockout, I also threw some that were very close to hitting her, and the final one thankfully landed like we planned. I didn’t actually know she was out when I hit the knee. I saw her face right after the knee looked a little bit off. She fell down to the ground, and I saw her face was open, and the only thing in my mind was, ‘I’m going to punch her face. I’m going to punch her face until the referee stops the fight.'”
Pereira is the youngest feminine to ever compete in the UFC. She was 19 when she debuted in September and was upset by Montse Rendon by break up determination. Four of her 5 regional wins came by knockout.
This article initially appeared on MMA Junkie: Alice Pereira prepped for flying knee KO: ‘Part of my sport plan’
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