10-9 Maia in the third and 30-27 to him overall. This is the best back control Maia’s had all night: Masvidal is in real trouble here and can’t create any space to escape Maia’s stifling ground work. Finally Maia shoots, and while he doesn’t complete the takedown he does get Masvidal to the fence, where Maia immediately jumps on his back and establishes control. The Brazilian veteran is doing a great job of minimizing the amount of damage he takes here while he recovers some gas. He’s a bit too wary, though, and needs to let his shots go if he wants to finish Maia.
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Round 3 : There’s no pressure from Maia early, and Masvidal lands a series of kicks. Probably 10-9 Maia again, but it could’ve gone either way. Maia never gets close with a choke as the round closes, but cements the round. This is a grueling affair and both fighters are tired with a minute to go. This exposes his back to Maia, though, who trips him and tries to get the hooks in. Masvidal looks a bit tired himself here and isn’t doing much to get back to his feet, but eventually wall-walks and regains his footing against the fence. Yet again Maia shoots, and Masvidal gets a bit too cocky, letting Maia stick around in half guard before giving up a takedown. Maia tries another shot and goes deeper this time, but Masvidal defends and makes him eat a couple of strikes for his trouble. Sharp, technical kicks are stabbing into Maia’s body, further draining the already tired Brazilian’s gas tank. This is Masvidal’s world, and he stuffs another bad shot before Maia can chain another. Round 2 : Maia is trying to pressure again, but Masvidal turns the tables and goes after Maia, who comes up well short on a bad level change and takedown attempt. She can’t keep Jedrzejczyk on the ground, though, and we’re right back to range, where Jedrzejczyk slams home jab after jab, then a high kick, before eating one more shot from Andrade as the round ends. Andrade isn’t done yet, though, and she lands a hard combination before executing a big high-crotch lift. A sharp right hand snaps Andrade’s head back, and you can feel the momentum start to turn. Andrade is landing the occasional shot when she backs Jedrzejczyk up, but Andrade will need to get lucky and land one that really counts: She normally does her work with flurries of four or more punches, and the champion isn’t giving her opportunities to bomb away. The champion is sticking her with jabs and now the straight right is starting to make an appearance look for Jedrzejczyk to start sitting down on more combinations as Andrade wears down. Andrade’s pressure hasn’t been especially successful, mostly because of Jedrzejczyk’s masterful footwork. That’ll limit her substantial explosiveness as the fight goes on. Round 2 : Jedrzejczyk goes right back to work with the low kicks, chopping away at Andrade’s lead leg.
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