Mayra Bueno Silva faced the biggest challenge of her sporting career last weekend: the fight for the vacant UFC bantamweight belt. However, the Brazilian fighter offered an insufficient performance in a fight that Raquel Pennington ended up winning by unanimous decision, but which was very disappointing for her viewers. In a recent interview with Ag Fight, ‘Sheetara’ has revealed that she fractured her inner ear in the first round.
“I’ve seen the fight like three times, I’m not happy with my performance. It was far below what I’ve been showing lately,” said the fighter. Before this fight, the Brazilian had chained three consecutive victories against Wu Yanan, Stephanie Egger and Lina Lansberg. And even a fourth of her against Holly Holm, although this was finally reversed by her positive result in the previous anti-doping control for ritalinic acid, a substance present in her medication for attention deficit disorder.
The truth is that during the first round, the Brazilian landed harder blows than her rival, especially with her elbows, and also held Pennington’s back for two minutes. “I took an overhand that partially fractured my inner ear and I lost my balance, I told my corner that I was dizzy. I could no longer impose my strategy,” Bueno Silva explained in the interview.
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From then on, ‘Sheetara’ was seen to be in decline and although she had several opportunities to subdue ‘Rocky’, she was unable to do so. “I tried to grappling so he wouldn’t hit me again, because I was already very dizzy. Unfortunately, that hit cost me the fight. Everyone saw how my first round went. From the beginning of the second I was already on the canvas. No I could fight more, I just survived,” said the Brazilian.
Taking into account the poor show offered in the co-main event of UFC 297 by ‘Rocky’ and Bueno Silva, it is reasonable to think that the UFC will not grant the Brazilian a rematch. What is expected is that Julianna Peña, the current number one in the division, will be the next to compete for the title as soon as she recovers from her injury.
2024-01-25 13:04:52
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