The UFC returned to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year.
At UFC 212, UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway unified his title Interim UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway in the main event.
Before the main event took place, the UFC provided another night full of intriguing matchups.
In the co-main event, two of the best strawweight fighters in the world collided as Claudia Gadelha fought Karolina Kowalkiewicz.
Neither fighter backed down from the other to start the fight. Both fighters landed quick flurries before quickly disengaging. Gadelha eventually got Kowalkiewicz to the ground. Gadelha then secured a rear-naked choke and finished the fight.
Official Result:
Claudia Gadelha def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz by submission
