Fight fans were treated with an exciting event of fights today at UFC Fight Night 118. Fans were drawn to the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland for a main event match up between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Darren Till. That being said, Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Jodie Esquibel put on a war for the day’s exciting co-main event.
Kowalkiewicz was coming off of a two fight losing streak going into UFC Fight Night 118. Most recently, the fighter suffered a submission loss to Claudia Gadelha at UFC 212. Esquibel, on the other hand, made her UFC debut today after an impressive run through the Invicta FC promotion.
The two fighters put on a battle, with the fight going the distance. In the end, Karolina Kowalkiewicz earned a unanimous decision victory over her opponent.
With the day of fights now in the books, fighters have decided to take to social media to let their thoughts on the exciting co-main event be known. To see what some fighters had to say about Kowalkiewicz’s big win, check out the Twitter posts below.
Karolina pressing and landing some beautiful knees!
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) October 21, 2017
@KarolinaMMA is the shit I love watching her fight her output is crazy #BlameBiggie pic.twitter.com/VC9yMYtWF5
— Mike "Biggie" Rhodes (@TeamRocBiggie) October 21, 2017
Great round for Kowalkiewicz. Could be 20-17 but for likely. 20-18 . #UFCGdansk
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) October 21, 2017