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Azaitar improved to 13-0 in the co-main event
at the UFC's Apex facility. In the other headliner, Michelle
Waterson defeated Angela Hill in a five-round split decision,
snapping a two-fight losing streak.
Azaitar dropped Worthy to his knees with a flurry, earning a
quick end to the fight by the referee. Worthy fell to 16-7.
"The game plan was to go three rounds," Azaitar said. "When I
get in these situations, I don't stop. I don't put on the
brakes. Even though my coaches told me, 'If you punch him, don't
go straight for the finish. Take it easy and look for the
situation.' But for me, I don't know. If I get in that
situation, I cannot stop myself once I smell blood."
Azaitar is now 2-0 in UFC with two knockouts. He defeated Teemu
Packalen by TKO at UFC 242 last September.
Worthy was 2-0 UFC coming into the bout.
Azaitar earned a $50,000 bonus for the performance of the night.
The Waterson-Hill strawweight bout came down to a razor-thin
margin that was decided by the scorecards - 48-47, 46-49, 48-47.
"You never want to leave it in the hands of the judges,"
Waterson (18-8) said in her post-fight interview. "A split
decision, it doesn't leave a very good feeling in your stomach."
Hill (12-9) became the first Black American woman to headline a
UFC event. Further, Hill has the most fights in UFC women's
strawweight history (16).
In other action on the main card Saturday night, Roxanne
Modafferi defeated Andrea Lee by unanimous decision in a women's
flyweight bout. Ed Herman defeated Mike Rodriguez by submission
at 2:41 of the third round. Lightweight Bobby Green defeated
Alan Patrick by unanimous decision. In the featherweight
decision, Billy Quarantillo defeated Kyle Nelson by third-round
KO.
--Field Level Media
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