2
Just when it seemed the opening bout at UFC on ESPN 70 was destined to hit the scorecards, it end in a flash.
In the final frame of Saturday’s strawweight bout at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Fatime Kline unleashed a perfect head kick that floored Melissa Martinez and led to the stoppage.
Kline (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) landed clean to the chin of Martinez (8-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at the 2:36 mark of Round 3, achieving the TKO victory.
Check out the replay of the finish below (via X):
“I train my butt off to come here,” Kline said in her post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier. “My coaches were telling my between rounds that the left kick was there. I have the best coaches on the planet and they put so much into me.”
