Biggest Winners, Loser For UFC Vegas 10

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UFC Vegas 10 went down last night (Sat., Sept. 12, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured a women’s Strawweight bout that saw Michelle Waterson defeat Angela Hill after five rounds of women’s Strawweight action (see it again here). In the co-main event, Ottman Azatair knocked out Khama Worthy in a little over 90 seconds (video here).

Biggest Winner: Ottman Azaitar

As if the Lightweight division wasn’t already stacked, Ottman Azaitar proved that he is indeed the real deal by knocking out Khama Worthy in just 93 seconds of the first round, giving him his second straight knockout win in as many UFC fights. But for those that followed Azaitar prior to him making his UFC debut, they already knew just how dangerous he is, as the undefeated (13-0, 2-0 UFC) combatant has five straight knockouts to brag about, eight overall, three straight in the first round and 12 finishes in 13 fights overall. In short, the man knows how to take care of business inside the Octagon. If he keeps doing what he’s been doing, expect him to climb up the rankings rather swiftly and calling for — and receiving — bigger fights.

Runner Up: Michelle Waterson

Waterson and Angela Hill put on an entertaining bout for fight fans in the main event of the evening. In the end, “Karate Hottie” walked away with a split-decision win. And based on her last two losses, I’m sure Waterson will take the “W” anyway she can. Indeed, “Karate Hottie” was staring down the barrel of three straight losses and a deeper hole to climb out of. With a much-needed win under her belt, Waterson can breathe a sigh of relief and go into her next fight with a lot more confidence. Sure, UFC likely wouldn’t have cut her coming of three straight defeats, or even four, but future prospects of pay raises and title shots would’ve been harder to come by. It is indeed a huge win and confidence booster to Waterson.

Biggest Loser: Andrea Lee

We can’t give this spot to Angela Hill, she fought a good fight and losing a split-decision pretty much means it could have gone either way. Sure, it’s tough to lose two straight — both via split decision — but losing three in a row just stings a bit more, and that’s just what “KGB” did after coming up short against Roxanne Modafferi. Lee started her UFC career of on the right foot, winning three in a row while extended her win streak to seven. But over the course of the past year “KGB” just hasn’t been able to fire on all cylinders. Granted, two of those defeats were via split decision to tough competition in the former of Joanne Calderwood and Lauren Murphy, but at the end of the day a loss is a loss and being on such a horrid run isn’t the best of things when UFC is in the process of thinning the herd.

Get complete UFC Vegas 10: “Waterson vs Hill” play-by-play updates and results here.