Gina Mazany

Gina Mazany vs. Priscila Cachoeira

Round 1
In the first of three women’s flyweight tilts tonight, two women a few wins away from a .500 record come to blows, when “Danger” Mazany (7-4, 2-4 UFC) will try to be the danger against “Zombie Girl” Cachoeira (9-3, 1-3 UFC). A glove touch in front of referee Mike Beltran seals the cage, and Cachoeira slowly walks forward to put pressure on Mazany. She corks back a right hand and has her lead leg kicked. Cachoeira throws a few punches and a knee up the middle, but Mazany ignores them and connects with a solid left hand. Cachoeira fires back with her own left, forcing Mazany to try to take the fight down. The American gets it there by bouncing her foe off the fence, and she sits in half guard trying to keep Cachoeira from climbing up the wall. Cachoeira gets away with a few fence grabs to stand up, and Mazany hits a mat return as soon as the Brazilian fouls her way back to her feet. Mazany grinds her elbow on her opponent, and she winds up and lands one that Cachoeira does not like. Cachoeira’s neck and upper back are trapped in the corner between the ground and the fence, and she gets elbowed a few times while she sits up. Cachoeira looks frustrated as Mazany grinds on her, and ignores a few right hands that Mazany drops down as she pulls Cachoeira to the floor. The Brazilian gets to a knee and stands up, but she does take a knee to the body on the way up. Mazany keeps a tight clinch, but she cannot hold on to it as Cachoeira wants to slug it out. Both land a few big shots, and Mazany takes one on the chin before charging ahead to hit a clean takedown in the center of the cage. In half guard again, Mazany keeps her elbow either squeezed on Cachoeira’s chin or releasing it a few times. Mazany holds on tight, and Beltran asks them to work a few times as the action has turned into a relative stalemate. Mazany stays heavy with sporadic, minor left hands and elbows, and the round ends.

Sherdog Scores
Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-9 Mazany
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-9 Mazany
Tyler Treese scores the round: 10-9 Mazany

Round 2
The flyweights touch hands, and Mazany steps in with a front kick to the body. When Cachoeira wings a right hand, Mazany ducks it and scores a takedown less than 15 seconds into the round. Mazany squeezes with shoulder pressure as she is in half guard on the other side compared to where she ended the previous frame. The Brazilian kicks and bucks, but she is stuck with Mazany holding her down. Cachoeira rolls through, but Mazany follows her and takes her back. “Zombie Girl” continues to scramble, and she recovers her guard and closes it as Mazany lands a few strikes. Mazany postures up and nails Cachoeira with a right hand, and Cachoeira’s head bounces off the canvas emphatically. Mazany gets off a few hammerfists and a slashing elbow, and Cachoeira looks to Beltran to stand them up. Beltran intervenes to stand them up, and Mazany is irritated and suddenly showing some damage on her eye. Mazany backs off and throws a kick, and a subsequent telegraphed takedown is easily stuffed. Mazany gets cracked with a right hand, and she shoots in once more only to get stuffed. The Brazilian makes her pay big with a huge right hand, and Mazany is tired and hurt. Mazany’s takedowns are labored and she is wobbled and completely spent, and Cachoeira pushes her away and eats a body kick on the way back. Two right hands land flush from Cachoeira, and Mazany flails back and somehow connects.
Cachoeira tees off on her with a few more shots, and she is loading up and hurting Mazany and bloodying her up badly. Mazany bounces off the fence, and Cachoeira unloads with one final salvo.
Right after the 10-second clapper, Beltran has seen enough unanswered punishment and calls the fight by standing technical knockout. What a comeback for “Zombie Girl,” who has now earned her second win a row after starting her UFC tenure off with a trio of defeats.

The Official Result
Priscila Cachoeira def. Gina Mazany R2 4:51 via TKO (Punches)