The ladies opened the UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson in style as Paige VanZant dominated Alex Chambers and took a third round submission win.
VanZant muscled Chambers around for almost all of the first round. VanZant opened aggressive, punching up Chambers before pushing her into the fence and battering her around. Chambers answered with some hard counters to make for a close opening round.
The parity ended quickly in the second as VanZant opened up and put a hurting on Chambers. Chambers still landed the odd counter but it wasn’t significant compared to the onslaught landed by VanZant.
In the third round VanZant hurt Chambers bad standing and it looked like she’d get the TKO finish for a bit. Chambers recovered but only to take more punishment. Finally VanZant took her down and submitted Chambers with an arm bar.
VanZant improves to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the UFC.
Official UFC 191 results: Paige VanZant def. Alex Chambers by submission (armbar) at 1:01 of Rd 3.