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  • Chelsea Chandler Returns In Style With Win Via Armbar

    Chelsea Chandler Returns In Style With Win Via Armbar

    After over a year away from the Octagon and struggles at the start of her UFC career, Chelsea Chandler’s return is a success, submitting Priscila Cachoeira during the UFC Vegas 118 prelims.

    Cachoeira looked to use her size and strength to her advantage early, as her striking had Chandler on the back foot. The momentum shifted, however, when Chandler landed a combination, emphasized by a left hand that rocked Cachoeira.

    Chandler went in for the kill, and Cachoeira gave up her back on the ground. Chandler looked for a choke at first, but she eventually worked her way over to an armbar attempt. Chandler locked one in for a submission victory in round one.

    Chelsea Chandler Submits Priscila Cachoeira At UFC Vegas 118

    Chandler signed with the UFC in 2022 after starting her MMA career 4-1 in Invicta FC. Chandler scored a performance bonus-earning finish in her UFC debut but had since lost three of her last four, missing weight twice as well.

    Chandler had not been seen since her loss to Joselyne Edwards in April 2025.

    Cachoeira has now lost five of her last six.

  • VIDEO: Joselyne Edwards Puts Priscila Cachoeira’s Lights Out With First-Round KO At UFC Vegas 109

    VIDEO: Joselyne Edwards Puts Priscila Cachoeira’s Lights Out With First-Round KO At UFC Vegas 109

    Priscila Cachoeira may have some power behind her, but it wasn’t a match for Joselyne Edwards, who brought a quick end to their fight on the UFC Vegas 109 preliminary card.

    Edwards executed several jabs during the opening minutes of the fight, though Cachoeira did land a notable uppercut to send her back. Cachoeira backed Edwards up with a low kick as well and stuffed a takedown attempt. The two then swung in the pocket, with both landing.

    The fight ended with Edwards landing a one-two during the exchange, dropping Cachoeira, before diving in with a right hand that put her to sleep.

    Joselyne Edwards Lays Out Priscila Cachoeira With Nasty KO At UFC Vegas 109

    Edwards now has won three straight, including another first-round finish earlier this year by besting Chelsea Chandler at UFC Kansas City in April.

    Cachoeira has now lost three of her last four.

  • UFC Vegas 104 Opens With Consecutive First-Round Knockouts In Women’s Fights

    UFC Vegas 104 Opens With Consecutive First-Round Knockouts In Women’s Fights

    Though there were plenty of bad feelings heading into UFC Vegas 104 from fans and pundits after the aftermath of UFC 313, the results of the first two fights may have taken things up a notch pretty quickly.

    The opening two bouts of the card were women’s fights that both ended in first-round knockouts from Carli Judice and Priscila Cachoeira.

    Judice opened the event up with a battle against Yuneisy Duben, who made her official Octagon debut after a stunning knockout performance on Dana White’s Contender Series last September.

    A head kick dropped Duben for the shocking victory in only about 100 seconds.

    Back-To-Back Quick KOs Open UFC Vegas 104

    Cachoeira then followed that up with her own jaw-smashing performance, landing an uppercut that knocked out Josiane Nunes in under three minutes.

    Judice entered her fight tonight just 3-2, having most recently dropped back-to-back split decisions against Ernesta Kareckaite and Gabriella Fernandes. This marks the first loss of Duben’s professional career.

    Cachoeira, meanwhile, had lost her last two fights, and this win marked her first fight since being submitted by Jasmine Jasudavicius at UFC 297 last year. Nunes has now lost three straight after starting her professional MMA career 10-1.

  • Cachoeira’s Manager Blames Media For Eye-Gouge Controversy

    Priscila Cachoeira’s manager, Wallid Ismail, says she wasn’t intentionally eye-gouging during her December fight against Gillian Robertson.

    The controversy around Cachoeira’s fight comes from the ending sequence while she was in a rear-naked choke. She reached up to Robertson’s head while in the choke, with her fingers making contact with Roberton’s eyes at times. Cachoeira was submitted by Robertson in the closing seconds of the first round.

    Gillian Robertson Poked

    Ismail, a former UFC fighter in his own right, echoes Cachoeira’s claim that her movement towards the eyes of Robertson only happened accidentally during the sequence. He criticized those who thought otherwise in a recent interview:

    “It was cowardice from the press and everyone who attacked her. She didn’t put her finger in the opponent’s eye on purpose. She just tried to push her away in the heat of the fight,” said Ismail, in an interview with Sherdog.com. “People who work in the UFC come from the fighting business, they know what I mean. We are already talking about her next fight and Priscila will return to [the] win column.”

    Recent Loss Put Cachoeira Back Into Losing Ways

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    Cachoeira’s loss at UFC 269 broke a two-fight winning streak she had attained. This included two finish wins, defeating Gina Mazany in May 2021, and stopping Shana Dobson a year before then.

    The result kept her promotional record negative, now sitting at two wins and four losses in total. Cachoeira’s start in the UFC was rough, losing three times between 2018 and 2019. This included a fight against now UFC Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko, which concluded via second-round submission.

    As stated above, Ismail says they are currently working on a new fight for Cachoeira. In the new year, she will have a chance to turn around her UFC run.

    What’s your take on the controversy? Do you think Cachoeira was intentionally trying to gouge the eyes of Robertson?

  • Priscila Cachoeira Adresses Eye-Gogue Incident At UFC 269

    Priscila Cachoeira headlined some news following her loss last Saturday night to Gillian Robertson at UFC 269, and it wasn’t for good reasoning.

    Cachoeira found herself back in the losing column after she got submitted by Robertson in the last second of the first round to open up the prelims.

    Her loss wasn’t controversial, but it was what she did inside the Octagon that caused some backlash and scrutiny. As Robertson secured her rear-naked choke on Cachoeira, Cachoeira tried to escape by eye-gouging Robertson.

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    Cachoeira claimed she didn’t eye-gouge on purpose and didn’t know she did so when it happened.

    “It wasn’t my intention to [gouge] her eye when she was on my back. I didn’t know it was going in the direction of her eye,” Cachoeira said. “My intention was to go for her neck and push it. That was my intention, but I was desperate, almost snoring, and it’s a matter of survival, right? I want to get it off. But it wasn’t my intention to hit her eyes. Never.” Cachoeira told MMA Fighting.

    Cachoeira has received a lot of negative backlash following her actions. Joe Rogan called her out on the broadcast while Robertson was more stunned by the officiating.

    Cachoeira could be on the brink of being released from the UFC following her actions Saturday night and also losing four out of her last six fights. Cachoeira also missed weight by three pounds and forfeited 30% of her purse. Cachoeira says she is regretful of her actions and vows it won’t happen again.

    “I’ll fix my mistakes,” Cachoeira said. “I apologize once again for what happened. It won’t happen again. It was a matter of survival, right? But I didn’t know I was gouging her eyes. She was on my back, how would I know? If I had to suffer any punishment, it would come at that moment.”

    Do you believe Priscila Cachoeira should be punished for eye-gouging Gillian Robertson at UFC 269?

  • Robertson On UFC 269 Eye Gouging: Ref Didn’t Even Give Her A Warning

    Gillian Robertson says the referee for UFC 269 fight against Priscila Cachoeira didn’t give her opponent a warning for eye gouges.

    Late in the first round, Robertson took Cachoeira’s back, got ahold of her neck, and was sinking in a choke. However, as she was putting on a squeeze, Cachoeira was gouging her fingers into the eyes of Robertson. It happened two times, which Joe Rogan and the rest of the UFC commentary team said was a very dirty move. However, according to Robertson, the ref never gave the Brazilian a warning.

    “I’m definitely just hoping that the referee stops the fight at that point. Like, I don’t even think he gave her a warning because there was two that were pretty clear that I felt decent that was like thumb straight in my eye,” Robertson said after UFC 269. “But I was just trying to squeeze, squeeze. Before the first one, I actually felt her body go limp a little bit, so I thought she was out, and then I felt the thumb go straight in my eye. I was like, ‘Oh, she’s not out! OK!’”

    Although Priscila Cachoeira was gouging her fingers into Gillian Robertson’s eye, the Canadian ended up pulling off the submission as the Brazilian tapped with just one second left in the first round. With the win, she now has the most finishes in the flyweight division in the UFC.

    However, the fight will be more known for the controversy from Cachoeira missing weight and eye-gouging. Yet, Robertson says she holds no ill-will towards the Brazilian.

    “I’m fairly easy-going, I guess, so it is what it is. Making weight, I feel like that is a big thing. Literally, as a fighter, you have two jobs: You have to make weight, and you have to show up. So it’s like she failed at doing one of those jobs. So I definitely don’t think that’s an ‘OK’ thing, but it is what it is, and I still got the win. I still did what I needed to do, so nothing I can complain about,” Robertson concluded.

    What did you make of Priscila Cachoeira eye-gouging Gillian Robertson?