Paige VanZant spent most of her time in the cage with Rachael Ostovich playing defense, but she made the most of her brief bursts of offense. After being taken down repeatedly by Ostovich (4-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in the first round and early in the second, VanZant (8-4, 5-3 UFC) took advantage of a lapse by Ostovich to seize back control and then transition to an armbar to force the tap at the 1:50 mark of Round 2. The women’s flyweight bout was part of the main card of today’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. It streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. Ostovich clearly wanted to contest this fight on the mat, and she was more than capable of getting it there. She flung VanZant onto her back with relative ease in the first round, and continued to do so even after narrowly fending off a series of leg lock attempts from VanZant.
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UFC on ESPN+ 1 results: Paige VanZant submits Rachael Ostovich for first win since 2016 – MMA Junkie