Getty Images photo; MMA Junkie photo illustration Miranda Maverick didn’t feel the need … the need for speed … when she got back in the win column a week ago. Maverick (12-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) submitted Priscila Cachoeira (12-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) with an armbar midway through the third round to open the prelims at UFC 291 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The finish didn’t get Maverick a post-fight bonus, but it did get her back on track after an upset loss to Jasmine Jasudavicius in June. Maverick said she was worried about potentially dirty tactics from Cachoeira, and seemed to experience it when Cachoeira’s arm managed to make its way under Maverick’s top, leaving her momentarily exposed. Maverick – whose last name happens to be the name of one of the greatest movie characters in the history of the world, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the 1986 classic “Top Gun” and its 2022 sequel – thought it was intentional. And given that, if she took her time and wanted to punish the Brazilian a little, perhaps we’d forgive her
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