Kicking off the UFC Vegas 2 main card at the Apex facility is a women’s flyweight bout between Mariya Agapova and Hannah Cifers.

Round 1: Agapova receives a leg kick but lands a number of strikes in return. Cifers isn’t backing down as she also comes forward. They momentarily clinch up before striking again. Cifers reverses a clinch position and momentarily has Agapova on the fence. Agapova is pouring the volume with punches and knees before Cifers clinches her up again. Agapova drops Cifers with a head kick before getting her back and sinking in the rear naked choke.

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Official result: Mariya Agapova defeats Hannah Cifers via submission (R1, 2:42)

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