Amanda Lemos Snatches Top Ranking From Marina Rodriguez After TKO Win

Amanda Lemos pulled off an upset.

Lemos finished Marina Rodriguez by technical knockout within 54 seconds of the third round of Saturday’s main event.

This was most likely a title eliminator fight, where Lemos did a better job and earned third round standing KO victory over Rodriguez.

However, it is hard to predict anything in this division since newly crowned champion Carla Esparza is fighting former champion Weili Zhang, and the Chinese are the favorite for a reason. If Zhang wins this bout, the trilogy fight between her and former two time champion Rose Namajunas makes the most sense since Namajunas lost a title against Esparza in a close fight and defeated a Zhang twice the past.

So, maybe Lemos has to wait or earn another victory to fight for the strap.

Amanda Lemos was FIRED UP for that finish 🔥 #UFCVegas64 pic.twitter.com/q3h31wBiZr

— UFC (@ufc) November 6, 2022

Neil Magny earned an amazing submission victory against Daniel Rodriguez. He managed to lock D’arce choke in the third round and finish the fight early.

MOST WINS IN WELTERWEIGHT HISTORY!@NeilMagny sets the record with the finish over D-Rod! #UFCVegas64 pic.twitter.com/IVPHFWWW0c

— UFC (@ufc) November 6, 2022

Mark Madsen suffered the first-ever loss in his professional MMA career against American Top Team product Grant Dawson.

Check out the rest of the results down below:

•  Amanda Lemos  def  Marina Rodriguez KO/TKO, 0:54 R3
•  Neil Magny  def  Daniel Rodriguez Sub, 3:33 R3
•  S. Nuerdanbieke  def  Darrick Minner KO/TKO, 1:10 R1
•  Tagir Ulanbekov  def  Nate Maness Sub, 2:11 R1
•  Grant Dawson  def  Mark Madsen Sub, 2:05 R3
•  Miranda Maverick  def  Shanna Young Unanimous Dec
•  Mario Bautista  def  Benito Lopez Sub, 4:54 R1
•  Polyana Viana  def  Jinh Yu Frey KO/TKO, 0:47 R1
•  Johnny Munoz Jr.  def  Liudvik Sholinian Unanimous Dec
•  Jake Hadley  def  Carlos Candelario Sub, 2:39 R2
•  Tamires Vidal  def  Ramona Pascual KO/TKO, 3:06 R1