{"id":67695,"date":"2015-12-19T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T03:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=67695"},"modified":"2015-12-19T22:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T03:29:19","slug":"canadians-randa-markos-sarah-kaufman-lose-via-decision-on-ufc-card-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/19\/canadians-randa-markos-sarah-kaufman-lose-via-decision-on-ufc-card-in-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians Randa Markos, Sarah Kaufman lose via decision on UFC card in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos (left) and Poland’s Karolina Kowalkiewicz (right)
(Photo from the official Twitter page of Dana White<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ORLANDO, Fla.\u2014Poland’s Karolina Kowalkiewicz upset Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos with a unanimous decision win on the main card of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Kowalkiewicz (8-0-0) won the striking battle while Markos (5-4-0) had the advantage early when the fight went to the ground. The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 for the emotional Polish fighter, who fell to her knees after the scores were announced.<\/p>\n

Markos, from Windsor, Ont., is ranked seventh among 115-pound contenders. Kowalkiewicz was making her UFC debut.<\/p>\n

On the undercard, Valentina (Bullet) Shevchenko won a split decision over Victoria bantamweight Sarah Kaufman. The judges scored it for 28-29. 29-28, 29-28 for the UFC debutante, a native of Kyrgyzstan who trains out of Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n

The main event at the Amway Center featured lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos against No. 2 contender Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone.<\/p>\n

Markos, who trains out of Montreal’s Tristar Gym, controlled the Pole at the fence for part of a first round that ended with a good striking exchange.<\/p>\n

Markos got Kowalkiewicz to the ground in the second and remained glued to her back in a body triangle when the Polish fighter got to her feet. Kowalkiewicz tried to shake her off but ended up on the ground with Markos in back control.<\/p>\n

Kowalkiewicz caught Markos with a spinning back fist midway through the third round. Markos survived and drove Kowalkiewicz to the fence. Markos landed a takedown, only to be immediately reversed. Kowalkiewicz moved into mount position, punishing the Canadian from above.<\/p>\n

Shevchenko (12-1-0) used an effective clinch game to smother Kaufman in the first two rounds. The Canadian, a former Strikeforce champion ranked fifth among UFC bantamweight contenders, took Shevchenko down midway through the third round but it was too little too late.<\/p>\n

Shevchenko had taken the Canadian down three times previously.<\/p>\n

“I knew it wasn’t going to be won just by striking, so I had to figure out something clever in the fight,”\u00a0she said. “My coach put in my mind\u2014if I can win the standup game, that was good, but to win at grappling would be better.”<\/p>\n

Kaufman said Shevchenko deserved the win.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t do enough early on,”\u00a0she said. “It’s my own fault and I’m definitely frustrated. I had a great camp and I had a lot to show. I just couldn’t do it tonight.”<\/p>\n

Shevchenko took the 135-pound fight on eight days notice, replacing the injured Germaine de Randamie.<\/p>\n

It was the fifth straight win for Shevchenko, a former Muay Thai and K1 world champion.<\/p>\n

Kaufman (17-4-0 with one no contest) was coming off an April loss to fellow Canadian Alexis Davis. She is 1-2-0 with one no contest in the UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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