Jessica Andrade put herself up for title contention after her come-from-behind, powerful performance against Tecia Torres at UFC on FOX 28 in Orlando, Florida. With a heavy wrestling-oriented strategy, Andrade was able to ragdoll her opponent and control the fight enough to warrant a unanimous decision victory.
Her coach and head of the Parana Vale-Tudo gym, Gilliard Parana, was more than happy with the performance. As he explained to Combate, that was just the showing he needed to prove that his team is one of the best teams for women’s MMA fighters in the world, after pundits started questioning his practices following Priscila Cachoeira’s UFC debut against Valentina Shevchenko.