Last September, Norma Dumont waltzed into the Octagon at UFC 306 and put a beating on Irene Aldana in the final preliminary card fight of the Noche UFC event at Sphere in Las Vegas.
While it was a clash of heads that opened the crimson faucet on the former title challenger, Dumont was thoroughly outworking her up to that point, using kicks to neutralize Aldana’s reach advantage and connecting with two or three meaningful, telling blows for each punch she took in return.
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It was a statement effort for the ascending Brazilian, who ran her winning streak to five with the victory, but it seems to have come at a cost, as Dumont will compete for the first time since that outing this weekend in Las Vegas when she takes on perennial contender Ketlen Vieira on Saturday evening at the UFC APEX.