Sabina Mazo’s win over Justine Kish – her third in the UFC – felt particularly important for a couple reasons. She earned her first stoppage in the Octagon, and that stoppage, a third-round rear naked choke, happened to also be the first submission win of her professional career. It was the kind of performance you like to see from an up-and-coming prospect four fights into their UFC career: calm, measured and vicious when the opportunity presented itself.
In Mazo’s mind, that finish is a sign of her just getting started.
“First (finish) of many,” she told UFC.