Yana Santos spoiled Miesha Tate’s return to the Octagon at UFC Des Moines, scoring a decision victory over the former bantamweight queen.
Tate came out looking to get things off to a quick start, pumping her jab and walking down Santos. Tate desperately tried to clinch with Santos against the cage wall, but she couldn’t keep the Russian’s back against the fence for very long.
As the opening round wound down, Santos found success by attacking Tate’s back leg, knocking ‘Cupcake’ off balance multiple times.