Victoria Dudakova was clearly frustrated after suffering her first KO loss in the UFC this year, and took it out on one of her coaches.
The strawweight star was stopped via ground and pound in the second round of her UFC Vegas 101 preliminary bout with Fatima Kline. The result evens her UFC record at 2-2, with two losses after going undefeated in her first eight professional fights.
For Kline, the decision for the promotion to re-sign her instead of passing her through Dana White's Contender Series seems like a wise one. She achieved the promotion's first finish of the year, making up for a debut loss to the more experienced Jasmine Jasudavicius.
Fatima Kline defeats Victoria Dudakova to land the first UFC stoppage of 2025
When she entered the octagon on Saturday night, Victoria Dudakova was a slight underdog, and she seemed to show why in the early exchanges. She was unable to get the takedown she craved in the early stages of the first round.
She managed to get the fight to the ground when she called for it a second time, but Kline quickly pushed for a submission that caused her to change positions. All three judges scored the first round for the American, and she found similar success in the second.
Finally, Kline managed to get on top in the second and with just over 30 seconds left she got into position to rain elbows. Referee Chris Tognoni gave Dudakova every opportunity to respond, but ultimately had to call off the fight and award Kline a TKO victory.
Victoria Dudakova appears to slam coach after second UFC defeat
After the fight, as they prepared to have the official decision read out, Dudakova was attended to by her team. Her face was bloodied and she needed help from her corner to readjust before moving to the center of the cage.
However, when a member of her team appeared to upset her during the trial, cameras caught her appearing to throw a punch at her coach. It is unclear what the exact cause of the incident was, but it immediately caught the attention of social media users.
“Does anyone know what they said to each other?” One fan wrote in the comments on social media afterwards. “It seemed like she wasn't happy with the corner advice.”
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