LAS VEGAS – Ernesta Kareckaite beat Nicolle Caliari with a cut up determination Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Battle Evening 249 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the struggle with Kareckaite, who has gone almost 5 years with out profitable something apart from a cut up determination in MMA.
Ernesta Kareckaite def. Nicolle Caliari
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 11: (L-R) Ernesta Kareckaite of Lithuania punches Nicolle Caliari of Brazil in a flyweight struggle throughout the UFC Battle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on January 11, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
Consequence: Ernesta Kareckaite def. Nicolle Caliari by way of cut up determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Up to date information: Kareckaite (6-1-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Caliari (8-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Key stats: Kareckaite stuffed 11 of Caliari’s 14 takedown makes an attempt.
Kareckaite on the struggle’s key second
“(The sport plan) was join, and I didn’t try this. That’s why I’m mad at myself. … We have been ready for the whole lot.”
Kareckaite on making enhancements
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 11: (L-R) Nicolle Caliari of Brazil punches Ernesta Kareckaite of Lithuania in a flyweight struggle throughout the UFC Battle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on January 11, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
“I’m blissful, however on the identical time, I had numerous errors. It’s 50/50. I simply know what I needed to do and didn’t do the suitable factor, so I’m simply going to get again and study from my errors. ”
Kareckaite on what she desires subsequent
“I actually wish to keep busy this 12 months and I wish to present myself and present my abilities and be higher each time. … I’m going to return to the fitness center. I’m going to have few days to relaxation, however I wish to study from my errors, appropriate them and be higher.”
To listen to extra from Kareckaite, try the video of the total post-fight interview above.
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