Yoo Soo-young, who defeated the undefeated rookie, has her first finish on the UFC stage… ‘Kimura wins’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-ho Lee = ‘Yu-Jitsu’ Yoo Soo-young (30) won her first finish victory on the UFC stage using her proprietary ground technique.

Sooyoung Yoo, the bantamweight winner of Road to UFC (RTU) Season 3, defeated Cody Kovanchek (Canada) with a 'Kimura Submission' in 4 minutes and 19 seconds of the third round in the first match of 'UFC Fight Night: Berkley vs. Malott' held at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on the 18th (Korean time).

The Kimura submission is a joint technique that wraps the opponent's arm in a 'number 4' shape and rotates it behind the back, twisting and breaking the shoulder and elbow joints.

With this, Sooyoung Yoo completely recovered from the submission loss she suffered from Elijah Smith last March.

Yoo Soo-young's overall record in mixed martial arts stands at 17 wins, 4 losses, and 2 voids, and his UFC record rises to 3 wins and 1 loss.

Rookie Kobanchek, who was undefeated with 9 wins, was blocked by Yoo Soo-young and suffered his first loss since his professional debut.

It was a match where Yoo Soo-young’s sophisticated grappling stood out.

He succeeded in taking down six times and dominated his opponent on the ground for 11 minutes and 49 seconds, about 83% of the total match time.

Also, in the standing batting match, the team played a perfect game, not allowing a single effective hit.

Yoo Soo-young, who overwhelmed her opponent in both the first and second rounds, ended the match in the third round.

When Kobanchek became impatient and came in with a punch, he knocked him down with a counter takedown and then completed a kimura grip like lightning from the top position and received the tap.

It was the first Kimura submission victory in the UFC this year.

At the post-match press conference, Yoo Soo-young said, "I am proud of the fact that I received a submission with my jiu-jitsu style from a world-class organization," and added, "I will work harder to achieve a submission victory in the next match as well."

He then selected Alexandre Topuria, the older brother of former featherweight champion Ilya Topuria, as his next opponent.