5. A moment for Cifers
Pour one out for your girl [autotag]Hannah Cifers[/autotag] for her efforts over the past 14 days. Her record shows a pair of first-round submission losses, the first against MacKenzie Dern on May 30, then another to Mariya Agapova on Saturday. However, it should be acknowledged as more than that.
The softly spoken Cifers took on a massive strawweight in Dern and was fearless in every position before eventually being caught in a fight-ending submission. She then turned around on short notice and moved up a weight class to fight Agapova, who is a former bantamweight, in the women’s flyweight division.
It wasn’t hard to see the outcome against Agapova after the first exchange. Cifers stood no chance, but she didn’t fight like it. She did her best to make something happen against a bigger and more skilled opponent, but then got crushed with a head kick and got caught in a choke.
Cifers may now be on a three-fight skid overall, but she announced being rewarded with a new four-fight UFC contract just moments after her loss. It doesn’t mean she’ll get all four of those fights in, as the UFC could cut her if more losses stack up, but for now, the promotion appears appreciative of her service.
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