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Jacqueline Cavalcanti defeats Nora Cornolle by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Jacqueline Cavalcanti picked up her second win in two months and her third UFC win overall on Saturday, scoring her second career victory over Nora Cornolle, although not without controversy.

The Portuguese bantamweight came into the fight, tripping Cornolle with a straight right hand in the second and working space more effectively in the third to secure those two rounds and the victory. But midway through the second, Cavalcanti blatantly grabbed the fence as Cornolle tried to drag her to the canvas, which undoubtedly changed the direction of events.

In the end, Cavalcanti was clearly the superior fighter, delivering her most impressive UFC performance to date and rightly emerging as the winner of the split decision. Now 3-0 in the UFC, the 27-year-old continues to establish herself as someone to keep a close eye on moving forward in the 135-pound weight class.

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