Dustin Poirier Impressed With Cory McKenna as She Secures Debut Victory Over Rising Star Kay Hansen

Cory McKenna vs Kay Hansen was the first fight on the key card at UFC Vegas 14. The fight was an interesting strawweight bout between two of the most exciting talents in the UFC. The 21-year-old fighters displayed skills and maturity way beyond their years in an excellent toe-to-toe fight. 

Kay Hansen made her UFC debut with a win over Jinh Yu Frey in June. ‘The Hobbit’ on the other hand represented yet another promising talent from Dana White’s Contender Series. She made her debut in the promotion with a win over Crystal Vanessa Demopoulos. 

In the fight, McKenna landed 156 strikes with an accuracy of 63%. She also landed 57 significant strikes with an accuracy of 42%. McKenna also was very close to securing a rear-naked choke on her opponent. The fight was extremely closely contested and one of the best fights, if not the best fight on the card.

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Cory McKenna vs Kay Hansen Twitter reactions

The MMA community was all praise for the two women for their valiant display. Here are some of the best Twitter reactions from the fight. 

Mike Bohn took to Twitter to share an interesting statistic about the two women involved in the fight. 

Featherweight Jared Gordon took to Twitter to share his appreciation for the fight that was put on.

‘The Diamond’ took to Twitter to mention Norwegian MMA pioneer, Joachim Hansen, in reference to the fight between Kay Hansen and Cory McKenna. 

Former middleweight champion Michael Bisping who was covering the fight, lauded McKenna with high praise and compared her to Khabib Nurmagomedov

Aaron Bronsteter took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the fight and who he thought won at the UFC Apex. What did you make of the fight? Who did you think won it? let us know in the comments below