

Irina Alekseeva, dubbed ‘Russian Ronda’ made an impressive UFC debut at UFC Vegas 72. She submitted fellow bantamweight Stephanie Egger in the very first round via a kneebar. With the win, she has successfully kicked off her UFC career and redeemed herself of botching the weight on the scale.
The 32-year-old had a rocky start to her UFC debut as he missed weight by 4 lbs ahead of the fight. However, that did not hold back the former Bellator star from putting on a dominant showing inside the cage. The fight started off competitively as the pair matched on the feet.
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Egger initiated a clinch from behind soon after. However, that marked the beginning of her downfall as Alekseeva was able to grab a hold of her leg as they went to the ground. The rest was just a formality as she locked in a kneebar and popped Egger’s knee before she tapped.
An elated Alekseeva did a cartwheel inside the cage before doing the famed ‘billi strut.’ However, her celebrations did not sit well with the fans.
Fans react to Irina Alekseeva’s celebration at UFC Vegas 72
Irina Alekseeva was visibly overjoyed at her win at UFC Vegas 72. The 32-year-old could not even decide what celebrations to do and did quite a few of them. However, many fans felt she should have contained her celebrations. Especially after the fact that she missed weight by quite a margin and beat a much smaller opponent.
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Following are some of the fans’ reactions-
- Missed weight by half a weightclass and does a cartwheel, nice signing
- On another level < In another weight class
- Bro misses weight by 5 lbs then celebrates finishing a smaller woman. What an L
- Idk if you miss weight maybe try the humble take
- I knew she looked like cejudo but I could never have imagined she’d be as cringe as him
- Conor mcgregor wanna be
- Elon Musk out here doing side quests
- I turned off my TV after the celebration
- Looking forward to real competition humbling her
- Couldn’t decide on how to celebrate. Next time…. just don’t.
- Cut her for those celebrations
What did you think about Alekseeva’s performance? Do you think she should have contained her celebrations? Who do you think she fights next?
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