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Chaves made her promotional debut against Yuneisy Duben at UFC Fight Night 278 on Saturday. “A Braba” earned a hard-fought split decision win over Duben at the Apex in Las Vegas. However, the flyweight was surprised by the split nature of the verdict. While Duben managed to win the third round on all the scorecards, judge Tony Weeks also gave her the first round. While Chaves admits that Duben deserved Round 3, she was confident that she did enough to win the first two. Chaves said in a post-fight interview:
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“Very happy with a win in my debut. It was a split decision. I gotta confess, I was really surprised. I was like, ‘Oh my God. We’re gonna have some emotion. Why not? It makes it more fun.’ Thankfully, the win came… I was confident. My corners came to me and said, ‘You won 2-1.’ I felt that we had done enough to win.”
Chaves (8-0) got introduced to combat sports when a friend proposed a gig as a ring girl in a muay thai event. Chaves soon started training with the promoter of the event, who is still her head coach. A year later, Chaves competed for the first time in muay thai. The undefeated Brazilian started training jiu-jitsu soon after, where she then transitioned to MMA. Chaves earned a contract with a gritty split decision win on the Dana White’s Contender Series last year. Meanwhile, Venezuela’s Duben (6-2) had finished all six of her wins when she came to the UFC as an undefeated athlete in 2024. However, she has since dropped both her UFC outings.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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