Tyvärr för Lina Länsberg blev det en tuff förlust i helgen när hon ställdes mot UFC-debutanten, Aspen Ladd. Första ronden var mestadels klincharbete och mycket jobb längs buren. En jämn första rond. I andra ronden lyckas Ladd få ned Länsberg på marken och efter tillräckligt med slag på marken anser domaren att Ladd har gjort tillräckligt. Ladd vinner matchen genom teknisk knockout i andra ronden. Lina själv känner att matchen stoppades för tidigt där hon menar att andra matcher som är mycket mer blodiga får fortgå, men inte hennes.
Vidare undrar svenskan om matchen stoppades på grund av Ladds skrik, att det på något sätt skulle påverkat domaren. Genom Instagram tackar Länsberg för stödet men är, förståeligt nog, väldigt frustrerad över domarinsatsen. Nedan kan ni ta del av vad Lina skrev genom sin Instagram.
What weird experience… I had a great camp, cut weight (which was harder than the fight itself even though this cut felt easy) and was ready for a fight. Our game plan worked perfect from the start as I was light on my feet creating angles to then clinch up where I felt dominant. Every time we got into striking exchanges I felt even more dominant. In the second round Aspen timed a perfect takedown as I threw an uppercut and she had really good pressure as the world class grappler she is. When she mounted me I worked my escapes as she released pressure for strikes but she countered good. I then chose to roll to my knees to later roll back to my side as the referee stops the fight! The strikes where far from hard and during this whole scramble I hear the weirdest screams I’ve ever heard thinking “wow that’s annoying” and totally thought the referee stopped/paused the fight to tell her to stop screaming. Is that even allowed!? Did the crazy screaming affect the referee in any way!? Did he maybe think that I was the one screaming!? These questions actually don’t matter at all, just thoughts that I have. In the next moment I realized that the fight was over due to TKO. I just couldn’t believe it. In my mind we weren’t even halfway to a TKO and I was still moving and no real damage was done. I’ve watched so many fights where the canvas turns red from blood and the fight continues but this was ridiculous. I’ve gotten tons of beautiful support and comments about the early stoppage. To train this hard for something like this is not fun at all. I truly feel like I had a light sparring session last night, total frustration is a good word to describe how I feel. I’d like to thank everyone who supports me and of course my coaches @akiracorassani , @jockegbgmma , @_trymdahl and all my wonderful teammates @redlinetc . Love you all ❤️
Lina har ett MMA-facit på 7-3. I UFC har Länsberg vunnit en samt förlorat två matcher.
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