Written by LAS VEGAS – Joselyne Edwards beat Tamires Vidal with a third-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 245 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Edwards, who has won four of her past six fights – but has missed weight in her past three wins. Saturday, it cost her a $50,000 bonus.
Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal
Joselyne Edwards
Result: Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 4:33
Updated records: Edwards (14-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC), Vidal (7-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
Key stats: Edwards landed 151 total strikes at more than a 70 percent clip.
Edwards on the fight’s key moment
Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal, UFC Fight Night 245 (via UFC)
“I feel good. I did exactly what I worked on in the training camp, all the techniques. I was confident in my work, but I was not underestimating my opponent. I tried to put it all together. The game plan was to attack the body and keep it in close range, use the jab as much as I could, and take her down and look for the submission. I tried to do that in the first round, but I couldn’t get it, so I didn’t go crazy for it. But in the third round, when I saw the opportunity, I locked it down.”
Edwards on her weight miss
Joselyne Edwards
“As a woman, I have biological circumstances, and this time around … I couldn’t control it. I went to do my weight cut to the (UFC Performance Institute) at 4 a.m. My body basically stopped sweating. I was not sweating at all until 9:30. Someone from the PI advised me to get out of the sauna because my body was going to shut down and the fight was going to end up being canceled. I’ve got to check on my body and I’m going to check what’s going on with those biological circumstances that I have.”
Edwards on what she wants next
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 19: (L-R) Joselyne Edwards of Panama kicks Tamires Vidal of Brazil in a bantamweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
“I wanted to fight in December, but I’ll check my body. I’m going to go to Panama. I’m going to visit my family. I want to keep my weight lower. … I want to come back as soon as I can.”
To hear more from Edwards, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 245.
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