UFC: Hong Kong’s Ramona Pascual vows to learn from ‘rookie mistakes’ in debut defeat by Josiane Nunes
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Hong Kong’s first female fighter in the UFC vowed to learn from her “rookie mistakes” after suffering defeat on her debut in the Octagon.
Ramona Pascual lost a unanimous decision to Brazil’s Josiane Nunes in a featherweight fight at Saturday’s UFC Vegas 49 event.
The 33-year-old said she cut nearly 20 pounds in a week and a half to make weight for the fight, after taking it on short notice as a late replacement for Jennifer Gonzalez. The Chilean was removed from a bantamweight bout with Nunes and released by the UFC soon before her debut, following an at-home conflict with Usada.
A bruised Pascual, with her swollen right eye almost completely shut, gave her fans an update from hospital after the bout in a video posted to her Instagram story.
“Hey guys, sorry we did not get the dub [win], but don’t worry, I’m totally fine,” she said. “I’m on a bunch of morphine right now, which is always a bonus.