UFC 296 video: Ariane Lipski rocks Casey O'Neill, forces tap-out with wicked armbar

17/12/2023 02:38

Ariane Lipski is back in championship form.

The former KSW flyweight queen made it three straight wins on Saturday after tapping out Casey O'Neill with an armbar at UFC 296 in Las Vegas. This is the best run of form for Lipski since she joined the UFC in 2019.

Lipski set up the finish after hurting O'Neill on the feet first and you can watch the thrilling ending below.

With the win, Lipski moved her UFC record over the .500 mark as she is now 6-5 in the promotion. She now holds consecutive wins over O'Neill, Melissa Gatto, and JJ Aldrich.

"The Queen of Violence" went back-and-forth with O'Neill in the striking before turning up the heat early in the second round. A scintillating combination capped off by a partially deflected head kick had O'Neill on wobbly legs and when Lipski continued to pour on the pressure, O'Neill shot in to take the fight to the ground.

Lipski fired away with strikes from top position, landing several clean shots before O'Neill's defenses broke down, leaving her open for the armbar. The official time of the stoppage was 1:18 into Round 2.

It was the first finish for Lipski since she submitted Luana Carolina with an ugly-looking kneebar back in July 2020.

That's two straight losses now for O'Neill, who was 4-0 in the UFC before a knee injury sidelined her for a year. She returned to action at UFC 286 this past March, where she lost a unanimous decision to one-time title challenger Jennifer Maia.