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Herrig picks up 3rd straight win with dominant showing against Kish

Sean Pokorny / USA TODAY Sports

Felice Herrig's resurgence didn't end with Justine Kish.

The longtime strawweight staged a grappling clinic to take a unanimous decision over Kish at UFC Fight Night 112 in Oklahoma City on Sunday. The statement victory marked Herrig's third straight since returning from a 15-month layoff last July, and her fourth in a handful of walks to the Octagon.

Herrig exploited her edge in the grappling department within the fight's opening seconds, putting Kish on her hind parts before transitioning from ground-and-pound in full mount to a rear-naked choke attempt:

As she would throughout the three-round clash, Kish fought her way out of the precarious positions on brute strength alone, and ended the round in top control.

After repeatedly beating Kish to the punch in the second round's striking exchanges, Herrig once again dragged the karate specialist into her world, and while Kish closed out the frame on top as she did in the first, "Lil' Bulldog" ran away with the fight in the final stanza.

Even with the edge on the scorecards, Herrig didn't rest on her laurels in Round 3, as she promptly took Kish down and appeared to have her dead to rights with an airtight rear-naked choke that her foe miraculously escaped.

Kish's resilience took her to the scorecards, but it didn't keep her from suffering her first loss in seven professional fights, the last five of which have gone the distance. Her UFC record fell to 2-1 with the lopsided defeat.

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