PORTLAND, Ore. – Kelly Faszholz started slow and then rallied late against Ketlen Vieira , but in the end it wasn’t enough. With a suffocating ground game, Vieira (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) eeked out a victory over a game Faszholz (3-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC), taking the fight via split-decision victory with scores of 28-29, 29-28, and 29-28. The women’s bantamweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 96 event at Moda Center in Portland, Ore. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of additional prelims on FS2 and a main card on FS1.
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