Jessica Andrade scored a rare standing submission at UFC Vegas 52 and has become quite the history maker. She had practiced the standing arm-triangle choke in the past and wanted to try it against Amanda Lemos.

Jessica Andrade did not expect the fight to end so quickly and was ready to weather the storm against Amanda Lemos. The main event of UFC Vegas 52 ended so quickly as the submission was slapped on quickly.

“The plan, on paper, was to tire her out in the first round, maybe second round, so I could take over in the third,” Andrade told reporters including MMAFighting afterward. “I know she was going to hurt me, and I had to be cautious about it in the first round, and the moment I get in close quarters, girls get a little bit desperate, because I am pretty scary at close quarters.

“The moment that I connected with her, she put her arm up, and I said, ‘OK, that’s the move we’ve been playing with the entire week.’”

Coming back to strawweight after being at flyweight, Jessica Andrade is now back on track in the weight class and is hoping to fight for a title soon. The UFC strawweight knew she needed a big win to get back on track.

“I think this is a big win,” she said. “We were aware that going into this one, I was ranked No. 10, so I couldn’t really expect to be a title challenger right away. But it was also on my mind that, maybe if we do something different, if we have a devastating win, if we really do something outside of the norm, maybe, who knows. It’s a tough division. There are a bunch of girls ahead of me. Maybe we can get the conversation going.

“No matter what, I want to keep active if the girls are fighting right away – Joanna and [Zhang] Weili. If I can fight someone there it would be great. Hopefully, it could be soon, because they’re fighting next month. But if that doesn’t happen, if there’s something good at flyweight, I don’t mind fighting there. If there’s something interesting at bantamweight, I’ll fight there. It’s all good. Just keep me ranked everywhere, and I’ll fight whoever’s in front of me.”