UFC bantamweight Jessica-Rose Clark anticipates surgery to repair her damaged elbow following a brutal armbar loss to Julija Stoliarenko at UFC 276.
Clark, who claimed she was in Las Vegas for three hours with her coach, said her opponent was responsible. She told fans that “she continued to armbar me” after being tapped .”
” But that’s okay, it is what it is,” Clark stated in an Instagram video. “I felt great. I still cried the entire time I was at the hospital, but I feel alright.
“I am understandably heartbroken, but I did everything right this camp.”
Clark suffered her second straight loss by armbar after a first-round submission to Stephanie Eggar in her previous performance, which took place in February at UFC Vegas 48.
In her post-win interview, Stoliarenko, who picked up her first UFC win in four tries, said she had trained to crank submissions to their completion and indicated Clark was at fault for not tapping earlier.
“If I get submission, I’m going to snap it,” she said.
The 34-year-old Aussie said she would undergo surgery and work on her takedown defense to come back better and avoid such a result. She said the experience of fighting at T-Mobile Arena was “honestly one of the best experiences of my life” and dismissed retirment outright.
“I wish I could have won,” she said. “But I’m not done. I’m going to come back and try again, and I’m going to do better.”
Clark joked that her first task would be to remove her UFC uniform, while her left arm was still in a sling. She thanked her supporters and added a message of defiance for social media critics.
” For those who message me and tell me that you have lost money, you will lose half of your paycheck. So, go ahead, f*** yourself,” she stated.
