At UFC 296, Irene Aldana secured a unanimous decision win over Karol Rosa after a three-round battle, with the judges' scorecards reading 29-28 across the board. Despite Rosa's aggressive leg kicks and her corner acknowledging Aldana's body shots, Aldana's forward pressure and body shots proved too much. Rosa, with a swollen eye and face injuries, put up a strong fight. The fight, described as one of the best women's fights in recent memory, has been highlighted for its potential to be the Fight of the Night. This victory marked Aldana's 8th win in the UFC.
Irene Aldana absorbed a ton of punishment but picked up an entertaining win over Karol Rosa #UFC296 https://t.co/ACSGM6wfDv
#UFC296 Official Scorecard: Irene Aldana (@IreneAldana_) vs Karol Rosa Every scorecard from the judges ➡️: https://t.co/Hk1uM6JQZC https://t.co/q2BvqcZmza
Holy shit ladies! Aldana vs Rosa one of the wildest and greatest fights UFC has ever seen.
Irene Aldana gets the unanimous decision win over Karol Rosa in an absolute war. #UFC296 https://t.co/jnaKHttKOa
Don’t forget the greatest women’s fight of all time was Joanna and Weili. Rosa vs Aldana was great, but not all-time #ufc296
Irene Aldana now the 24th woman to win 8 or more bouts in the #UFC. #UFC296
No bet on that fight here but happy for Aldana to bounce back as a fan of hers. Was also happy to see Rosa get after it as hard as she did as well, and hope that both women get bonuses. #UFC296
Irene Aldana after the fight #UFC296 https://t.co/VTpB2Hv8Zr
WHAT A FIGHT! 🔥 29-28 29-28 29-28 Irene Aldana does enough to score a unanimous decision 👏 #UFC296 | Buy now on TNT Sports Box Office ▶️ https://t.co/uXQAMHNTBd https://t.co/dnjJgevLb5
Karol Rosa’s face is busted up big time after a three-round war with Irene Aldana. Great fight, and we go to the scorecards for the first time at #UFC296. https://t.co/Z4UH2GjroM
What a war! Props to both Aldana and Rosa #UFC296 https://t.co/iN7IpyC9dS
10-9 Aldana RD3 29-28 Aldana Closest round of the fight. Potential for Aldana by split here. This going to be hard to beat for FOTN! Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa INSTANT CLASSIC! #UFC296
What a great great fight. Aldana is an unbreakable beast 🔥 Both ladies are tough as nails. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #UFC296
What a freaking fight. Incredible stuff from Aldana & Rosa. #UFC296
Winner of Aldana vs Rosa are the fans. Give them both their win money #UFC296
This fight is remarkable!!!! Aldana and Rosa wowowowow #UFC296
Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa. Blood everywhere. Likely FOTN. One of the best fights of the year. Just like we all expected! #UFC296
Irene Aldana and Karol Rosa. 👏👏👏 WHAT A FIGHT!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #UFC296
Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa is shaping up to be one of the best women's fights in recent memory. What a great rebranding for Aldana after that lifeless performance against Amanda Nunes #UFC296
Fight of the night for sure, for Aldana and Rosa😳 #UFC296
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE WAR THIS IS BETWEEN ROSA AND ALDANA #UFC296
This is a hell of a fight between Aldana and Rosa #UFC296
Rosa's eye is swollen shut. Aldana's cut on face and her leg looks terrible. And I got a win on my over 2.5 rounds, LOL! #UFC296
More low kicks from Rosa in round 3. Aldana knows she needs to press her back though. #UFC296
19-19 after two This is one hell of a striking battle between Rosa & Aldana #UFC296
Thought that Aldana body shot hurt Rosa and Rosa just acknowledged as much in her corner #UFC296
Aldana basically decided to let Rosa chop her leg, but is confident her punches will be more effective – and they certainly were in Round 2. #UFC296
Rosa needs more than just leg kicks to win…Aldana is picking up serious momentum #UFC296
Aldana is coming forward and landing some good shots, but Rosa is tearing up her lead leg with these kicks #UFC296
More low kicks to start round 2 from Rosa. Aldana doesn't have any answer for it. #UFC296
Aldana is going to have to do SOMETHING. Rosa is freely throwing and landing those leg kicks. #UFC296
Rosa on the front foot early trying to walk Aldana down. #UFC296
#UFC296 Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa up next. Second to last fight on ESPN2 before we head into the PPV. Drop a follow if you want updates on the PPV 🤜🫶 https://t.co/9NnmGEGITV
#UFC296 Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa up next. https://t.co/8iWqiA3Snf
Irene Aldana faces Karol Rosa next here at T-Mobile Arena. #UFC296
Aldana vs Rosa is LIVE and FREE NEXT on ESPN2! #UFC296 https://t.co/ZPFzaGmoCC