Since making her MMA debut in 2019, Dakota Ditcheva has blown away every opponent in her 13 fights since. 

Her first PFL regular season campaign this year has been no different, winning all three fights en-route to the final within the scheduled distance. 

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Ditcheva will be competing in the women's featherweight final and in the opposite corner is the experienced Brazilian Taila Santos. 

Ahead of this PFL women's featherweight title fight, MMA analyst Dan Hardy previewed the fight for DAZN News. 

Dakota Ditcheva

Use range to your advantage

She knows the further away her opponent is in this fight, the better for her.

What I will say is that Dakota is very strong in the clinch and has got great knees as well. There is an additional range I think Dakota can battle in against Taila Santos.

Avoid the clinch 

If she does find herself clinched, she does not want to be grappling, she did a good job against Jena Bishop but the experience level between Santos and Bishop is a different problem.

Taila Santos

Grappling is your strength

This fight is won and lost in the clinch.

Santos has got great body locks, she’s good at holding her opponent up against the fence, securing them with a body lock and then pulling them away from the fence with a takedown and establishing top position.

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