Yan Xiaonan used her speed and her reach to pick apart Viviane Pereira from a safe distance over the course of three rounds, and in the end the judges rewarded her for it.

Xiaonan (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) earned the unanimous decision victory with scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27, outpointing Pereira (13-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on all three scorecards to get the win.

The women’s strawweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 132 event at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The entire card streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

The story of this fight was distance and quickness, both of which Xiaonan had on her side as she floated with ease just outside the reach of Pereira for most of the fight. Whenever Xiaonan felt like it, she burst forward with a stinging attack, leaving Pereira swinging at air in response.

That pattern, once established, repeated itself throughout all three rounds, as Pereira proved mostly unable to get her hands on Xiaonan for any sustained assault, settling instead for following Xiaonan around the cage and trying to answer her strikes from too great a distance.

While Pereira did seem like the more powerful striker when she managed to land, she couldn’t do so often enough to halt Xiaonan’s progress, and by the end all three judges saw it for the more active and effective fighter, handing Xiaonan the win via decision.

The victory makes it two in a row for Xiaonan in the UFC. Pereira has lost two straight.

“I trained to keep distance and use space,” Xiaonan said. “I think I executed my plan perfectly. I hear there might be another show in China this year, and I would be honored to be a part.”

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 132 results include:

Yan Xiaonan def. Vivia Pereira via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Matt Schnell def. Naoki Inoue via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

For more on UFC Fight Night 132, check out the UFC Events section of the site.