Canada's Jasmine Jasudavicius submits Brazilian Priscila Cachoeira at UFC 297 in Toronto

Canadian bantamweight Jasmine Jasudavicius dominated Brazil's Priscila Cachoeira on the ground en route to a third-round submission win Saturday night on the undercard of UFC 297 in Toronto.

The 34-year-old from Niagara, Ont., bloodied the Brazilian on the ground in a lopsided first round then knocked her down in the second with a right to the head before administering more ground-and-pound pain. Cachoeira (12-6-0), her battered face leaking blood, tapped to an anaconda choke at 4:21 of the third round.

"I want to show how mean I am," said Jasudavicius (10-3-0), who improved her UFC record to 4-2-0.

Mission accomplished.

The undercard featured seven Canadian fighters with two more — welterweight Mike Malott and middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault — on the main card.

Canadians went 2-5 on the undercard with all five men losing.

The show was the UFC's first in Toronto since UFC 231 in December 2018.

The Scotiabank Arena crowd was loud from the get-go, greeting American flyweight Jimmy Flick — the first fighter to appear — with boos as he walked out to Drake's "Started From the Bottom." Toronto's Malcom Gordon, his opponent, got a hero's welcome.

That trend continued all night, with Canadian fighters feeling the love from the crowd, which launched into several unsolicited, obscene Justin Trudeau chants as the night wore on.

The first loud "Let's Go Canada" chant came less than three minutes into the first round as Gordon pummelled Flick on the ground. But Gordon's aggression cost him in the second as he ended on the canvas and Flick (17-7-0) finished him with an arm-triangle at 1:17 of the round for his 15th career submission win, drawing more boos.

Gordon (14-8-0) forfeited 20 per cent of his purse to Flick after weighing