Post by The Sandmen on Jan 24, 2021 0:53:52 GMT -5
Rose Namajunas vs. Mackenzie Dern
Rose Namajunas looks very relaxed.
Mackenzie Dern looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Namajunas decides to launch some tentative punches
Dern launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Namajunas with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Dern's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Dern has a small cut in her Right cheek
Mackenzie Dern goes with a looping right hand while Rose Namajunas jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Namajunas seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of her own. Great exchange here.
Dern's Right cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
A solid combination from Mackenzie Dern
mostly hits air.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Rose Namajunas tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Dern's face
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Dern has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Mackenzie Dern attempts a sweep single...
Mackenzie Dern catches Rose Namajunas's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Dern.
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Dern is in closed guard... Namajunas tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Mackenzie Dern!
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Rose Namajunas isolates Mackenzie Dern's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
That Arm Triangle from Rose Namajunas appears to be unbreakable
Mackenzie Dern is able to relieve the pressure on her neck and slip out of the hold.
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Rose Namajunas throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Dern breaks the lock showing some skills...
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Dern tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rose Namajunas doesn't want to lose her adventageous position and she struggles to mantain the full mount.
Namajunas is trying to counter now!
Namajunas goes for an armbar!
Mackenzie Dern breaks the lock and pushes away Rose Namajunas, who rolls over her back and gets to standing position.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Mackenzie Dern. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern attempts a sweep single...
Rose Namajunas was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Namajunas is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Mackenzie Dern is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Dern
She succeeds!
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas attempts a triangle from bottom! Mackenzie Dern slips out. Namajunas quickly turns her hips over and switches to the armbar! She's throwing everything at her.
Mackenzie Dern slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Dern tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Dern opts to jump inside Namajunas's guard.
Namajunas fights back with her feet, forcing Dern to try something else.
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Dern blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Dern is trying to counter now!
Dern tries to escape from the closed guard
Mackenzie Dern any adventage in the ground.
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Dern is in closed guard... Namajunas tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Mackenzie Dern!
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern tries to roll to her side and trap Rose Namajunas in her guard...
Rose Namajunas rolls her over and takes her back!
Namajunas is in rear mount over Dern
Terrible one sided match... Dern was not ready to fight a fighter of Rose Namajunas caliber.
Namajunas tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Dern! Namajunas has one hook in and keeps working!
Namajunas is in rear mount over Dern with one hook in
Dern works on the ground with her fingers over Namajunas's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Namajunas is in rear mount over Dern with one hook in
Dern has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Dern is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Mackenzie Dern gets sloppy and Rose Namajunas tries to take advantage...
Namajunas tries to end this with a RNC!
Dern manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas attempts to move to full guard
Rose Namajunas manages to switch to full guard.
Mackenzie Dern is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Dern
She is not able to do it
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Dern decides to launch some tentative punches
Rose Namajunas takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Dern is holding Rose Namajunas's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Rose Namajunas loses balance and goes to the ground.
Namajunas's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in side mount over Rose Namajunas
Namajunas tries to show some ground skills
Rose Namajunas put Dern in half guard.
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas is cooling the fight on the ground
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Rose Namajunas gets sloppy and Mackenzie Dern tries to take advantage...
Dern tries to free her leg...
Namajunas doesn't allow any movement here! She's cooling the fight on the ground.
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Mackenzie Dern tries to free her leg
Rose Namajunas moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Rose Namajunas launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Dern blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Mackenzie Dern's cheek! Dern stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Dern's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Dern has a small cut in her Left cheek
Namajunas is standing while Dern is on the ground on her back
Namajunas cartwheels towards Dern!
She lands in side mount over a surprised Mackenzie Dern.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The round is for Namajunas, who walks calmly to her corner.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Surprise roundhouse punch by Namajunas.
Mackenzie Dern's reflexes save her!
Rose Namajunas and Dern engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Rose Namajunas tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Dern's face
Superb haymaker by Namajunas
that lands on Dern's face like a cannon ball!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough! The fight is over! Dern was not intelligently defending herself!
Dern's Mouth is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Winner is Rose Namajunas by TKO (Haymaker) at 0:52 Round 2
Statistics: Rose Namajunas
Punches 15/20 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 6/6 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 174 s
Statistics: Mackenzie Dern
Punches 6/10 (60%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 187 s
Rose is looking pretty good in this tournament so far. Will things get interesting, and will she challenge Eye? No. No they will not, and no she will not.
Rose Namajunas looks very relaxed.
Mackenzie Dern looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Namajunas decides to launch some tentative punches
Dern launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Namajunas with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Dern's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Dern has a small cut in her Right cheek
Mackenzie Dern goes with a looping right hand while Rose Namajunas jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Namajunas seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of her own. Great exchange here.
Dern's Right cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
A solid combination from Mackenzie Dern
mostly hits air.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Rose Namajunas tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Dern's face
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Dern has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Mackenzie Dern attempts a sweep single...
Mackenzie Dern catches Rose Namajunas's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Dern.
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Dern is in closed guard... Namajunas tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Mackenzie Dern!
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Rose Namajunas isolates Mackenzie Dern's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
That Arm Triangle from Rose Namajunas appears to be unbreakable
Mackenzie Dern is able to relieve the pressure on her neck and slip out of the hold.
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Rose Namajunas throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Dern breaks the lock showing some skills...
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Dern tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rose Namajunas doesn't want to lose her adventageous position and she struggles to mantain the full mount.
Namajunas is trying to counter now!
Namajunas goes for an armbar!
Mackenzie Dern breaks the lock and pushes away Rose Namajunas, who rolls over her back and gets to standing position.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Mackenzie Dern. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern attempts a sweep single...
Rose Namajunas was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Namajunas is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Mackenzie Dern is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Dern
She succeeds!
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas attempts a triangle from bottom! Mackenzie Dern slips out. Namajunas quickly turns her hips over and switches to the armbar! She's throwing everything at her.
Mackenzie Dern slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Dern tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Dern opts to jump inside Namajunas's guard.
Namajunas fights back with her feet, forcing Dern to try something else.
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Dern blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Dern is trying to counter now!
Dern tries to escape from the closed guard
Mackenzie Dern any adventage in the ground.
Mackenzie Dern is in closed guard over Namajunas
Dern is in closed guard... Namajunas tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Mackenzie Dern!
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern tries to roll to her side and trap Rose Namajunas in her guard...
Rose Namajunas rolls her over and takes her back!
Namajunas is in rear mount over Dern
Terrible one sided match... Dern was not ready to fight a fighter of Rose Namajunas caliber.
Namajunas tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Dern! Namajunas has one hook in and keeps working!
Namajunas is in rear mount over Dern with one hook in
Dern works on the ground with her fingers over Namajunas's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Namajunas is in rear mount over Dern with one hook in
Dern has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Dern is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Mackenzie Dern gets sloppy and Rose Namajunas tries to take advantage...
Namajunas tries to end this with a RNC!
Dern manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas attempts to move to full guard
Rose Namajunas manages to switch to full guard.
Mackenzie Dern is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Dern
She is not able to do it
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Dern decides to launch some tentative punches
Rose Namajunas takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Dern is holding Rose Namajunas's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Rose Namajunas loses balance and goes to the ground.
Namajunas's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in side mount over Rose Namajunas
Namajunas tries to show some ground skills
Rose Namajunas put Dern in half guard.
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas is cooling the fight on the ground
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Rose Namajunas gets sloppy and Mackenzie Dern tries to take advantage...
Dern tries to free her leg...
Namajunas doesn't allow any movement here! She's cooling the fight on the ground.
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in half guard over Namajunas
Mackenzie Dern tries to free her leg
Rose Namajunas moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Rose Namajunas launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Dern blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Mackenzie Dern's cheek! Dern stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Dern's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Dern has a small cut in her Left cheek
Namajunas is standing while Dern is on the ground on her back
Namajunas cartwheels towards Dern!
She lands in side mount over a surprised Mackenzie Dern.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The round is for Namajunas, who walks calmly to her corner.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Surprise roundhouse punch by Namajunas.
Mackenzie Dern's reflexes save her!
Rose Namajunas and Dern engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Rose Namajunas tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Dern's face
Superb haymaker by Namajunas
that lands on Dern's face like a cannon ball!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough! The fight is over! Dern was not intelligently defending herself!
Dern's Mouth is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Winner is Rose Namajunas by TKO (Haymaker) at 0:52 Round 2
Statistics: Rose Namajunas
Punches 15/20 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 6/6 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 174 s
Statistics: Mackenzie Dern
Punches 6/10 (60%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 187 s
Rose is looking pretty good in this tournament so far. Will things get interesting, and will she challenge Eye? No. No they will not, and no she will not.