Post by The Sandmen on Nov 6, 2014 16:13:11 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Watanabe while Mario Yamasaki recites the rules.
Leslie Smith is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
0:22 Round 1 and Smith is still in good shape. She sure has trained hard for this fight.
Smith and Watanabe circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Tremendous strikes from Smith!
Some big punches are landing!
Watanabe's Chin is beginning to swell
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Hisae Watanabe moves forward looking for some grappling action
Watanabe has her opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Leslie Smith tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Watanabe is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The fighters are clinching.
Watanabe takes a break to breathe while holding Leslie Smith.
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Smith is not showing a great technique with that low kick...
That one finds Watanabe's thigh
Leslie Smith seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Smith tries to grapple
Watanabe moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Smith moves forward looking for some action
Hisae Watanabe struggles a bit before breaking Smith's attemp of grappling
Smith decides to launch some tentative punches
Hisae Watanabe takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Hisae Watanabe attempts to cut off Smith with punches
Smith avoids getting cornered.
Watanabe misses a step and Leslie Smith sees an opportunity to counter her!
Smith showing excellent timing, blasts Hisae Watanabe with a right hand.
Watanabe steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
Watanabe decides to launch some tentative punches
Hisae Watanabe takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Leslie Smith swings...
...no good.
Leslie Smith gets sloppy and Hisae Watanabe tries to take advantage...
Hisae Watanabe tries a high kick!
Smith was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off her head!
Smith's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Leslie Smith tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Watanabe is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Leslie Smith is in open guard over Watanabe
Watanabe tries to close her guard around Smith
She succeeds!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Leslie Smith is in closed guard over Watanabe
Smith use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, she jumps to side mount! The crowd in Indira Gandhi Arena (Delhi,India) is cheering her!
Leslie Smith is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Leslie Smith looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Leslie Smith slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Leslie Smith is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Leslie Smith aggressively and repeatedly punches Watanabe.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Leslie Smith is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Leslie Smith tries to better her position on the ground...
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll on the ground...
Hisae Watanabe is in closed guard over Smith
Smith sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. She can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Watanabe is in closed guard... Smith tries to roll on the ground!
Hisae Watanabe uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Hisae Watanabe looks to counter!
Hisae Watanabe hovers above Smith
Leslie Smith stops her from throwing strikes.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe is in closed guard over Smith
Watanabe tries to escape from the closed guard
Watanabe succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Hisae Watanabe is in open guard over Smith
Watanabe tries to jump to side mount.
Leslie Smith closed her guard around Hisae Watanabe.
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Smith measures the resilience of Watanabe's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Watanabe's side.
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Hisae Watanabe goes for an americana!
Watanabe is locking that Americana...
Smith breaks free.
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Smith tries to show some ground skills
Watanabe uses her strength to keep Watanabe at a disadvantage
Watanabe tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Hisae Watanabe aggressively and repeatedly punches Smith.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Leslie Smith launches a few punches to Watanabe's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Watanabe tries to cover her face,
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Watanabe is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did she do that intentionally?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Smith measures the resilience of Watanabe's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Watanabe blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Watanabe.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Watanabe is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Hisae Watanabe and Smith engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Watanabe looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Leslie Smith's punches
Smith is on the receiving end of a great combo by Watanabe.
Watanabe shows no signs of slowing down. She's in great shape.
Hisae Watanabe moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Smith has a small cut in her Left cheek
That punishment by Hisae Watanabe has left Smith staggered! Hisae Watanabe should try push forward now and finish this!
Hisae Watanabe goes with a looping right hand while Leslie Smith jumps back and jabs
Smith seems staggered and Hisae Watanabe runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Mario Yamasaki has seen enough! The fight is over! Smith was not intelligently defending herself!
Winner is Hisae Watanabe by TKO (High kick) at 0:51 Round 2
Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 14/29 (48%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 143 s
Statistics: Leslie Smith
Punches 9/15 (60%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/12 (67%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 143 s
Damn. Smith started to show more signs that she is ready to get her act in gear, then subsequently faded and let the should-be-inferior Watanabe beat her. I is sad.
Leslie Smith is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
0:22 Round 1 and Smith is still in good shape. She sure has trained hard for this fight.
Smith and Watanabe circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Tremendous strikes from Smith!
Some big punches are landing!
Watanabe's Chin is beginning to swell
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Hisae Watanabe moves forward looking for some grappling action
Watanabe has her opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Leslie Smith tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Watanabe is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The fighters are clinching.
Watanabe takes a break to breathe while holding Leslie Smith.
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Smith is not showing a great technique with that low kick...
That one finds Watanabe's thigh
Leslie Smith seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Smith tries to grapple
Watanabe moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Smith moves forward looking for some action
Hisae Watanabe struggles a bit before breaking Smith's attemp of grappling
Smith decides to launch some tentative punches
Hisae Watanabe takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Hisae Watanabe attempts to cut off Smith with punches
Smith avoids getting cornered.
Watanabe misses a step and Leslie Smith sees an opportunity to counter her!
Smith showing excellent timing, blasts Hisae Watanabe with a right hand.
Watanabe steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
Watanabe decides to launch some tentative punches
Hisae Watanabe takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Leslie Smith swings...
...no good.
Leslie Smith gets sloppy and Hisae Watanabe tries to take advantage...
Hisae Watanabe tries a high kick!
Smith was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off her head!
Smith's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Leslie Smith tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Watanabe is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Leslie Smith is in open guard over Watanabe
Watanabe tries to close her guard around Smith
She succeeds!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Leslie Smith is in closed guard over Watanabe
Smith use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, she jumps to side mount! The crowd in Indira Gandhi Arena (Delhi,India) is cheering her!
Leslie Smith is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Leslie Smith looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Leslie Smith slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Leslie Smith is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Leslie Smith aggressively and repeatedly punches Watanabe.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Leslie Smith is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Leslie Smith tries to better her position on the ground...
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll on the ground...
Hisae Watanabe is in closed guard over Smith
Smith sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. She can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Watanabe is in closed guard... Smith tries to roll on the ground!
Hisae Watanabe uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Hisae Watanabe looks to counter!
Hisae Watanabe hovers above Smith
Leslie Smith stops her from throwing strikes.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe is in closed guard over Smith
Watanabe tries to escape from the closed guard
Watanabe succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Hisae Watanabe is in open guard over Smith
Watanabe tries to jump to side mount.
Leslie Smith closed her guard around Hisae Watanabe.
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Smith measures the resilience of Watanabe's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Watanabe's side.
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Hisae Watanabe goes for an americana!
Watanabe is locking that Americana...
Smith breaks free.
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Smith tries to show some ground skills
Watanabe uses her strength to keep Watanabe at a disadvantage
Watanabe tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Hisae Watanabe aggressively and repeatedly punches Smith.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Leslie Smith launches a few punches to Watanabe's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Watanabe tries to cover her face,
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Watanabe is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did she do that intentionally?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Hisae Watanabe is in side mount over Leslie Smith
Smith measures the resilience of Watanabe's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Watanabe blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Watanabe.
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Round 2
=========================================
The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Watanabe is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Hisae Watanabe and Smith engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Watanabe looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Leslie Smith's punches
Smith is on the receiving end of a great combo by Watanabe.
Watanabe shows no signs of slowing down. She's in great shape.
Hisae Watanabe moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Smith has a small cut in her Left cheek
That punishment by Hisae Watanabe has left Smith staggered! Hisae Watanabe should try push forward now and finish this!
Hisae Watanabe goes with a looping right hand while Leslie Smith jumps back and jabs
Smith seems staggered and Hisae Watanabe runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Mario Yamasaki has seen enough! The fight is over! Smith was not intelligently defending herself!
Winner is Hisae Watanabe by TKO (High kick) at 0:51 Round 2
Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 14/29 (48%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 143 s
Statistics: Leslie Smith
Punches 9/15 (60%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/12 (67%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 143 s
Damn. Smith started to show more signs that she is ready to get her act in gear, then subsequently faded and let the should-be-inferior Watanabe beat her. I is sad.