Post by The Sandmen on Dec 11, 2014 20:11:34 GMT -5
Ronda Rousey is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
Zoila Gurgel looks at the ground while she does her calming exercises. She knows she can not fail this night.
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 John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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Ronda Rousey and Zoila Gurgel touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Ronda Rousey seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Ronda Rousey attempts a sweep single...
Ronda Rousey catches Zoila Gurgel's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Rousey.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Rousey is in closed guard... Gurgel tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Ronda Rousey!
Zoila Gurgel is in full mount over Ronda Rousey
Rousey tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
She successfully moves to half guard!
Zoila Gurgel is in half guard over Rousey
Ronda Rousey tries to close the guard.
Rousey put Zoila Gurgel in closed guard.
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Rousey moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Gurgel struggles to free herself
Gurgel struggles to free herself
Zoila Gurgel breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Ronda Rousey. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Ronda Rousey goes with a looping right hand while Zoila Gurgel jumps back and jabs
Gurgel seems staggered and Ronda Rousey runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Ronda Rousey tries to bring the fight to the ground
Gurgel goes down.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Ronda Rousey is in open guard over Gurgel
Rousey moves on the ground...
She remains in open guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Ronda Rousey is in open guard over Gurgel
Rousey is looking to end this fight with strikes
She starts to pound away at Zoila Gurgel, who is barely covering up!
Ronda Rousey is in open guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Gurgel's face!
Ronda Rousey is in open guard over Gurgel
Rousey moves on the ground
Ronda Rousey moves to side mount
Ronda Rousey is in side mount over Zoila Gurgel
Zoila Gurgel tries to turn away and scramble out. Ronda Rousey takes her back and locks up a rear naked choke!
She can't lock it up. Zoila Gurgel spins out and gets back to her feet.
Ronda Rousey gets sloppy and Zoila Gurgel tries to take advantage...
Gurgel tries to show some ground skills
Zoila Gurgel put Rousey in half guard.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Ronda Rousey is in half guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey tries to free her leg
Ronda Rousey uses some of her skill by jumping out of Gurgel's guard. She moves quickly to side mount!
Ronda Rousey is in side mount over Zoila Gurgel
Zoila Gurgel attempts to trap Ronda Rousey in her guard.
Zoila Gurgel manages to switch to full guard.
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Rousey tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Gurgel leans and gets Ronda Rousey's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey throws down elbows...
She's tearing up Gurgel's face with those brutal elbows! Gurgel needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Gurgel's Nose is beginning to swell
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Zoila Gurgel doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on her feet
She can't do it because of Rousey's moves.
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Rousey struggles on the ground and tries to break Zoila Gurgel's guard...
Ronda Rousey is in Gurgel open guard now
Ronda Rousey is in open guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey tries to pass to half guard...
Zoila Gurgel's closes her guard to prevent the pass.
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey moves to better her position on the ground...
Ronda Rousey viciously slams hammer blows to Gurgel's face!
Gurgel's Forehead is beginning to swell
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Rousey leans back...
She clobbers Zoila Gurgel's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Gurgel's Right cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Zoila Gurgel's Right cheek
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey tries to pass Zoila Gurgel's guard...
Ronda Rousey manages to get her leg free and moves to half guard.
Ronda Rousey is in half guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey wants to finish her opponent on the ground
Rousey drills Zoila Gurgel's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Ronda Rousey is in half guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey tries to free her leg...
Ronda Rousey uses some of her skill by jumping out of Gurgel's guard. She moves quickly to full mount!
Ronda Rousey is in side mount over Zoila Gurgel
Ronda Rousey isolates Zoila Gurgel's right arm looking for an armbar...
Crippling lock!
Zoila Gurgel manages to sit up and pull her arm out of danger! Ronda Rousey lost her dominant position.
Zoila Gurgel is in open guard over Rousey
Rousey tries to close her guard around Gurgel
She succeeds!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Ronda Rousey isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Gurgel blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Rousey's guard.
Ronda Rousey gets sloppy and Zoila Gurgel tries to take advantage...
Gurgel struggles on the ground and tries to break Ronda Rousey's guard...
Rousey doesn't want to free her opponent and Gurgel continues in closed guard
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Gurgel is in closed guard... Rousey tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Zoila Gurgel!
Ronda Rousey is in full mount over Zoila Gurgel
Rousey suddenly holds Zoila Gurgel's arm and tries an armbar!
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
Gurgel can break the lock and now she is in a closed guard over Ronda Rousey!
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Rousey measures the resilience of Gurgel's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Gurgel's side.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Rousey measures the resilience of Gurgel's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Gurgel's side.
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Rousey sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. She can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Ronda Rousey launches a few punches to Gurgel's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Gurgel tries to cover her face,
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Ronda Rousey has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Ronda Rousey attempts a sweep single...
Ronda Rousey catches Zoila Gurgel's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Rousey.
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Deep breaths from Zoila Gurgel who tries a hammer punch to Rousey's ribs.
Rousey blocks those punches
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Ronda Rousey is in closed guard over Gurgel
Ronda Rousey tries to better her position on the ground...
Rousey breaks the closed guard of Zoila Gurgel and moves to half guard
Ronda Rousey is in side mount over Zoila Gurgel
Rousey shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Rousey is locking that North South Choke...
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
Gurgel pushes Ronda Rousey forward against her back and breaks the lock!
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Rousey
Gurgel is in closed guard... Rousey tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Zoila Gurgel!
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Ronda Rousey is in full mount over Zoila Gurgel
Rousey tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronda Rousey controls the situation despite Zoila Gurgel efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronda Rousey is in full mount over Zoila Gurgel
Zoila Gurgel tries to roll to her side and trap Ronda Rousey in her guard...
Ronda Rousey rolls her over and takes her back!
Rousey is in rear mount over Gurgel
Good looking punches from Ronda Rousey on the ground
They could take their toll on Gurgel.
Gurgel's Mouth is beginning to swell
Rousey is in rear mount over Gurgel
Gurgel has given her back to Ronda Rousey who is trying to get one hook in!
Ronda Rousey has one hook in!
Rousey is in rear mount over Gurgel with one hook in
Gurgel has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Gurgel is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Poorly executed technique. Ronda Rousey looks to counter!
Ronda Rousey throws her leg over Zoila Gurgel's arm leaving her with only one arm to defend herself from Ronda Rousey's rear naked choke attempt!
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
Zoila Gurgel cannot defend with only one arm and taps to the choke!
Winner is Ronda Rousey by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:49 Round 2
Statistics: Ronda Rousey
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 24/26 (92%)
Submissions 7/7 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 357 s
Statistics: Zoila Gurgel
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 357 s
Gurgel was doing her thing, same as the first, but Rousey was landing hard shots this time. Gurgel was unable to survive the initial onslaught (though she was tiring Rousey pretty effectively. I think the biggest tragedy of this whole thing is her team has 2 unused points and even after seeing how close the previous TWO Rousey-vs. Gurgel fights were, Gurgel was not given those possible game-changing points to give her the edge. With that, she very possibly could have beat Rousey. If not this time, definitely the fight prior. She was really, REALLY close, and its a shame to see her go to waste.