Post by The Sandmen on Dec 24, 2014 1:26:52 GMT -5
Cris Cyborg glares at her opponent from the opposite corner.
Meisha Tate doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
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 Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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Cyborg and Tate move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Meisha Tate tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Cris Cyborg jumps backwards and frees her leg.
Cyborg tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Inside leg kick from Cyborg
that lands on Meisha Tate's leg.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Tate hyper-extended her leg
A right hand from Meisha Tate
makes Cyborg stumble back!
Cris Cyborg launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Tate blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Meisha Tate's cheek! Tate stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Cyborg is standing while Tate is on the ground on her back
Meisha Tate kicks her legs trying to keep Cris Cyborg away.
Cris Cyborg takes a kick to the body.
Cyborg is standing while Tate is on the ground on her back
Meisha Tate kicks her legs trying to keep Cris Cyborg away.
Cris Cyborg takes a kick to the body.
Cyborg is standing while Tate is on the ground on her back
Cyborg decides to go after her opponent and jumps inside Tate's guard.
Tate did not see that coming! Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate now.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Meisha Tate slides her legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Cris Cyborg cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Cris Cyborg is in side mount over Meisha Tate
Cyborg positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Tate's attempts to cover herself and blocks those elbows.
Cris Cyborg is in side mount over Meisha Tate
Cris Cyborg looks to mount Meisha Tate...
Cris Cyborg slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Cris Cyborg is in full mount over Meisha Tate
Cris Cyborg storms over Tate with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Meisha Tate blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Cris Cyborg gets sloppy and Meisha Tate tries to take advantage...
Tate tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
She successfully moves to half guard!
Cris Cyborg is in half guard over Tate
Meisha Tate attempts to move to full guard
Meisha Tate manages to switch to full guard.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Cyborg is looking to end this fight with strikes
She starts to pound away at Meisha Tate, who is barely covering up!
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Cris Cyborg was tooling Meisha Tate for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Meisha Tate lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate tries to close her guard around Cyborg
She succeeds!
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg tries to stand up!
Tate doesn't allow her!
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cyborg blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cris Cyborg 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 Tate's moves.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate tries to move on the ground and shows Cris Cyborg a crack in her guard which she uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Tate's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks her head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows she may be calling off the fight soon!
Tate has a small cut in her Forehead
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Tate's being punished here!
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg tries to stand up!
Tate doesn't allow her!
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Meisha Tate launches a few punches to Cyborg's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Cyborg tries to cover her face,
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg launches a barrage of elbows over Tate's face!
Meisha Tate blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Tate is trying to counter now!
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Meisha Tate leans forwards and tries to grapple with Cyborg
Tate shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Tate doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Cris Cyborg embrace and tries to move away...
Cris Cyborg pushes Tate forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Meisha Tate is absolutely terrifying with her power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Cyborg with uppercuts!
Cyborg is taking more than she can endure. This could end soon if Cyborg is unable to escape!
There is a small laceration on Cris Cyborg's Right eye
The fighters are clinching.
Meisha Tate slightly pushes Cyborg into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Meisha Tate tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Cyborg's face
Meisha Tate closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Meisha Tate throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Cyborg's chin! That stops Cyborg in her tracks!
Meisha Tate throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Cyborg's chin! That stops Cyborg in her tracks!
There is a small laceration on Cris Cyborg's Left eye
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Meisha Tate attempts a sweep single...
Meisha Tate catches Cris Cyborg's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Tate.
Meisha Tate is in closed guard over Cyborg
Tate delivers a few accurate elbows!
Cyborg is being hit hard and trys to escape! She has to give her back!
Cyborg's Forehead is beginning to swell
Cyborg has a small cut in her Forehead
Tate is in rear mount over Cyborg
Cyborg has Tate controlling her back while on the ground. She tries to roll and find an escape...
Tate is unable to move under Cyborg control.
Cyborg misses a step and Meisha Tate sees an opportunity to counter her!
Meisha Tate throws her leg over Cris Cyborg's arm leaving her with only one arm to defend herself from Meisha Tate's rear naked choke attempt!
Cris Cyborg cannot defend with only one arm and taps to the choke!
Winner is Meisha Tate by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:51 Round 2
Statistics: Cris Cyborg
Punches 4/5 (80%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/23 (35%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 230 s
Statistics: Meisha Tate
Punches 8/8 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/3 (100%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 20/25 (80%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 268 s
Tate’s strengths here were the lone takedown, and definitely the GnP. Weaknesses, especially in this case, were stand up. She was getting dominated there, even though it was only 5 strikes, those did HUGE damage (she did about 60% of the damage Tate did, but with 33% the number of offensive attacks. No one hits like Cyborg.
Meisha Tate doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
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 Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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Cyborg and Tate move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Meisha Tate tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Cris Cyborg jumps backwards and frees her leg.
Cyborg tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Inside leg kick from Cyborg
that lands on Meisha Tate's leg.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Tate hyper-extended her leg
A right hand from Meisha Tate
makes Cyborg stumble back!
Cris Cyborg launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Tate blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Meisha Tate's cheek! Tate stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Cyborg is standing while Tate is on the ground on her back
Meisha Tate kicks her legs trying to keep Cris Cyborg away.
Cris Cyborg takes a kick to the body.
Cyborg is standing while Tate is on the ground on her back
Meisha Tate kicks her legs trying to keep Cris Cyborg away.
Cris Cyborg takes a kick to the body.
Cyborg is standing while Tate is on the ground on her back
Cyborg decides to go after her opponent and jumps inside Tate's guard.
Tate did not see that coming! Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate now.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Meisha Tate slides her legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Cris Cyborg cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Cris Cyborg is in side mount over Meisha Tate
Cyborg positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Tate's attempts to cover herself and blocks those elbows.
Cris Cyborg is in side mount over Meisha Tate
Cris Cyborg looks to mount Meisha Tate...
Cris Cyborg slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Cris Cyborg is in full mount over Meisha Tate
Cris Cyborg storms over Tate with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Meisha Tate blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Cris Cyborg gets sloppy and Meisha Tate tries to take advantage...
Tate tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
She successfully moves to half guard!
Cris Cyborg is in half guard over Tate
Meisha Tate attempts to move to full guard
Meisha Tate manages to switch to full guard.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Cyborg is looking to end this fight with strikes
She starts to pound away at Meisha Tate, who is barely covering up!
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Cris Cyborg was tooling Meisha Tate for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Meisha Tate lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in open guard over Tate
Tate tries to close her guard around Cyborg
She succeeds!
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg tries to stand up!
Tate doesn't allow her!
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cyborg blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cris Cyborg 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 Tate's moves.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate tries to move on the ground and shows Cris Cyborg a crack in her guard which she uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Tate's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks her head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows she may be calling off the fight soon!
Tate has a small cut in her Forehead
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Tate's being punished here!
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg tries to stand up!
Tate doesn't allow her!
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Meisha Tate launches a few punches to Cyborg's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Cyborg tries to cover her face,
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Cris Cyborg is in closed guard over Tate
Cyborg launches a barrage of elbows over Tate's face!
Meisha Tate blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Tate is trying to counter now!
Tate measures the resilience of Cyborg's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Cyborg's side.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Meisha Tate leans forwards and tries to grapple with Cyborg
Tate shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Tate doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Cris Cyborg embrace and tries to move away...
Cris Cyborg pushes Tate forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Meisha Tate is absolutely terrifying with her power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Cyborg with uppercuts!
Cyborg is taking more than she can endure. This could end soon if Cyborg is unable to escape!
There is a small laceration on Cris Cyborg's Right eye
The fighters are clinching.
Meisha Tate slightly pushes Cyborg into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Meisha Tate tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Cyborg's face
Meisha Tate closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Meisha Tate throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Cyborg's chin! That stops Cyborg in her tracks!
Meisha Tate throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Cyborg's chin! That stops Cyborg in her tracks!
There is a small laceration on Cris Cyborg's Left eye
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Meisha Tate attempts a sweep single...
Meisha Tate catches Cris Cyborg's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Tate.
Meisha Tate is in closed guard over Cyborg
Tate delivers a few accurate elbows!
Cyborg is being hit hard and trys to escape! She has to give her back!
Cyborg's Forehead is beginning to swell
Cyborg has a small cut in her Forehead
Tate is in rear mount over Cyborg
Cyborg has Tate controlling her back while on the ground. She tries to roll and find an escape...
Tate is unable to move under Cyborg control.
Cyborg misses a step and Meisha Tate sees an opportunity to counter her!
Meisha Tate throws her leg over Cris Cyborg's arm leaving her with only one arm to defend herself from Meisha Tate's rear naked choke attempt!
Cris Cyborg cannot defend with only one arm and taps to the choke!
Winner is Meisha Tate by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:51 Round 2
Statistics: Cris Cyborg
Punches 4/5 (80%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/23 (35%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 230 s
Statistics: Meisha Tate
Punches 8/8 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/3 (100%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 20/25 (80%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 268 s
Tate’s strengths here were the lone takedown, and definitely the GnP. Weaknesses, especially in this case, were stand up. She was getting dominated there, even though it was only 5 strikes, those did HUGE damage (she did about 60% of the damage Tate did, but with 33% the number of offensive attacks. No one hits like Cyborg.