Post by The Sandmen on Mar 23, 2015 20:30:15 GMT -5
Bec Rawlings is beating herself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking herself in the face, body and legs to get ready for her scrap.
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising her fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Good front kick from Rawlings!
Kankaanpää stumbles backwards after that one!
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Rawlings moves forward looking for some action
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't want to engage and backpedals
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Kankaanpää shows no signs of slowing down. She's in great shape.
The two exchange wildly
Kankaanpää is connecting with a few punches
Rawlings's Mouth is bruised after the punishement she's received!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries a hook to the body
and hits Rawlings ribs hard
Kankaanpää wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kankaanpää doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Bec Rawlings embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Kankaanpää who put distance between them
Kankaanpää is holding Bec Rawlings's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Bec Rawlings loses balance and goes to the ground.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Kankaanpää shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
That North South Choke from Katja Kankaanpää appears to be unbreakable
That North South Choke from Katja Kankaanpää appears to be unbreakable
Rawlings struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Rawlings's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Rawlings pushes Katja Kankaanpää forward against her back and breaks the lock!
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Katja Kankaanpää holds Bec Rawlings and prevents her from moving to a better position!
Kankaanpää is trying to counter now!
Katja Kankaanpää throws up a triangle attempt!
Bec Rawlings postures up and breaks the triangle.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings is in closed guard... Kankaanpää tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Bec Rawlings!
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Rawlings measures the resilience of Kankaanpää's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Kankaanpää blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Rawlings clumsily fails here and it's time for Katja Kankaanpää to fight back!
Katja Kankaanpää tries to better her position on the ground...
Kankaanpää is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings tries to roll to her side and trap Katja Kankaanpää in her guard...
Katja Kankaanpää rolls her over and takes her back!
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää tries to get her arm under Bec Rawlings's chin but can't do it. She locks her arms over Bec Rawlings's neck and tries to finish her with a neck crank!
Bec Rawlings easily defends the attempt.
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings
Kankaanpää tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Rawlings! Kankaanpää has one hook in and keeps working!
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings with one hook in
Kankaanpää has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If she succeed things are goint to get very bad for Rawlings.
Nicely done! Kankaanpää now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings with two hooks in
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Rawlings has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Rawlings is unable to find a way to escape from this.
Poorly executed technique. Katja Kankaanpää looks to counter!
Katja Kankaanpää slides her arm under Bec Rawlings's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Bec Rawlings pushes up and slides Katja Kankaanpää's arm over her chin.
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Some counter punches against Katja Kankaanpää
land while she's on her bicycle.
Kankaanpää is holding Bec Rawlings's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Bec Rawlings loses balance and goes to the ground.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Rawlings launches a few weak punches
Kankaanpää blocks them effectively.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää isolates Bec Rawlings's left arm looking for an armbar...
Bec Rawlings manages to sit up and pull her arm out of danger! Katja Kankaanpää lost her dominant position.
Bec Rawlings is in open guard over Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Rawlings blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Kankaanpää misses a step and Bec Rawlings sees an opportunity to counter her!
Bec Rawlings tries to pass to half guard...
Katja Kankaanpää's guard is too good and she fails to pass.
Bec Rawlings is in open guard over Kankaanpää
Bec Rawlings tries to open Kankaanpää's guard...
Kankaanpää breaks the lock and covers herself from Rawlings's punches
Poorly executed technique. Katja Kankaanpää looks to counter!
Katja Kankaanpää overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Rawlings pulls her arm out of danger.
Steve Mazzagatti stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Bec Rawlings attempts to cut off Kankaanpää with punches
Kankaanpää avoids getting cornered.
Poorly executed technique. Katja Kankaanpää looks to counter!
Katja Kankaanpää tries a nice one-two combination
She scores!
Katja Kankaanpää fakes a punch and launches herself over Rawlings!
Nice move by Kankaanpää who clinches and pushes Rawlings against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Kankaanpää is launching some bone breaking punches to Rawlings's ribs while in the clinch.
Rawlings blocks.
Bec Rawlings pushes away Kankaanpää trying to keep the fight at striking range
Kankaanpää doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Bec Rawlings
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kankaanpää gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Kankaanpää blocks Bec Rawlings's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 2
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Bec Rawlings tries a middle kick
Katja Kankaanpää blocks and steps away.
Kankaanpää tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Katja Kankaanpää tries to bring the fight to the ground
Rawlings goes down.
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Rawlings
Kankaanpää tries to jump to side mount.
Bec Rawlings jumps and show some wrestling skills as she positions herself for continuing the fight in side control.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Bec Rawlings is cooling the fight on the ground
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää tries to move on the ground and shows Bec Rawlings a crack in her guard which she uses for a big elbow!
Kankaanpää uses her forearms to block the impact!
Kankaanpää is trying to counter now!
Katja Kankaanpää gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Rawlings spins out, but Katja Kankaanpää was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Rawlings is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Bec Rawlings. 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 Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
Kankaanpää launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Rawlings's face but it seems like one finger has poked her eye! Does the referee see that?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Kankaanpää decides to launch some tentative punches
Bec Rawlings takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Katja Kankaanpää circles around Rawlings
Kankaanpää throws a low kick
Bec Rawlings blocks.
Kankaanpää goes to the body...
her punches graze Rawlings's arm.
Kankaanpää goes to the body...
She punishes Rawlings's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Rawlings is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Rawlings
Rawlings tries to close her guard around Kankaanpää
She succeeds!
Katja Kankaanpää is in closed guard over Rawlings
Bec Rawlings gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Kankaanpää spins out, but Bec Rawlings was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Kankaanpää is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Bec Rawlings. 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 Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
Bec Rawlings attempts a sweep single...
Bec Rawlings catches Katja Kankaanpää's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Rawlings.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings tries to escape from closed guard...
Rawlings struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Bec Rawlings is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Deep breaths from Katja Kankaanpää who tries a hammer punch to Rawlings's ribs.
That hit Rawlings who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Bec Rawlings is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää attempts to move to full guard
Katja Kankaanpää manages to switch to full guard.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings is in closed guard... Kankaanpää tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Bec Rawlings!
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings tries to roll to her side and trap Katja Kankaanpää in her guard...
Katja Kankaanpää keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Kankaanpää goes for an armbar!
Bec Rawlings breaks the lock and pushes away Katja Kankaanpää, who rolls over her back and gets to standing position.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Katja Kankaanpää. 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.
The clock says 3:35 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Katja Kankaanpää is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The two exchange wildly
Kankaanpää is connecting with a few punches
Bec Rawlings is taking out her mouthpiece to breathe...
Rawlings steps backwards away from Katja Kankaanpää. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Rawlings has a small cut in her Right eye
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Kankaanpää fires low kicks
punishing Rawlings's legs repeatedly.
The clock says 4:45 in the 2 round
Several good body shots
are evaded by Kankaanpää.
Kankaanpää steps backwards away from Bec Rawlings. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 3
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Bec Rawlings attempts a sweep single...
Katja Kankaanpää was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Rawlings decides to launch some tentative punches
Katja Kankaanpää takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
A right hand from Bec Rawlings
gets deflected.
Rawlings clumsily fails here and it's time for Katja Kankaanpää to fight back!
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Kankaanpää looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Bec Rawlings's punches
Kankaanpää measures the resilience of Rawlings's chin with an uppercut while Rawlings lands some great crosses.
The clock says 1:05 in the 3 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Rawlings is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Rawlings moves forward looking for some action
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't want to engage and backpedals
The clock says 1:30 in the 3 round
Kankaanpää is holding Bec Rawlings's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Bec Rawlings loses balance and goes to the ground.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings attempts to trap Katja Kankaanpää in her guard.
Katja Kankaanpää keeps control and remains in side mount.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää looks to mount Bec Rawlings...
Katja Kankaanpää slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää takes a deep breath as she passes her arm over Bec Rawlings shoulder and pushes her arm againts the mat!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Rawlings's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in Rawlings's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
Rawlings struggles to free herself
That Americana from Katja Kankaanpää appears to be unbreakable
Kankaanpää is locking that Americana...
Rawlings's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Kankaanpää shows a pained grimace and she repeatedly taps out after a perfect americana!
Winner is Katja Kankaanpää by Submission (Americana) at 2:20 Round 3
Statistics: Bec Rawlings
Punches 6/25 (24%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/12 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 279 s
Statistics: Katja Kankaanpää
Punches 17/23 (74%)
Kicks 3/4 (75%)
Clinch strikes 1/4 (25%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 10/10 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 279 s
Bec has tumbled a long way down, but Katja brought it in this fight and dominated legit-style. Not a nothing win for sure.
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising her fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Good front kick from Rawlings!
Kankaanpää stumbles backwards after that one!
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Rawlings moves forward looking for some action
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't want to engage and backpedals
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Kankaanpää shows no signs of slowing down. She's in great shape.
The two exchange wildly
Kankaanpää is connecting with a few punches
Rawlings's Mouth is bruised after the punishement she's received!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries a hook to the body
and hits Rawlings ribs hard
Kankaanpää wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kankaanpää doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Bec Rawlings embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Kankaanpää who put distance between them
Kankaanpää is holding Bec Rawlings's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Bec Rawlings loses balance and goes to the ground.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Kankaanpää shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
That North South Choke from Katja Kankaanpää appears to be unbreakable
That North South Choke from Katja Kankaanpää appears to be unbreakable
Rawlings struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Rawlings's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Rawlings pushes Katja Kankaanpää forward against her back and breaks the lock!
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Katja Kankaanpää holds Bec Rawlings and prevents her from moving to a better position!
Kankaanpää is trying to counter now!
Katja Kankaanpää throws up a triangle attempt!
Bec Rawlings postures up and breaks the triangle.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings is in closed guard... Kankaanpää tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Bec Rawlings!
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Rawlings measures the resilience of Kankaanpää's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Kankaanpää blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Rawlings clumsily fails here and it's time for Katja Kankaanpää to fight back!
Katja Kankaanpää tries to better her position on the ground...
Kankaanpää is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings tries to roll to her side and trap Katja Kankaanpää in her guard...
Katja Kankaanpää rolls her over and takes her back!
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää tries to get her arm under Bec Rawlings's chin but can't do it. She locks her arms over Bec Rawlings's neck and tries to finish her with a neck crank!
Bec Rawlings easily defends the attempt.
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings
Kankaanpää tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Rawlings! Kankaanpää has one hook in and keeps working!
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings with one hook in
Kankaanpää has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If she succeed things are goint to get very bad for Rawlings.
Nicely done! Kankaanpää now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Kankaanpää is in rear mount over Rawlings with two hooks in
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Rawlings has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Rawlings is unable to find a way to escape from this.
Poorly executed technique. Katja Kankaanpää looks to counter!
Katja Kankaanpää slides her arm under Bec Rawlings's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Bec Rawlings pushes up and slides Katja Kankaanpää's arm over her chin.
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Some counter punches against Katja Kankaanpää
land while she's on her bicycle.
Kankaanpää is holding Bec Rawlings's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Bec Rawlings loses balance and goes to the ground.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Rawlings launches a few weak punches
Kankaanpää blocks them effectively.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää isolates Bec Rawlings's left arm looking for an armbar...
Bec Rawlings manages to sit up and pull her arm out of danger! Katja Kankaanpää lost her dominant position.
Bec Rawlings is in open guard over Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Rawlings blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Kankaanpää misses a step and Bec Rawlings sees an opportunity to counter her!
Bec Rawlings tries to pass to half guard...
Katja Kankaanpää's guard is too good and she fails to pass.
Bec Rawlings is in open guard over Kankaanpää
Bec Rawlings tries to open Kankaanpää's guard...
Kankaanpää breaks the lock and covers herself from Rawlings's punches
Poorly executed technique. Katja Kankaanpää looks to counter!
Katja Kankaanpää overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Rawlings pulls her arm out of danger.
Steve Mazzagatti stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Bec Rawlings attempts to cut off Kankaanpää with punches
Kankaanpää avoids getting cornered.
Poorly executed technique. Katja Kankaanpää looks to counter!
Katja Kankaanpää tries a nice one-two combination
She scores!
Katja Kankaanpää fakes a punch and launches herself over Rawlings!
Nice move by Kankaanpää who clinches and pushes Rawlings against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Kankaanpää is launching some bone breaking punches to Rawlings's ribs while in the clinch.
Rawlings blocks.
Bec Rawlings pushes away Kankaanpää trying to keep the fight at striking range
Kankaanpää doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Bec Rawlings
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kankaanpää gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Kankaanpää blocks Bec Rawlings's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 2
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Bec Rawlings tries a middle kick
Katja Kankaanpää blocks and steps away.
Kankaanpää tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Katja Kankaanpää tries to bring the fight to the ground
Rawlings goes down.
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Rawlings
Kankaanpää tries to jump to side mount.
Bec Rawlings jumps and show some wrestling skills as she positions herself for continuing the fight in side control.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Bec Rawlings is cooling the fight on the ground
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää tries to move on the ground and shows Bec Rawlings a crack in her guard which she uses for a big elbow!
Kankaanpää uses her forearms to block the impact!
Kankaanpää is trying to counter now!
Katja Kankaanpää gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Rawlings spins out, but Katja Kankaanpää was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Rawlings is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Bec Rawlings. 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 Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
Kankaanpää launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Rawlings's face but it seems like one finger has poked her eye! Does the referee see that?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Kankaanpää decides to launch some tentative punches
Bec Rawlings takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Katja Kankaanpää circles around Rawlings
Kankaanpää throws a low kick
Bec Rawlings blocks.
Kankaanpää goes to the body...
her punches graze Rawlings's arm.
Kankaanpää goes to the body...
She punishes Rawlings's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Rawlings is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Rawlings
Rawlings tries to close her guard around Kankaanpää
She succeeds!
Katja Kankaanpää is in closed guard over Rawlings
Bec Rawlings gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Kankaanpää spins out, but Bec Rawlings was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Kankaanpää is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Bec Rawlings. 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 Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
Bec Rawlings attempts a sweep single...
Bec Rawlings catches Katja Kankaanpää's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Rawlings.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings tries to escape from closed guard...
Rawlings struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Bec Rawlings is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Deep breaths from Katja Kankaanpää who tries a hammer punch to Rawlings's ribs.
That hit Rawlings who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Bec Rawlings is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää attempts to move to full guard
Katja Kankaanpää manages to switch to full guard.
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Bec Rawlings is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Rawlings is in closed guard... Kankaanpää tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Bec Rawlings!
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings tries to roll to her side and trap Katja Kankaanpää in her guard...
Katja Kankaanpää keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Kankaanpää goes for an armbar!
Bec Rawlings breaks the lock and pushes away Katja Kankaanpää, who rolls over her back and gets to standing position.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Katja Kankaanpää. 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.
The clock says 3:35 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Katja Kankaanpää is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The two exchange wildly
Kankaanpää is connecting with a few punches
Bec Rawlings is taking out her mouthpiece to breathe...
Rawlings steps backwards away from Katja Kankaanpää. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Rawlings has a small cut in her Right eye
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Kankaanpää fires low kicks
punishing Rawlings's legs repeatedly.
The clock says 4:45 in the 2 round
Several good body shots
are evaded by Kankaanpää.
Kankaanpää steps backwards away from Bec Rawlings. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 3
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Bec Rawlings attempts a sweep single...
Katja Kankaanpää was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Rawlings decides to launch some tentative punches
Katja Kankaanpää takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
A right hand from Bec Rawlings
gets deflected.
Rawlings clumsily fails here and it's time for Katja Kankaanpää to fight back!
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Kankaanpää looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Bec Rawlings's punches
Kankaanpää measures the resilience of Rawlings's chin with an uppercut while Rawlings lands some great crosses.
The clock says 1:05 in the 3 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Rawlings is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Rawlings moves forward looking for some action
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't want to engage and backpedals
The clock says 1:30 in the 3 round
Kankaanpää is holding Bec Rawlings's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Bec Rawlings loses balance and goes to the ground.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings attempts to trap Katja Kankaanpää in her guard.
Katja Kankaanpää keeps control and remains in side mount.
Katja Kankaanpää is in side mount over Bec Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää looks to mount Bec Rawlings...
Katja Kankaanpää slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Katja Kankaanpää is in full mount over Bec Rawlings
Katja Kankaanpää takes a deep breath as she passes her arm over Bec Rawlings shoulder and pushes her arm againts the mat!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Rawlings's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in Rawlings's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
Rawlings struggles to free herself
That Americana from Katja Kankaanpää appears to be unbreakable
Kankaanpää is locking that Americana...
Rawlings's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Kankaanpää shows a pained grimace and she repeatedly taps out after a perfect americana!
Winner is Katja Kankaanpää by Submission (Americana) at 2:20 Round 3
Statistics: Bec Rawlings
Punches 6/25 (24%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/12 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 279 s
Statistics: Katja Kankaanpää
Punches 17/23 (74%)
Kicks 3/4 (75%)
Clinch strikes 1/4 (25%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 10/10 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 279 s
Bec has tumbled a long way down, but Katja brought it in this fight and dominated legit-style. Not a nothing win for sure.