Post by The Sandmen on Oct 16, 2015 16:22:58 GMT -5
Liz Carmouche 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.
Miriam Nakamoto raises her fists in her corner. She seems confident.
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 Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Miriam Nakamoto attempts to cut off Carmouche with punches
Carmouche reels from the strikes.
Nakamoto wants to take the fight to her advantage and tries to clinch.
Nakamoto moves forward and holds Carmouche
The fighters are clinching.
Sick uppercut from the clinch by Miriam Nakamoto!
That one almost breaks Carmouche's chin! She is knocked down!
Nakamoto is standing while Carmouche is on the ground on her back
Carmouche tries to stand up!
she is now on her feet
Back to the beginning! Liz Carmouche is standing now.
Liz Carmouche seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Liz Carmouche!
Nakamoto is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Nakamoto fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Liz Carmouche is opening up on Nakamoto and raining down combinations!
Nakamoto's corner looks worried!
Tremendous strikes from Carmouche!
Some big punches are landing!
Nice punches from Liz Carmouche.
Nakamoto staggers backwards. Carmouche wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Nakamoto's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Miriam Nakamoto fakes a punch and launches herself over Liz Carmouche
Great move by Nakamoto who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Nakamoto pushes off of Liz Carmouche and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Carmouche stumbles backwards but Miriam Nakamoto chases her and continues the rain of blows!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
a series of exchange forces Carmouche's back to the fence, without delay Nakamoto charge forward with a flying knee
knee VS face, what an impact!!! if not for the fence Carmouche will be sent flying
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nakamoto launches a few hard punches to Liz Carmouche's ribs!
Liz Carmouche's ribs shows the damage! Miriam Nakamoto is working her opponent ribs!
Liz Carmouche tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Carmouche circles out and slips free of Miriam Nakamoto's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Miriam Nakamoto throws a looping left hand...
Carmouche moves aside and dodges.
Nakamoto decides to launch some tentative punches
Liz Carmouche takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Miriam Nakamoto attempts to cut off Carmouche with punches
Carmouche avoids getting cornered.
Carmouche steps backwards away from Miriam Nakamoto. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Nakamoto jumps over her opponent and tries to grapple
Carmouche sees what was coming and ducks under her opponent and moves aside
A right hand from Liz Carmouche
surprises Nakamoto!
There is a small laceration on Miriam Nakamoto's Chin
That punishment by Liz Carmouche has left Nakamoto staggered! Liz Carmouche should try push forward now and finish this!
Carmouche feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Oh! Down goes Nakamoto! Liz Carmouche knocked her stupid! The medics pour in! Liz Carmouche really wanted to win this fight and has done it in an impressive manner.
Nakamoto's Chin is beginning to swell
Winner is Liz Carmouche by KO (Uppercut) at 3:40 Round 1
Statistics: Liz Carmouche
Punches 16/18 (89%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 7 s
Statistics: Miriam Nakamoto
Punches 4/12 (33%)
Kicks 0/3 (0%)
Clinch strikes 9/12 (75%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Damnit, I missed this fight because my window did weird things. Liz used some stamina here though and so did Miriam, but Miri kinda got destroyed, damage-wise. Other than that, you guys can see what I can see.