Post by The Sandmen on Dec 18, 2015 20:26:09 GMT -5
Rin Nakai doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
Gina Carano 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.
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 Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Rin Nakai moves forward looking for a hole in her opponent's defense.
Nakai looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Gina Carano's punches
Nakai measures the resilience of Carano's chin with an uppercut while Carano lands some great crosses.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Nakai looks to be in very good shape.
A right hand from Rin Nakai
makes Carano stumble back!
Carano has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Carano looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Rin Nakai's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
Nakai throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Carano's defense muffles the blows.
Nakai misses a step and Gina Carano sees an opportunity to counter her!
Gina Carano tries to bring the fight to the ground
Nakai goes down.
Gina Carano is in open guard over Nakai
Carano moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Gina Carano is in half guard over Nakai
Carano cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Nakai can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Rin Nakai attempts to move to full guard
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
Gina Carano is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai tries to close her guard around Carano
She succeeds!
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Carano is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Gina Carano uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Nakai measures the resilience of Carano's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Carano blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Carano is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Gina Carano uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Nakai misses a step and Gina Carano sees an opportunity to counter her!
Gina Carano aggressively and repeatedly punches Nakai.
Good job by Nakai blocking and slipping the blows.
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Gina Carano tries to pass Rin Nakai's guard...
Gina Carano manages to get her leg free and moves to half guard.
Gina Carano is in half guard over Nakai
Gina Carano pushes Nakai's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nakai rolls and she's now on half guard over Gina Carano. Nice reversal.
Rin Nakai is in half guard over Carano
2:27 Round 1 and Carano is still in good shape. She sure has trained hard for this fight.
Carano is taking this opportunity to rest.
Dan Miragliotta 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.
Rin Nakai takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai's mind is definitely in the fight, Carano just got nailed! Rin Nakai saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Wow! Carano is going to have a headache after this one.
Nakai looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Gina Carano's punches
Nakai measures the resilience of Carano's chin with an uppercut while Carano lands some great crosses.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Carano goes to the body...
her punches graze Nakai's arm.
Carano misses a step and Rin Nakai sees an opportunity to counter her!
Rin Nakai tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Rin Nakai who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nakai takes a break to breathe while holding Gina Carano.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Several good body shots
land on Nakai.
Rin Nakai goes with a looping right hand while Gina Carano jumps back and jabs
Nakai seems staggered and Gina Carano runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Carano throws a lazy kick
Nakai dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts her in to orbit!
Brilliant combination from Gina Carano
Nakai is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai has found an opening in the defense of Carano, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Carano's ribs.
Nakai pushes Gina Carano and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Carano cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Nakai can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Rin Nakai launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Carano blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Gina Carano's cheek! Carano stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Carano's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Nakai is standing while Carano is on the ground on her back
Carano tries to stand up!
she is now on her feet
Back to the beginning! Gina Carano is standing now.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
The round is for Nakai, who walks calmly to her corner.
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Round 2
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A shot seen throughout the arena!
Carano stumbles back, her corner is screaming! Rin Nakai is coming in again!
Carano's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai has found an opening in the defense of Carano, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Carano is wobbling!
Carano looks to be in very good shape.
Carano launches a furious hook!
Nakai ducks under and pushes Gina Carano creating some space.
Nakai feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Carano begins to launch a barrage of punches over Nakai
this is getting worse and worse for Nakai
Nakai follows Gina Carano
Carano fakes a move.
Nakai tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Some nice shots from Rin Nakai
that stun Carano.
Rin Nakai goes with a looping right hand while Gina Carano jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Carano seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of her own. Great exchange here.
Inside leg kick from Carano
that goes awry.
Carano avoids a dangerous strike from Nakai
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Nakai is trying to counter now!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Rin Nakai!
Carano is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Nakai is holding Gina Carano's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Gina Carano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Gina Carano
Rin Nakai tries to open Carano's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Rin Nakai. Carano is unable to cover herself now!
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Gina Carano
Nakai tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Gina Carano
Rin Nakai takes a deep breath as she passes her arm over Gina Carano shoulder and pushes her left arm againts the mat!
Gina Carano breaks that americana attempt!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Gina Carano
Rin Nakai throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Carano's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
That's more than Carano can stand! Her arm is outstretched and she taps before getting an injury.
Winner is Rin Nakai by Submission (Armbar) at 2:29 Round 2
Statistics: Rin Nakai
Punches 23/28 (82%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 141 s
Statistics: Gina Carano
Punches 21/42 (50%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 153 s
Wow, terrible performance from Gina. She just did not show up to this GP at all. Brutal. A great win from RIn though. Now I’m kinda curious to see JJ vs. Carano at this point. JJ might have surpassed Gina’s stand up, if Rin has.
Gina Carano 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.
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 Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Rin Nakai moves forward looking for a hole in her opponent's defense.
Nakai looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Gina Carano's punches
Nakai measures the resilience of Carano's chin with an uppercut while Carano lands some great crosses.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Nakai looks to be in very good shape.
A right hand from Rin Nakai
makes Carano stumble back!
Carano has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Carano looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Rin Nakai's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
Nakai throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Carano's defense muffles the blows.
Nakai misses a step and Gina Carano sees an opportunity to counter her!
Gina Carano tries to bring the fight to the ground
Nakai goes down.
Gina Carano is in open guard over Nakai
Carano moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Gina Carano is in half guard over Nakai
Carano cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Nakai can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Rin Nakai attempts to move to full guard
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
Gina Carano is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai tries to close her guard around Carano
She succeeds!
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Carano is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Gina Carano uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Nakai measures the resilience of Carano's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Carano blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Carano is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Gina Carano uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Nakai misses a step and Gina Carano sees an opportunity to counter her!
Gina Carano aggressively and repeatedly punches Nakai.
Good job by Nakai blocking and slipping the blows.
Gina Carano is in closed guard over Nakai
Gina Carano tries to pass Rin Nakai's guard...
Gina Carano manages to get her leg free and moves to half guard.
Gina Carano is in half guard over Nakai
Gina Carano pushes Nakai's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nakai rolls and she's now on half guard over Gina Carano. Nice reversal.
Rin Nakai is in half guard over Carano
2:27 Round 1 and Carano is still in good shape. She sure has trained hard for this fight.
Carano is taking this opportunity to rest.
Dan Miragliotta 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.
Rin Nakai takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai's mind is definitely in the fight, Carano just got nailed! Rin Nakai saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Wow! Carano is going to have a headache after this one.
Nakai looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Gina Carano's punches
Nakai measures the resilience of Carano's chin with an uppercut while Carano lands some great crosses.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Carano goes to the body...
her punches graze Nakai's arm.
Carano misses a step and Rin Nakai sees an opportunity to counter her!
Rin Nakai tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Rin Nakai who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nakai takes a break to breathe while holding Gina Carano.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Several good body shots
land on Nakai.
Rin Nakai goes with a looping right hand while Gina Carano jumps back and jabs
Nakai seems staggered and Gina Carano runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Carano throws a lazy kick
Nakai dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts her in to orbit!
Brilliant combination from Gina Carano
Nakai is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai has found an opening in the defense of Carano, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Carano's ribs.
Nakai pushes Gina Carano and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Carano cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Nakai can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Rin Nakai launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Carano blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Gina Carano's cheek! Carano stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Carano's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Nakai is standing while Carano is on the ground on her back
Carano tries to stand up!
she is now on her feet
Back to the beginning! Gina Carano is standing now.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
The round is for Nakai, who walks calmly to her corner.
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Round 2
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A shot seen throughout the arena!
Carano stumbles back, her corner is screaming! Rin Nakai is coming in again!
Carano's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai has found an opening in the defense of Carano, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Carano is wobbling!
Carano looks to be in very good shape.
Carano launches a furious hook!
Nakai ducks under and pushes Gina Carano creating some space.
Nakai feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Carano begins to launch a barrage of punches over Nakai
this is getting worse and worse for Nakai
Nakai follows Gina Carano
Carano fakes a move.
Nakai tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Some nice shots from Rin Nakai
that stun Carano.
Rin Nakai goes with a looping right hand while Gina Carano jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Carano seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of her own. Great exchange here.
Inside leg kick from Carano
that goes awry.
Carano avoids a dangerous strike from Nakai
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Nakai is trying to counter now!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Rin Nakai!
Carano is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Nakai is holding Gina Carano's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Gina Carano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Gina Carano
Rin Nakai tries to open Carano's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Rin Nakai. Carano is unable to cover herself now!
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Gina Carano
Nakai tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Gina Carano
Rin Nakai takes a deep breath as she passes her arm over Gina Carano shoulder and pushes her left arm againts the mat!
Gina Carano breaks that americana attempt!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Gina Carano
Rin Nakai throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Carano's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
That's more than Carano can stand! Her arm is outstretched and she taps before getting an injury.
Winner is Rin Nakai by Submission (Armbar) at 2:29 Round 2
Statistics: Rin Nakai
Punches 23/28 (82%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 141 s
Statistics: Gina Carano
Punches 21/42 (50%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 153 s
Wow, terrible performance from Gina. She just did not show up to this GP at all. Brutal. A great win from RIn though. Now I’m kinda curious to see JJ vs. Carano at this point. JJ might have surpassed Gina’s stand up, if Rin has.