Post by The Sandmen on Feb 17, 2018 0:54:35 GMT -5
Nicco Montaño is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
Mackenzie Dern looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
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 Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Nicco Montaño and Mackenzie Dern touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Montaño is holding Mackenzie Dern's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Mackenzie Dern loses balance and goes to the ground.
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern attempts to trap Nicco Montaño in her guard.
Mackenzie Dern manages to switch to full guard.
Nicco Montaño is in closed guard over Dern
Montaño is in closed guard... Dern tries to roll on the ground!
Nicco Montaño uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Mackenzie Dern gets sloppy and Nicco Montaño tries to take advantage...
Montaño throws a few hammer fists to the face of Mackenzie Dern
Blocked by Dern.
Nicco Montaño is in closed guard over Dern
Montaño is in closed guard... Dern tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Nicco Montaño!
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in full mount over Nicco Montaño
Montaño breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in full mount over Nicco Montaño
Montaño tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Mackenzie Dern doesn't want to lose her adventageous position and she struggles to mantain the full mount.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern is in full mount over Nicco Montaño
Montaño looks to be in very good shape.
Nicco Montaño is cooling the fight on the ground
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
As the fight continues it seems that Nicco Montaño is taking the best of the fight.
Nicco Montaño goes with a looping right hand while Mackenzie Dern jumps back and jabs
Dern seems staggered and Nicco Montaño runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Mackenzie Dern tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Nicco Montaño jumps backwards and frees her leg.
Nicco Montaño's mind is definitely in the fight, Dern just got nailed! Nicco Montaño saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Wow! Dern is going to have a headache after this one.
Dern's Chin is beginning to swell
Dern has a small cut in her Chin
Surprise roundhouse punch by Montaño.
Mackenzie Dern's reflexes save her!
Nicco Montaño takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Mackenzie Dern is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Nice punch by Nicco Montaño
that nearly tags Dern.
Nicco Montaño shoots for a double leg takedown!
Mackenzie Dern sprawls and manages to stay on her feet.
Montaño clumsily fails here and it's time for Mackenzie Dern to fight back!
Mackenzie Dern shoots for a double leg takedown!
Nicco Montaño sprawls and manages to stay on her feet.
Mackenzie Dern throws a combo
Montaño punches back but nobody connects.
Dern tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Mackenzie Dern is measuring Montaño with her jab.
Montaño isn't fazed.
Nicco Montaño tries to bring the fight to the ground
Dern goes down.
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Dern tries to close her guard around Montaño
She is not able to do it
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Montaño tries to move to full mount
Montaño succeeds
Nicco Montaño is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern tries to roll to her side and trap Nicco Montaño in her guard...
Nicco Montaño keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Nicco Montaño is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Montaño fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle she catches Mackenzie Dern's arm and tries an armbar!
Dern's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Dern struggles to free herself
Dern holds her own hand and with pure strength she breaks Dern's lock. She rolls over herself and launches over Nicco Montaño.
Mackenzie Dern is in side mount over Nicco Montaño
Mackenzie Dern hooks Montaño's right leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Nicco Montaño manages to kick Dern away and scrambles on top!
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Montaño works on the ground with her fingers over Dern's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see the foul!
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Montaño positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Dern's being punished here!
Dern has a small cut in her Left cheek
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Nicco Montaño aggressively and repeatedly punches Dern.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Nicco Montaño is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Montaño tries to open up Mackenzie Dern's defense faking a few punches.
She is aggressively and repeatedly punching Dern in the side of the head
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Nicco Montaño has to be confident that she won that round.
It seems that the cutman have some work to do with Mackenzie Dern.
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Round 2
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Montaño avoids a dangerous strike from Dern
and counters with a solid straight!
Nicco Montaño shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Mackenzie Dern is taken off her feet, but she manages to pull Montaño into her guard.
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Nicco Montaño is in closed guard over Dern
Nicco Montaño looks to posture up and open Mackenzie Dern's guard...
Nicco Montaño forces Mackenzie Dern to open her guard.
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Nicco Montaño fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Dern's face!
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Mackenzie Dern seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Dern tries to close her guard around Montaño
She is not able to do it
Nicco Montaño is in open guard over Dern
Montaño tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Nicco Montaño is in half guard over Dern
Mackenzie Dern tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Nicco Montaño is in half guard over Dern
Mackenzie Dern 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 Montaño's moves.
Nicco Montaño is in half guard over Dern
Montaño positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Dern's being punished here!
Dern's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Nicco Montaño is in half guard over Dern
Dern reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Montaño blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Nicco Montaño is in half guard over Dern
Mackenzie Dern attempts to move to full guard
Nicco Montaño keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Nicco Montaño is in half guard over Dern
Nicco Montaño tries to pass Mackenzie Dern's guard...
Nicco Montaño manages to get her leg free and moves to side mount.
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern attempts to trap Nicco Montaño in her guard.
Nicco Montaño keeps control and remains in side mount.
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Nicco Montaño tries to open Dern's guard...
Dern breaks the lock and covers herself from Montaño's punches
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.
The clock says 2:45 in the 2 round
Nicco Montaño tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Nicco Montaño who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Mackenzie Dern pushes away Montaño trying to keep the fight at striking range
Montaño doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Mackenzie Dern
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Dern doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Nicco Montaño embrace and tries to move away...
Nicco Montaño pushes Dern forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Montaño is trying to counter now!
Montaño doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Mackenzie Dern embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Montaño who put distance between them
Good front kick from Montaño!
Dern stumbles backwards after that one!
Montaño jumps over her opponent and tries to grapple
Nicco Montaño pushes her opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Nicco Montaño postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Dern hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Mackenzie Dern tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Montaño is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The fighters are clinching.
Mackenzie Dern's corner is turning out to be her worst enemy! Montaño is throwing a flurry of punches!
Mackenzie Dern just can't get away!
The fighters are clinching.
Nicco Montaño pushes away Dern trying to keep the fight at striking range
Dern stumbles backwards and Nicco Montaño circles to get the center of the cage
Dern studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Dern steps forward
Nicco Montaño catches her with an uppercut to the face!
Mackenzie Dern is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Nicco Montaño fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Dern's chin
The clock says 4:40 in the 2 round
Quick hook by Nicco Montaño
Good shot! Dern has reasons to be worried.
Incredible haymaker from Nicco Montaño!
You can see Mackenzie Dern's head being snapped backwards!
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Montaño is the winner of this round.
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Round 3
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Dern moves forward looking for some action
Nicco Montaño doesn't want to engage and backpedals
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Nicco Montaño throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Dern's chin! That stops Dern in her tracks!
Dern's Left eye is beginning to swell
Nicco Montaño throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
The clock says 0:50 in the 3 round
Montaño decides to launch some tentative punches
Nicco Montaño takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Dern's Chin is bruised after the punishement she's received!
There is a small laceration on Mackenzie Dern's Chin
Dern looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Nicco Montaño's punches
Dern is on the receiving end of a great combo by Montaño.
Dern's Chin is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:10 in the 3 round
Mackenzie Dern shoots for a double leg takedown!
Nicco Montaño sprawls and manages to stay on her feet.
Poorly executed technique. Nicco Montaño looks to counter!
Nicco Montaño shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Mackenzie Dern is taken off her feet, but she manages to pull Montaño into her guard.
Nicco Montaño is in closed guard over Dern
Mackenzie Dern's face is covered in blood. She may be having problems seeing as she wipes the blood out of her eyes.
Nicco Montaño tries to better her position on the ground...
Montaño breaks the closed guard of Mackenzie Dern and moves to half guard
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Montaño breaths deeply while on the ground
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern's face is covered in blood. She may be having problems seeing as she wipes the blood out of her eyes.
Montaño works on the ground with her fingers over Dern's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see the foul!
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern struggles to not give her opponent a chance to recover
Nicco Montaño is in side mount over Mackenzie Dern
Nicco Montaño looks to mount Mackenzie Dern...
Nicco Montaño slides her knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 2:10 in the 3 round
Nicco Montaño is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Nicco Montaño tries to better her position on the ground...
Montaño is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Nicco Montaño is in full mount over Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern's face is covered in blood. She may be having problems seeing as she wipes the blood out of her eyes.
Nicco Montaño takes a deep breath as she passes her arm over Mackenzie Dern shoulder and pushes her left arm againts the mat!
Montaño shows a pained grimace and she repeatedly taps out after a perfect americana!
Winner is Nicco Montaño by Submission (Americana) at 2:29 Round 3
Statistics: Nicco Montaño
Punches 17/28 (61%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/12 (67%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 15/26 (58%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 374 s
Statistics: Mackenzie Dern
Punches 0/5 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 374 s
Dern gat nuttin’