Esparza vs. Namajunas

[The Sandmen]

Carla Esparza glares at her opponent from the opposite corner.
Rose Namajunas looks at the ground while she does her calming exercises. She knows she can not fail this night.
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 Steve Mazzagatti.

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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Namajunas is holding Carla Esparza's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Carla Esparza shows great balance while pushing away Rose Namajunas
Poorly executed technique. Carla Esparza looks to counter!
Carla Esparza is measuring Namajunas with her jab.
Good accuracy on her part.
Carla Esparza tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Namajunas is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Carla Esparza is in open guard over Namajunas
Esparza delivers a few accurate elbows!
Namajunas is being hit hard and trys to escape! She has to give her back!
Namajunas's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Namajunas has a small cut in her Right cheek
Esparza is in rear mount over Namajunas
Esparza delivers a few accurate elbows!
Namajunas is being hit hard and trys to escape! She has to give her back!
Esparza is in rear mount over Namajunas with one hook in
Carla Esparza slides her arm under Rose Namajunas's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Namajunas struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Namajunas's eyes...
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
Rose Namajunas pushes up and slides Carla Esparza's arm over her chin.
Esparza is in rear mount over Namajunas with one hook in
Esparza is looking to end this fight with strikes
She starts to pound away at Rose Namajunas, who is barely covering up!
Namajunas's Left eye is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Rose Namajunas seems hurt! She stumbles backwards and she's an easy target for Carla Esparza!
Esparza is in rear mount over Namajunas with one hook in
Esparza has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If she succeed things are goint to get very bad for Namajunas.
Nicely done! Esparza now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Esparza is in rear mount over Namajunas with two hooks in
Esparza is in rear mount with two hooks in! She is working on a desperate Namajunas, who tries to defend herself and escape from that position.
Esparza moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Esparza is in rear mount over Namajunas with two hooks in
Esparza tries to end this with a RNC!
Namajunas struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Namajunas's eyes...
Crippling lock!
That RNC looks tight...
Punishing hold!
Steve Mazzagatti breaks Carla Esparza's lock! This is over! Namajunas didn't want to tap but the ref decided she wouldn't be able to escape from it!

Winner is Carla Esparza by Submission (RNC) at 1:34 Round 1

Statistics: Carla Esparza
Punches 2/2 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 12/17 (71%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 62 s

Statistics: Rose Namajunas
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 62 s

Destructiony destruction.