Post by The Sandmen on Jul 16, 2018 10:46:24 GMT -5
ManMMA Bantamweight Championship
Cat Zingano looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
Germaine de Randamie 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.
And here we go with the title fight!
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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The fight gets underway.
de Randamie looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Cat Zingano's punches
de Randamie measures the resilience of Zingano's chin with an uppercut while Zingano lands some great crosses.
Zingano Hyper-extended her arm
Zingano moves forward looking for some action
She surprises de Randamie with a double overhooks!
de Randamie decides to launch some tentative punches
Germaine de Randamie takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
de Randamie feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
Zingano moves aside and dodges.
de Randamie misses a step and Cat Zingano sees an opportunity to counter her!
A punch from Cat Zingano
whizzes past de Randamie.
Cat Zingano leans forwards and tries to grapple with de Randamie
Zingano shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
de Randamie doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Cat Zingano embrace and tries to move away...
Cat Zingano pushes de Randamie forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
a flying knee from Cat Zingano towards de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie was hit in the abdomen, powerful strike sents her to the mat
Zingano is standing while de Randamie is on the ground on her back
Germaine de Randamie kicks her legs trying to keep Cat Zingano away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Zingano is standing while de Randamie is on the ground on her back
Zingano launches a kick to de Randamie's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Zingano is standing while de Randamie is on the ground on her back
Germaine de Randamie doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on her feet
She moves fast and now she is standing
Germaine de Randamie is on her feet again.
Cat Zingano and de Randamie engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Germaine de Randamie launches a rapid series of punches
that glance off Zingano's arms.
de Randamie clumsily fails here and it's time for Cat Zingano to fight back!
Solid shot from Cat Zingano to the body.
de Randamie didn't like that.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Cat Zingano tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Germaine de Randamie swings and Zingano has to retreat
de Randamie avoids a dangerous strike from Zingano
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
de Randamie misses a step and Cat Zingano sees an opportunity to counter her!
Cat Zingano fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
de Randamie blocks that. She made it look easy!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Body kick by Cat Zingano...
is blocked.
Cat Zingano gets sloppy and Germaine de Randamie tries to take advantage...
Germaine de Randamie throws a looping right hand...
Zingano moves aside and dodges.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Cat Zingano moves forward looking for some grappling action
Zingano has her opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
Germaine de Randamie is absolutely terrifying with her power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Zingano with uppercuts!
Zingano is taking more than she can endure. This could end soon if Zingano is unable to escape!
The fighters are clinching.
Cat Zingano tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
de Randamie is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Poorly executed technique. Germaine de Randamie looks to counter!
Germaine de Randamie tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Zingano ducks under and pushes away her opponent.
de Randamie launches a furious hook!
Zingano ducks under and pushes Germaine de Randamie creating some space.
de Randamie clumsily fails here and it's time for Cat Zingano to fight back!
Zingano launches a hook to the body
Germaine de Randamie moves aside looking for a counter...
Germaine de Randamie steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Zingano's Nose is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Zingano has a small cut in her Nose
Zingano jumps over her opponent and tries to grapple
Cat Zingano pushes her opponent against the fence in a plum position
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Zingano launches a knee!
Cat Zingano hits de Randamie's hard just below the ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
after measuring the distance Zingano jump forward with a flying knee
Cat Zingano's knee landed perfectly on de Randamie's chest, from the look of her face that must have really hurt
Germaine de Randamie tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Zingano is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Germaine de Randamie tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Zingano is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Zingano tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Zingano punishes her opponent's thighs with a few knees while in the clinch
Those knees are landing! de Randamie must do something quickly!
The fighters are clinching.
Germaine de Randamie pushes away Zingano trying to keep the fight at striking range
Zingano doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Germaine de Randamie
The fighters are clinching.
Zingano is launching some bone breaking punches to de Randamie's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Germaine de Randamie's eyes.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Cat Zingano fakes a punch and launches herself over Germaine de Randamie
Great move by Zingano who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Germaine de Randamie tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Zingano is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
de Randamie clumsily fails here and it's time for Cat Zingano to fight back!
Cat Zingano postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting de Randamie hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
de Randamie ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The fighters are clinching.
de Randamie pushes Cat Zingano againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Zingano cannot escape Germaine de Randamie's clinch! Germaine de Randamie is just brutalizing Zingano with punches time and time again!
The fighters are clinching.
Germaine de Randamie's corner is turning out to be her worst enemy! Zingano is throwing a flurry of punches!
de Randamie ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Zingano has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Zingano wants to take the fight to her advantage and tries to clinch.
Zingano moves forward and holds de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie pushes away Zingano trying to keep the fight at striking range
Zingano doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Germaine de Randamie
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Zingano gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Zingano blocks Germaine de Randamie's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
This is over! That impact from Cat Zingano has left de Randamie laying flat on the mat!
Winner is Cat Zingano by KO (Knee Tap) at 1:11 Round 2
Statistics: Cat Zingano
Punches 6/12 (50%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 11/19 (58%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 2/2 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Germaine de Randamie
Punches 7/22 (32%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 7/7 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 30 s
Cat Zingano defends the Women's Bantamweight title!
1) Google “knee tap takedown”
2) de Randamie was jealous of all the Maria Antoinette impressions everyone was doing, so, despite starting out on top, she was like, “How can I Marie Antoinette this thing up,” made mention of cake, then got herself beheaded with a knee tap.
3) #Guillotines4All
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!