Post by The Sandmen on Oct 30, 2018 9:36:59 GMT -5
Megumi Fujii looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
Rose Namajunas looks very relaxed.
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 bell announces the first round!
A left hook from Namajunas
falls short.
Megumi Fujii paws at Namajunas.
Namajunas swings ineffectively.
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Rose Namajunas didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Stand up! This is what Namajunas's cornermen are shouting. Megumi Fujii is a submission master and she can finish the fight if you mess with her on the ground.
Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Namajunas rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of her own she escapes.
Megumi Fujii gets sloppy and Rose Namajunas tries to take advantage...
Rose Namajunas overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Fujii pulls her arm out of danger.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Megumi Fujii tries to finish with a leg lock!
Crippling lock!
Namajunas struggles to free herself
Namajunas is able to break the lock.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Fujii has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Megumi Fujii tries to finish with a leg lock!
Namajunas is able to break the lock.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas looks to be in very good shape.
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
Namajunas avoids a dangerous strike from Fujii
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Fujii tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Good movement from Fujii
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
Megumi Fujii 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
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas throws up a triangle attempt!
Megumi Fujii postures up and breaks the triangle.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas slides her legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Megumi Fujii cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Rose Namajunas
Namajunas tries to show some ground skills
Fujii uses her strength to keep Fujii at a disadvantage
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Rose Namajunas
Rose Namajunas attempts to trap Megumi Fujii in her guard.
Rose Namajunas manages to switch to full guard.
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Fujii has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Fujii use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Rose Namajunas holds Megumi Fujii and prevents her from moving to a better position!
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Fujii is in closed guard... Namajunas tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Megumi Fujii!
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii tries to roll to her side and trap Rose Namajunas in her guard...
Megumi Fujii gets her hip out and moves to full guard.
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii tries to roll on the ground...
She makes a reversal!
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas works on the ground with her fingers over Fujii's face
Fujii shakes her head and continues fighting on the ground.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. She can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Rose Namajunas throws up a triangle attempt!
Megumi Fujii postures up and breaks the triangle.
Namajunas clumsily fails here and it's time for Megumi Fujii to fight back!
Fujii struggles on the ground and tries to break Rose Namajunas's guard...
Megumi Fujii is in Namajunas open guard now
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Namajunas avoids a dangerous strike from Fujii
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Fujii grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Megumi Fujii
Rose Namajunas may have a broken rib. It's painful to see her losing this way.
Winner is Megumi Fujii by TKO (Injury - Broken Ribs) at 4:48 Round 1
Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 5/5 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 193 s
Statistics: Rose Namajunas
Punches 3/12 (25%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 193 s
Fujii be ruthless. Though I guess this was a “flash break”, and not one of those injuries that come about as the result of a prolonged beating.
Rose Namajunas looks very relaxed.
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 bell announces the first round!
A left hook from Namajunas
falls short.
Megumi Fujii paws at Namajunas.
Namajunas swings ineffectively.
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Rose Namajunas didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Stand up! This is what Namajunas's cornermen are shouting. Megumi Fujii is a submission master and she can finish the fight if you mess with her on the ground.
Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Namajunas rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of her own she escapes.
Megumi Fujii gets sloppy and Rose Namajunas tries to take advantage...
Rose Namajunas overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Fujii pulls her arm out of danger.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Megumi Fujii tries to finish with a leg lock!
Crippling lock!
Namajunas struggles to free herself
Namajunas is able to break the lock.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Fujii has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Megumi Fujii tries to finish with a leg lock!
Namajunas is able to break the lock.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas looks to be in very good shape.
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
Namajunas avoids a dangerous strike from Fujii
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Fujii tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Good movement from Fujii
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
Megumi Fujii 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
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Namajunas tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas throws up a triangle attempt!
Megumi Fujii postures up and breaks the triangle.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Namajunas
Rose Namajunas slides her legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Megumi Fujii cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Rose Namajunas
Namajunas tries to show some ground skills
Fujii uses her strength to keep Fujii at a disadvantage
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Rose Namajunas
Rose Namajunas attempts to trap Megumi Fujii in her guard.
Rose Namajunas manages to switch to full guard.
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Fujii has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Fujii use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Rose Namajunas holds Megumi Fujii and prevents her from moving to a better position!
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Fujii is in closed guard... Namajunas tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Megumi Fujii!
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii tries to roll to her side and trap Rose Namajunas in her guard...
Megumi Fujii gets her hip out and moves to full guard.
Rose Namajunas is in full mount over Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii tries to roll on the ground...
She makes a reversal!
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas works on the ground with her fingers over Fujii's face
Fujii shakes her head and continues fighting on the ground.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Namajunas
Namajunas sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. She can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Rose Namajunas throws up a triangle attempt!
Megumi Fujii postures up and breaks the triangle.
Namajunas clumsily fails here and it's time for Megumi Fujii to fight back!
Fujii struggles on the ground and tries to break Rose Namajunas's guard...
Megumi Fujii is in Namajunas open guard now
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Namajunas avoids a dangerous strike from Fujii
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Fujii grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Megumi Fujii
Rose Namajunas may have a broken rib. It's painful to see her losing this way.
Winner is Megumi Fujii by TKO (Injury - Broken Ribs) at 4:48 Round 1
Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 5/5 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 193 s
Statistics: Rose Namajunas
Punches 3/12 (25%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 193 s
Fujii be ruthless. Though I guess this was a “flash break”, and not one of those injuries that come about as the result of a prolonged beating.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!