Post by The Sandmen on Dec 10, 2018 9:28:32 GMT -5
DeAnna Bennett looks like he's feeling the pressure.
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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DeAnna Bennett and Katja Kankaanpää touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Bennett decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Bennett moves back and takes a deep breath.
Bennett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Katja Kankaanpää fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Kankaanpää goes to the body...
He punishes Bennett's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Katja Kankaanpää fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Bennett blocks and pushes his opponent.
Bennett launches a hook to the body
Bang! Kankaanpää stops that one with his ribs!
Katja Kankaanpää swings...
hard impact to Bennett's face!
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
DeAnna Bennett fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Katja Kankaanpää tries a middle kick
DeAnna Bennett blocks and steps away.
Bennett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Lightning fast low kick from Bennett!
Loud pop! I'm sure that hurts!
Kankaanpää studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Katja Kankaanpää tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Bennett is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Kankaanpää positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Bennett's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Stand up! This is what Bennett's cornermen are shouting. Katja Kankaanpää is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Kankaanpää works on the ground with his fingers over Bennett's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen that!
Steve Mazzagatti takes away one point from Katja Kankaanpää for eye poke.
Steve Mazzagatti allows Bennett time to recover... The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Telenor Arena (Oslo, Norway) are cheering for the fighters.
Bennett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
DeAnna Bennett takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Several good body shots
land on Kankaanpää.
Solid kick to the leg from DeAnna Bennett
that visibly pains Kankaanpää.
Kankaanpää hyper-extended his left leg
Katja Kankaanpää attempts a sweep single...
DeAnna Bennett was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Shovel hook by DeAnna Bennett
tags Kankaanpää.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Bennett pushes Katja Kankaanpää and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
that nearly tags Bennett.
Bennett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bennett moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Kankaanpää's thigh!
Bennett throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Low kick by DeAnna Bennett to maintain his distance.
That hits Katja Kankaanpää's ankle
DeAnna Bennett takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Katja Kankaanpää launches a body shot
Bennett dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for DeAnna Bennett.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries to bring the fight to the ground
Bennett goes down.
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Bennett works on the ground with his fingers over Kankaanpää's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti saw it!
Steve Mazzagatti takes away one point from DeAnna Bennett for eye poke.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to give Kankaanpää time to recover. Katja Kankaanpää seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Tremendous strikes from Bennett!
Some big punches are landing!
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries to bring the fight to the ground
Bennett goes down.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Bennett rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Katja Kankaanpää. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Telenor Arena (Oslo, Norway) are cheering for the fighters.
Bennett looks to be in very good shape.
Bennett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
DeAnna Bennett tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Kankaanpää is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Crushing shot to Kankaanpää's body! He's holding his side
DeAnna Bennett is in open guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett tries to move to full mount
Bennett succeeds
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Bennett positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Kankaanpää's being punished here!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett was tooling Katja Kankaanpää for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Katja Kankaanpää lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
DeAnna Bennett tries to open Kankaanpää's guard...
Great bombs from the top by DeAnna Bennett. Kankaanpää is unable to cover himself now!
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Bennett throws a few hammer fists to the face of Katja Kankaanpää
Solid shots!
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää tries to escape from the full mount...
DeAnna Bennett is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
DeAnna Bennett is in side mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää attempts to trap DeAnna Bennett in his guard.
Katja Kankaanpää manages to switch to full guard.
DeAnna Bennett is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett struggles on the ground and tries to break Katja Kankaanpää's guard...
DeAnna Bennett is in Kankaanpää open guard now
DeAnna Bennett is in open guard over Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett pushes Katja Kankaanpää against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Bennett jumps and tries to free his leg! Kankaanpää doesn't allow this but DeAnna Bennett is able to get half guard here.
DeAnna Bennett is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Bennett's moves.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
DeAnna Bennett is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett breaths deeply while on the ground
DeAnna Bennett is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
DeAnna Bennett is in side mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett looks to pass to mount...
Bennett slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Katja Kankaanpää.
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää tries to roll on the ground...
Bennett knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Bennett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bennett tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
DeAnna Bennett controls the situation despite Katja Kankaanpää efforts for escaping from the full mount.
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Body shots by DeAnna Bennett
Solid blows to Kankaanpää's abdomen.
Crushing shot to Kankaanpää's body! He's holding his side
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Kankaanpää's face!
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Bennett positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Kankaanpää's being punished here!
The ref pulls off DeAnna Bennett! Kankaanpää seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Winner is DeAnna Bennett by TKO (Elbows) at 4:16 Round 2
Statistics: DeAnna Bennett
Punches 11/13 (85%)
Kicks 4/4 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 17/19 (89%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 203 s
Statistics: Katja Kankaanpää
Punches 6/7 (86%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 203 s
All Bennett.
Zero = 94.04056%
Zero must equal 100%
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
DeAnna Bennett and Katja Kankaanpää touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Bennett decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Bennett moves back and takes a deep breath.
Bennett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Katja Kankaanpää fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Kankaanpää goes to the body...
He punishes Bennett's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Katja Kankaanpää fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Bennett blocks and pushes his opponent.
Bennett launches a hook to the body
Bang! Kankaanpää stops that one with his ribs!
Katja Kankaanpää swings...
hard impact to Bennett's face!
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
DeAnna Bennett fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Katja Kankaanpää tries a middle kick
DeAnna Bennett blocks and steps away.
Bennett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Lightning fast low kick from Bennett!
Loud pop! I'm sure that hurts!
Kankaanpää studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Katja Kankaanpää tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Bennett is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Kankaanpää positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Bennett's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Stand up! This is what Bennett's cornermen are shouting. Katja Kankaanpää is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Kankaanpää works on the ground with his fingers over Bennett's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen that!
Steve Mazzagatti takes away one point from Katja Kankaanpää for eye poke.
Steve Mazzagatti allows Bennett time to recover... The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Telenor Arena (Oslo, Norway) are cheering for the fighters.
Bennett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
DeAnna Bennett takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Several good body shots
land on Kankaanpää.
Solid kick to the leg from DeAnna Bennett
that visibly pains Kankaanpää.
Kankaanpää hyper-extended his left leg
Katja Kankaanpää attempts a sweep single...
DeAnna Bennett was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Shovel hook by DeAnna Bennett
tags Kankaanpää.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Bennett pushes Katja Kankaanpää and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Nice punch by Katja Kankaanpää
that nearly tags Bennett.
Bennett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bennett moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Kankaanpää's thigh!
Bennett throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Low kick by DeAnna Bennett to maintain his distance.
That hits Katja Kankaanpää's ankle
DeAnna Bennett takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Katja Kankaanpää launches a body shot
Bennett dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for DeAnna Bennett.
=========================================
Round 2
=========================================
The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries to bring the fight to the ground
Bennett goes down.
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Bennett works on the ground with his fingers over Kankaanpää's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti saw it!
Steve Mazzagatti takes away one point from DeAnna Bennett for eye poke.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to give Kankaanpää time to recover. Katja Kankaanpää seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Tremendous strikes from Bennett!
Some big punches are landing!
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää tries to bring the fight to the ground
Bennett goes down.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Katja Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett
Kankaanpää is in open guard over Bennett... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Bennett rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Katja Kankaanpää. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Telenor Arena (Oslo, Norway) are cheering for the fighters.
Bennett looks to be in very good shape.
Bennett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
DeAnna Bennett tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Kankaanpää is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Crushing shot to Kankaanpää's body! He's holding his side
DeAnna Bennett is in open guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett tries to move to full mount
Bennett succeeds
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Bennett positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Kankaanpää's being punished here!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett was tooling Katja Kankaanpää for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Katja Kankaanpää lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
DeAnna Bennett tries to open Kankaanpää's guard...
Great bombs from the top by DeAnna Bennett. Kankaanpää is unable to cover himself now!
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Bennett throws a few hammer fists to the face of Katja Kankaanpää
Solid shots!
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Kankaanpää tries to escape from the full mount...
DeAnna Bennett is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
DeAnna Bennett is in side mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää attempts to trap DeAnna Bennett in his guard.
Katja Kankaanpää manages to switch to full guard.
DeAnna Bennett is in closed guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett struggles on the ground and tries to break Katja Kankaanpää's guard...
DeAnna Bennett is in Kankaanpää open guard now
DeAnna Bennett is in open guard over Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett pushes Katja Kankaanpää against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Bennett jumps and tries to free his leg! Kankaanpää doesn't allow this but DeAnna Bennett is able to get half guard here.
DeAnna Bennett is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Bennett's moves.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
DeAnna Bennett is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett breaths deeply while on the ground
DeAnna Bennett is in half guard over Kankaanpää
Bennett tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
DeAnna Bennett is in side mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett looks to pass to mount...
Bennett slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Katja Kankaanpää.
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Katja Kankaanpää tries to roll on the ground...
Bennett knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Bennett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bennett tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
DeAnna Bennett controls the situation despite Katja Kankaanpää efforts for escaping from the full mount.
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Body shots by DeAnna Bennett
Solid blows to Kankaanpää's abdomen.
Crushing shot to Kankaanpää's body! He's holding his side
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
DeAnna Bennett fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Kankaanpää's face!
DeAnna Bennett is in full mount over Katja Kankaanpää
Bennett positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Kankaanpää's being punished here!
The ref pulls off DeAnna Bennett! Kankaanpää seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Winner is DeAnna Bennett by TKO (Elbows) at 4:16 Round 2
Statistics: DeAnna Bennett
Punches 11/13 (85%)
Kicks 4/4 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 17/19 (89%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 203 s
Statistics: Katja Kankaanpää
Punches 6/7 (86%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 203 s
All Bennett.
Zero = 94.04056%
Zero must equal 100%
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!