Post by The Sandmen on Apr 8, 2019 14:07:11 GMT -5
Megumi Fujii glares at her opponent from the opposite corner.
Barb Honchak doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
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 Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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Fujii and Honchak move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Barb Honchak didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Hard blow to Honchak's mid-section, she seems hurt
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Fujii can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Fujii positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Honchak's being punished here!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak tries to stand up!
Fujii doesn't allow her!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Barb Honchak launches a few punches to Fujii's cheek from the guard.
Megumi Fujii uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Fujii moves on the ground
Megumi Fujii moves to side mount
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Barb Honchak
Barb Honchak tries to turn in and scramble out. Megumi Fujii timed her perfectly and locks up a guillotine!
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
Fujii is locking that guillotine...
Fujii is locking that guillotine...
That guillotine looks tight...
Barb Honchak slips her head out and manages to gain top control.
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Megumi Fujii isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Honchak blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Fujii's guard.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii throws up a triangle attempt!
Barb Honchak postures up and breaks the triangle.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Fujii moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Fujii is locking that armbar...
Honchak struggles to free herself
Barb Honchak breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Megumi Fujii. 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 Osaka Castle Hall (Osaka, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Megumi Fujii tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Honchak is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Fujii tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Honchak
Fujii works on the ground with her fingers over Honchak's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Josh Rosenthal didn't see that!
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Honchak
Megumi Fujii pushes Honchak's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Honchak rolls and she's now on half guard over Megumi Fujii. Nice reversal.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Honchak cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Fujii can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Fujii measures the resilience of Honchak's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Honchak's side.
Hard blow to Honchak's mid-section, she seems hurt
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Honchak tries to cover her face,
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Barb Honchak launches a few punches to Fujii
Fujii covers herself well and then rolls on the ground. Great reversal!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak measures the resilience of Fujii's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Fujii blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Honchak misses a step and Megumi Fujii sees an opportunity to counter her!
Fujii tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Honchak
Fujii launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Barb Honchak is not able to stop Honchak ground skills and Megumi Fujii moves to side mount!
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Barb Honchak
Megumi Fujii hooks Honchak's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Honchak hyper-extended her left leg
Fujii is locking that Kneebar...
Honchak struggles to free herself
Honchak hyper-extended her left leg
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Fujii is locking that Kneebar...
Barb Honchak manages to kick Fujii away and scrambles on top!
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Fujii
Fujii tries to close her guard around Honchak
She succeeds!
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Fujii switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
That Triangle Choke from Megumi Fujii appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Honchak struggles to free herself
Honchak struggles and her head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip her head of the lock!
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Honchak use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Megumi Fujii holds Barb Honchak and prevents her from moving to a better position!
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Fujii is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch her work on the ground.
Fujii switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Honchak struggles and her head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip her head of the lock!
Megumi Fujii gets sloppy and Barb Honchak tries to take advantage...
Honchak tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Fujii leans and gets Barb Honchak's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Honchak tries to stand up!
Fujii doesn't allow her!
Josh Rosenthal 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.
Megumi Fujii was tooling Barb Honchak for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Barb Honchak lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Honchak decides to launch some tentative punches
Megumi Fujii takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
There is a small laceration on Barb Honchak's Right eye
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Honchak decides to launch some tentative punches
Fujii launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Honchak with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Solid shot from Barb Honchak to the body.
Fujii blocks in time.
Barb Honchak gets sloppy and Megumi Fujii tries to take advantage...
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Barb Honchak didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Fujii is in open guard over Honchak... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Honchak hyper-extended her left leg
Honchak struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
That Kneebar looks tight...
Honchak struggles to free herself
Fujii secures the lock while Barb Honchak refuses to tap... Josh Rosenthal jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Megumi Fujii by Submission (Kneebar) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 3/4 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 7/8 (88%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 241 s
Statistics: Barb Honchak
Punches 2/4 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/9 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 241 s
Fujii considering returning to elite form. She undecided.
Barb Honchak doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
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 Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Fujii and Honchak move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Barb Honchak didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Hard blow to Honchak's mid-section, she seems hurt
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak tries to close her guard around Fujii
She is not able to do it
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Fujii can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Fujii positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Honchak's being punished here!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak tries to stand up!
Fujii doesn't allow her!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Barb Honchak launches a few punches to Fujii's cheek from the guard.
Megumi Fujii uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Fujii moves on the ground
Megumi Fujii moves to side mount
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Barb Honchak
Barb Honchak tries to turn in and scramble out. Megumi Fujii timed her perfectly and locks up a guillotine!
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
Fujii is locking that guillotine...
Fujii is locking that guillotine...
That guillotine looks tight...
Barb Honchak slips her head out and manages to gain top control.
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Megumi Fujii isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Honchak blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Fujii's guard.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii throws up a triangle attempt!
Barb Honchak postures up and breaks the triangle.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Fujii moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Fujii is locking that armbar...
Honchak struggles to free herself
Barb Honchak breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Megumi Fujii. 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 Osaka Castle Hall (Osaka, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Megumi Fujii tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Honchak is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Fujii tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Honchak
Fujii works on the ground with her fingers over Honchak's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Josh Rosenthal didn't see that!
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Honchak
Megumi Fujii pushes Honchak's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Honchak rolls and she's now on half guard over Megumi Fujii. Nice reversal.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Honchak cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Fujii can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Fujii measures the resilience of Honchak's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Honchak's side.
Hard blow to Honchak's mid-section, she seems hurt
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Honchak tries to cover her face,
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Fujii
Barb Honchak launches a few punches to Fujii
Fujii covers herself well and then rolls on the ground. Great reversal!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Honchak measures the resilience of Fujii's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Fujii blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Honchak misses a step and Megumi Fujii sees an opportunity to counter her!
Fujii tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Honchak
Fujii launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Barb Honchak is not able to stop Honchak ground skills and Megumi Fujii moves to side mount!
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Barb Honchak
Megumi Fujii hooks Honchak's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Honchak hyper-extended her left leg
Fujii is locking that Kneebar...
Honchak struggles to free herself
Honchak hyper-extended her left leg
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Fujii is locking that Kneebar...
Barb Honchak manages to kick Fujii away and scrambles on top!
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Fujii
Fujii tries to close her guard around Honchak
She succeeds!
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Fujii switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
That Triangle Choke from Megumi Fujii appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Honchak struggles to free herself
Honchak struggles and her head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip her head of the lock!
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Honchak use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Megumi Fujii holds Barb Honchak and prevents her from moving to a better position!
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Fujii is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch her work on the ground.
Fujii switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Honchak struggles and her head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip her head of the lock!
Megumi Fujii gets sloppy and Barb Honchak tries to take advantage...
Honchak tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Fujii leans and gets Barb Honchak's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Fujii
Honchak tries to stand up!
Fujii doesn't allow her!
Josh Rosenthal 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.
Megumi Fujii was tooling Barb Honchak for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Barb Honchak lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Honchak decides to launch some tentative punches
Megumi Fujii takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
There is a small laceration on Barb Honchak's Right eye
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Honchak decides to launch some tentative punches
Fujii launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Honchak with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Solid shot from Barb Honchak to the body.
Fujii blocks in time.
Barb Honchak gets sloppy and Megumi Fujii tries to take advantage...
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Barb Honchak didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Honchak
Fujii is in open guard over Honchak... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Honchak hyper-extended her left leg
Honchak struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
That Kneebar looks tight...
Honchak struggles to free herself
Fujii secures the lock while Barb Honchak refuses to tap... Josh Rosenthal jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Megumi Fujii by Submission (Kneebar) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 3/4 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 7/8 (88%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 241 s
Statistics: Barb Honchak
Punches 2/4 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/9 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 241 s
Fujii considering returning to elite form. She undecided.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!