Post by The Sandmen on Jul 17, 2019 19:30:24 GMT -5
ManMMA Flyweight Championship
Karolina Kowalkiewicz raises her fists in her corner. She seems confident.
Megumi Fujii 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.
Now Karolina Kowalkiewicz put her title in contention against Fujii.
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 Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Kowalkiewicz and Fujii move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Good leg kicks from Karolina Kowalkiewicz .
Fujii winces a bit.
Fujii hyper-extended her leg
High kick from Karolina Kowalkiewicz !
She misses narrowly!
Megumi Fujii tries to bring the fight to the ground
Kowalkiewicz goes down.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Kowalkiewicz
Kowalkiewicz measures the resilience of Fujii's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Fujii's side.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Kowalkiewicz
Kowalkiewicz measures the resilience of Fujii's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Fujii's side.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Kowalkiewicz
Fujii moves on the ground..
She gets half guard.
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Kowalkiewicz
Megumi Fujii hooks Kowalkiewicz 's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Karolina Kowalkiewicz manages to kick Fujii away and scrambles on top!
Karolina Kowalkiewicz is in open guard over Fujii
Karolina Kowalkiewicz pushes Megumi Fujii against the fence and then tries to improve her position.
Kowalkiewicz jumps and tries to free her leg! Fujii doesn't allow this but Karolina Kowalkiewicz is able to get half guard here.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz is in half guard over Fujii
Karolina Kowalkiewicz tries to pass Megumi Fujii's guard...
Karolina Kowalkiewicz passes momentarily but Megumi Fujii sees and opening and traps her in full guard.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz is in open guard over Fujii
Kowalkiewicz tries to move to full mount
Kowalkiewicz succeeds
Karolina Kowalkiewicz is in full mount over Megumi Fujii
Kowalkiewicz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Fujii struggles and frees her leg!
Karolina Kowalkiewicz is in half guard over Fujii
Karolina Kowalkiewicz tries to free her leg
Megumi Fujii moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz wants this win. She unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Fujii!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Some nice shots from Karolina Kowalkiewicz
miss their mark.
Kowalkiewicz clumsily fails here and it's time for Megumi Fujii to fight back!
Megumi Fujii fires an unorthodox punch to Kowalkiewicz 's torso
that hits its mark.
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Fujii decides to launch some tentative punches
Megumi Fujii takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Kowalkiewicz throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
Fujii has a small cut in her Chin
Crisp uppercut by Kowalkiewicz followed by a hard jab
Megumi Fujii stumbles back.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Karolina Kowalkiewicz launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Fujii blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Megumi Fujii's cheek! Fujii stumbles and the falls to the mat!
There is a small laceration on Megumi Fujii's Right cheek
Kowalkiewicz is standing while Fujii is on the ground on her back
Kowalkiewicz moves backwards and gestures for Megumi Fujii to stand up.
Megumi Fujii is on her feet again.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz steps forward and fires a high kick!
Fujii blocks decisively, as if to say, "No KO for me, thanks!"
Karolina Kowalkiewicz attempts to cut off Fujii with punches
Fujii avoids getting cornered.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz swings...
hard impact to Fujii's face!
Megumi Fujii paws at Kowalkiewicz .
Kowalkiewicz answers with solid punches!
Here comes Karolina Kowalkiewicz with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Fujii's ribs!
Hard blow to Fujii's mid-section, she seems hurt
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii attempts a sweep single...
Megumi Fujii catches Karolina Kowalkiewicz 's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Fujii.
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Kowalkiewicz
Fujii is in closed guard... Kowalkiewicz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Megumi Fujii!
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Karolina Kowalkiewicz .
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Round 2
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Megumi Fujii tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Karolina Kowalkiewicz jumps backwards and frees her leg.
Fujii clumsily fails here and it's time for Karolina Kowalkiewicz to fight back!
Kowalkiewicz moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Fujii's thigh!
Fujii hyper-extended her leg
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Kowalkiewicz dodges a strike and counters with a crushing hook
that almost lifts Fujii from the ground!
Kowalkiewicz launches a furious low kick!
Fujii receives a hard blow on her left leg!
Karolina Kowalkiewicz launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Fujii blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Megumi Fujii's cheek! Fujii stumbles and the falls to the mat!
The ref pulls off Karolina Kowalkiewicz ! Fujii seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Fujii's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Winner is Karolina Kowalkiewicz by TKO (Punch) at 0:57 Round 2
Statistics: Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Punches 19/32 (59%)
Kicks 7/9 (78%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 102 s
Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 9/11 (82%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 115 s
Karolina Kowalkiewicz defends the Women's Flyweight title!
Karolina just handled Fujii. Just fookin’ handled her. It feels like KK has her shit together in a very clean, Championship-level way. I feel like when she loses, it will just be a bad case of the “forgot to show ups” or a “fluke knockout”, but Im not sure there are people that are just legit, straight-up better than her at this moment. Time will time.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!