Post by The Sandmen on Nov 8, 2020 21:17:49 GMT -5
Sarah Kaufman raises his fists in his corner. She seems confident.
Miesha Tate glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
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 his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Kaufman and Tate move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Tate grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Kaufman
Tate is in open guard over Kaufman... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Kaufman rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own she escapes.
Tate clumsily fails here and it's time for Sarah Kaufman to fight back!
Kaufman tries to stand up!
Tate doesn't allow him!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Kaufman
Kaufman tries to close his guard around Tate
She succeeds!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate is in closed guard... Kaufman tries to roll on the ground!
Miesha Tate uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate is in closed guard... Kaufman tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Miesha Tate!
Sarah Kaufman is in full mount over Miesha Tate
Sarah Kaufman tries to better his position on the ground...
Kaufman is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Sarah Kaufman is in full mount over Miesha Tate
Sarah Kaufman aggressively and repeatedly punches Tate.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Sarah Kaufman is in full mount over Miesha Tate
Tate measures the resilience of Kaufman's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Kaufman's side.
Kaufman ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Sarah Kaufman is in full mount over Miesha Tate
1:31 Round 1 and Tate is still in good shape. She sure has trained hard for this fight.
Miesha Tate tries to roll to his side and trap Sarah Kaufman in his guard...
Miesha Tate gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Sarah Kaufman is in full mount over Miesha Tate
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Kaufman's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Tate
Miesha Tate tries to roll on the ground...
She makes a reversal!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Miesha Tate looks to posture up and open Sarah Kaufman's guard...
Miesha Tate forces Sarah Kaufman to open his guard.
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Kaufman
Kaufman tries to close his guard around Tate
She is not able to do it
Miesha Tate is in open guard over Kaufman
Kaufman tries to close his guard around Tate
She succeeds!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate is in closed guard... Kaufman tries to roll on the ground!
Miesha Tate uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Tate is trying to counter now!
Miesha Tate fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Kaufman's face!
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate is in closed guard... Kaufman tries to roll on the ground!
Miesha Tate uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate is in closed guard... Kaufman tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Miesha Tate!
Sarah Kaufman is in full mount over Miesha Tate
Kaufman tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Tate struggles and frees his leg!
Sarah Kaufman is in half guard over Tate
Miesha Tate attempts to move to full guard
Miesha Tate manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Sarah Kaufman is in open guard over Tate
Kaufman tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Sarah Kaufman is in half guard over Tate
Kaufman tries to get a side mount...
She frees his leg and is now controlling Tate from the side mount!
Sarah Kaufman is in side mount over Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate attempts to trap Sarah Kaufman in his guard.
Miesha Tate manages to switch to half guard.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Sarah Kaufman is in half guard over Tate
Sarah Kaufman tries to free his leg
Miesha Tate moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
Sarah Kaufman launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Tate blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Miesha Tate's cheek! Tate stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Kaufman is standing while Tate is on the ground on his back
Tate tries to stand up!
she is now on his feet
Back to the beginning! Miesha Tate is standing now.
Sarah Kaufman takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
A wicked punch by Sarah Kaufman
goes awry.
Kaufman clumsily fails here and it's time for Miesha Tate to fight back!
Sarah Kaufman launches a body shot
Tate evades.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Miesha Tate shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Sarah Kaufman is taken off his feet, but she manages to pull Tate into his guard.
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Kaufman measures the resilience of Tate's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Tate blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Tate tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Tate throws a few hammer fists to the face of Sarah Kaufman
Solid shots!
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Sarah Kaufman throws an uppercut
Tate slips it.
Tate is holding Sarah Kaufman's left leg... She's trying to take him down.
Sarah Kaufman loses balance and goes to the ground.
Kaufman Hyper-extended his left arm
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Sarah Kaufman
Sarah Kaufman attempts to trap Miesha Tate in his guard.
Miesha Tate keeps control and remains in side mount.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Sarah Kaufman
Kaufman is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Sarah Kaufman
Miesha Tate isolates Sarah Kaufman's left arm looking for an armbar...
Sarah Kaufman manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Miesha Tate lost his dominant position.
Sarah Kaufman is in open guard over Tate
Miesha Tate overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Kaufman pulls his arm out of danger.
Sarah Kaufman is in open guard over Tate
Miesha Tate gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Kaufman spins out, but Miesha Tate was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Kaufman is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Kaufman tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Kaufman launches a kick to Tate's thigh
Tate checks that kick!
Sarah Kaufman is in open guard over Tate
Tate switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Kaufman struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip his head of the lock!
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Sarah Kaufman is in open guard over Tate
Kaufman tries to stand up!
Tate doesn't allow him!
Sarah Kaufman is in open guard over Tate
Sarah Kaufman tries to open Tate's guard...
Tate breaks the lock and covers himself from Kaufman's punches
Poorly executed technique. Miesha Tate looks to counter!
Tate reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Kaufman blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
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 Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:45 in the 2 round
Kaufman showing excellent timing, blasts Miesha Tate with a right hand.
Tate steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
Poorly executed technique. Miesha Tate looks to counter!
Tate goes to the body...
She punishes Kaufman's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Miesha Tate shoots for a double leg takedown!
Sarah Kaufman sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Sarah Kaufman launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Tate blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
Sarah Kaufman gets sloppy and Miesha Tate tries to take advantage...
Kaufman leads with a punch
Miesha Tate avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Miesha Tate attempts a sweep single...
Miesha Tate catches Sarah Kaufman's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Tate.
Kaufman ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Miesha Tate tries to pass Sarah Kaufman's guard...
Miesha Tate manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Miesha Tate is in half guard over Kaufman
Tate sits over his knees and pushes away Kaufman's leg!
Miesha Tate is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Sarah Kaufman
Sarah Kaufman attempts to trap Miesha Tate in his guard.
Sarah Kaufman manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate tries to escape from the closed guard
Miesha Tate any adventage in the ground.
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate is in closed guard... Kaufman tries to roll on the ground!
Miesha Tate uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Tate is trying to counter now!
Miesha Tate tries to open Kaufman's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Miesha Tate. Kaufman is unable to cover himself now!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Sarah Kaufman holds Miesha Tate and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Deep breaths from Sarah Kaufman who tries a hammer punch to Tate's ribs.
Tate blocks those punches
Kaufman clumsily fails here and it's time for Miesha Tate to fight back!
Tate tries to open up Sarah Kaufman's defense faking a few punches.
Sarah Kaufman wraps his arms around Tate's arms and counters the punches.
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate tries to escape from closed guard...
Tate struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
Miesha Tate is in half guard over Kaufman
Miesha Tate hooks Kaufman's right leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Sarah Kaufman manages to kick Tate away and scrambles on top!
Tate clumsily fails here and it's time for Sarah Kaufman to fight back!
Sarah Kaufman launches a few punches to Tate's cheek from the guard.
Miesha Tate uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Steve Mazzagatti 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 Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
Miesha Tate attempts a sweep single...
Miesha Tate catches Sarah Kaufman's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Tate.
Miesha Tate is in closed guard over Kaufman
Tate use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, she jumps to side mount! The crowd in Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia) is cheering him!
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
Miesha Tate is in side mount over Sarah Kaufman
Kaufman tries to show some ground skills
Sarah Kaufman put Tate in half guard.
Miesha Tate is in half guard over Kaufman
Miesha Tate was tooling Sarah Kaufman for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Sarah Kaufman lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Kaufman measures the resilience of Tate's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Tate blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Kaufman misses a step and Miesha Tate sees an opportunity to counter him!
Miesha Tate hovers above Kaufman
Good punches to Kaufman's body.
Miesha Tate is in half guard over Kaufman
Sarah Kaufman has seen better days.
Kaufman breaths deeply while on the ground
Miesha Tate is in half guard over Kaufman
Tate shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
That North South Choke from Miesha Tate appears to be unbreakable
That North South Choke from Miesha Tate appears to be unbreakable
Tate is locking that North South Choke...
Punishing hold!
That North South Choke from Miesha Tate appears to be unbreakable
That North South Choke from Miesha Tate appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
Tate is locking that North South Choke...
Kaufman is out! Steve Mazzagatti breaks the lock and Sarah Kaufman lies flat on the mat! Awesome move by Miesha Tate.
Winner is Miesha Tate by Submission (North South Choke) at 5:00 Round 2
Statistics: Sarah Kaufman
Punches 4/11 (36%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/19 (21%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 436 s
Statistics: Miesha Tate
Punches 6/7 (86%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 5/6 (83%)
GnP strikes 14/20 (70%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 446 s
Ground games beats stand games this time. I might be concerned about Miesha punching 7 times, but her accuracy was efficient, so that’s passable I guess? But like…I would not recommend it against the elite stand-ups, fo sho.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!