Post by The Sandmen on Feb 29, 2012 19:30:08 GMT -5
Alternate Bout
Alexis Davis raises her fists in her corner. She seems confident.
Rin Nakai is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
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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Davis and Nakai move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Alexis Davis and Nakai engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Alexis Davis is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
Some nice shots from Rin Nakai
that stun Davis.
A left hook from Nakai
grazes the chin of Davis.
Davis is holding Rin Nakai's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Rin Nakai shows great balance while pushing away Alexis Davis
Davis moves backwards and Rin Nakai is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Nakai is holding Alexis Davis's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Alexis Davis shows great balance while pushing away Rin Nakai
Bone shattering straight left hand from Rin Nakai!
Davis is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight left hand from Rin Nakai!
Davis is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Davis's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Davis studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Davis launches a furious low kick!
Nakai receives a hard blow on her left leg!
Some counter punches against Alexis Davis
land while she's on her bicycle.
Davis's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Rin Nakai is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai tries a hook to the body
and hits Davis ribs hard
Some nice shots from Rin Nakai
that stun Davis.
Nakai tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Davis moves backwards and circles around Rin Nakai.
Davis tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Davis tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Davis is clinching with Nakai.
The fighters are clinching.
Rin Nakai tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Davis is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The fighters are clinching.
Davis struggles and launches a few punches to Nakai's head
Nothing from this... Alexis Davis seems frustrated.
Nakai tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Nakai tries to breaks Alexis Davis's resistence with a few punches while tries to push her against oner corner.
Nakai launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Davis's ribs.
Rin Nakai tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Davis is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Rin Nakai pushes away Davis trying to keep the fight at striking range
Davis stumbles backwards and Rin Nakai circles to get the center of the cage
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Nakai showing excellent timing, blasts Alexis Davis with a right hand.
Davis steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Alexis Davis tries a hook to the body
and hits Nakai's ribs hard
Alexis Davis attempts a sweep single...
Alexis Davis catches Rin Nakai's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Davis.
Crushing shot to Nakai's body! She's holding her side
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Alexis Davis!
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai tries to better her position on the ground...
Alexis Davis tries to roll on the ground...
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Alexis Davis looks to posture up and open Rin Nakai's guard...
Rin Nakai has a solid guard and keeps her ankles locked.
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Alexis Davis uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Alexis Davis!
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai tries to better her position on the ground...
Alexis Davis tries to roll on the ground...
Poorly executed technique. Alexis Davis looks to counter!
Davis is using some of her ground skills to escape from this...
She pushes Nakai's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Alexis Davis tries to free her leg
Rin Nakai 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.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Nakai moves backwards and Alexis Davis is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Davis moves backwards and Rin Nakai is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Nakai looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Alexis Davis's punches
Nakai is on the receiving end of a great combo by Davis.
Nakai's Nose is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Quick hook by Alexis Davis
Good shot! Nakai has reasons to be worried.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Davis is holding Rin Nakai's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Rin Nakai loses balance and goes to the ground.
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Rin Nakai attempts to trap Alexis Davis in her guard.
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Alexis Davis uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Alexis Davis fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Alexis Davis tries to pass Rin Nakai's guard...
Alexis Davis passes momentarily but Rin Nakai regains half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Rin Nakai launches a few punches to Davis's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Davis tries to cover her face,
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Rin Nakai attempts to move to full guard
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, she jumps to side mount! The crowd in Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) is cheering her!
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Rin Nakai attempts to trap Alexis Davis in her guard.
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:50 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Alexis Davis!
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai tries to better her position on the ground...
Nakai is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai tries to better her position on the ground...
Nakai is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and get to half guard...
Rin Nakai rolls Alexis Davis to her stomach and takes her back!
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis
Davis is taking this opportunity to rest.
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis
Nakai tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Davis! Nakai has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with one hook in
Davis is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Davis holds Rin Nakai's arm over her shoulder and then rolls on the ground. Incredible move to get a half mount!
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Alexis Davis looks to mount Rin Nakai...
Alexis Davis slides her knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Rin Nakai
Nakai tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
She successfully moves to half guard!
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Alexis Davis is a submission wizard. She has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Davis gets a good position on the ground. ..
Nakai holds Alexis Davis arms and counters her opponent punches.
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Davis tries to get a side mount...
Nakai wraps her leg around Alexis Davis leg and prevents her from moving.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Nakai
Alexis Davis pushes Nakai's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nakai rolls and she's now on half guard over Alexis Davis. Nice reversal.
Josh Rosenthal 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.
Nakai steps forward
Davis feints.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 3
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Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Davis launches a kick
but Rin Nakai avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
Davis's Forehead is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Nakai grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Rin Nakai
Rin Nakai is in open guard over Davis
Nakai moves on the ground..
She gets half guard.
Rin Nakai is in half guard over Davis
Rin Nakai tries to free her leg...
Rin Nakai uses some of her skill by jumping out of Davis's guard. She moves quickly to full mount!
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Davis measures the resilience of Nakai's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Nakai blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
The clock says 1:25 in the 3 round
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Davis steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
Alexis Davis struggles to not give her opponent a chance to recover
Poorly executed technique. Rin Nakai looks to counter!
Rin Nakai hooks Davis's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Alexis Davis manages to kick Nakai away and scrambles on top!
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai measures the resilience of Davis's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Davis's side.
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai tries to close her guard around Davis
She succeeds!
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Nakai
Davis is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Alexis Davis!
The clock says 2:10 in the 3 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and trap Rin Nakai in her guard...
Rin Nakai rolls her over and takes her back!
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis
Nakai tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Davis! Nakai has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 2:25 in the 3 round
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with one hook in
Nakai has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If she succeed things are goint to get very bad for Davis.
Davis uses her leg as leverage and manages to keep himself safe for now.
The clock says 2:30 in the 3 round
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with one hook in
Davis has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Alexis Davis uses her ground skills to free one of her legs while working on the ground.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Alexis Davis. 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 Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:40 in the 3 round
Nice punch by Rin Nakai
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Alexis Davis attempts a sweep single...
Rin Nakai was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Nakai avoids a dangerous strike from Davis
and counters with a solid straight!
Alexis Davis is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Rin Nakai tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Davis is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Rin Nakai is in open guard over Davis
Nakai tries to move to full mount
Nakai succeeds
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Davis tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rin Nakai doesn't want to lose her adventageous position and she struggles to mantain the full mount.
The clock says 4:05 in the 3 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai is a submission wizard. She has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Nakai tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rin Nakai controls the situation despite Alexis Davis efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai hovers above Davis
Good punches to Davis's body.
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis launches a few punches to Nakai's cheek from the guard.
Rin Nakai uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Nakai tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Davis struggles and frees her leg!
The clock says 4:50 in the 3 round
Rin Nakai is in half guard over Davis
Stand up! This is what Nakai's cornermen are shouting. Alexis Davis is a submission master and she can finish the fight if you mess with her on the ground.
Alexis Davis launches a few punches to Nakai's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Nakai tries to cover her face,
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is maybe for Alexis Davis, but it's close.
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Round 4
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Brilliant combination from Rin Nakai
that forces Davis to try and defend better.
Rin Nakai was tooling Alexis Davis for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Alexis Davis lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Davis tries to grapple
Nakai moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Some counter punches against Alexis Davis
land while she's on her bicycle.
Quick hook by Rin Nakai
Good shot! Davis has reasons to be worried.
Rin Nakai was tooling Alexis Davis for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Alexis Davis lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Several good body shots
land on Davis.
The clock says 1:10 in the 4 round
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Alexis Davis fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Nakai blocks and pushes her opponent.
Davis is hurt... She should be looking to avoid more damage or she will lose this fight.
Nakai steps forward
Alexis Davis catches her with an uppercut to the face!
Nakai's Left eye is beginning to swell
Nakai avoids a dangerous strike from Davis
and counters with a solid straight!
The clock says 2:00 in the 4 round
Rin Nakai fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Davis's chin
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Alexis Davis and Nakai engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Rin Nakai is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
Rin Nakai tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Davis is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Rin Nakai is in open guard over Davis
Nakai gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! She's just wailing away at Alexis Davis! The referee is saying she's going to stop it if Alexis Davis doesn't defend himself!
Rin Nakai is in open guard over Davis
Nakai tries to jump to side mount.
Alexis Davis closed her guard around Rin Nakai.
Rin Nakai is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Rin Nakai positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Rin Nakai is in full mount and her punches are hitting hard Davis's abdomen
The clock says 2:50 in the 4 round
Rin Nakai is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and get to half guard...
Rin Nakai rolls Alexis Davis to her stomach and takes her back!
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis
Nakai tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Davis! Nakai has one hook in and keeps working!
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with one hook in
Nakai has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If she succeed things are goint to get very bad for Davis.
Nicely done! Nakai now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with two hooks in
Good looking punches from Rin Nakai on the ground
They could take their toll on Davis.
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with two hooks in
Davis is taking this opportunity to rest.
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with two hooks in
Nakai steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
Nakai tenatively looks for a way to finish her opponent! This is a nightmare for Davis!
Nakai has one of her arm over Alexis Davis's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with two hooks in
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Davis's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Nakai
Nakai is in rear mount with two hooks in! She is working on a desperate Davis, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Nakai moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with two hooks in
Nakai tries to open up Alexis Davis's defense faking a few punches.
She is aggressively and repeatedly punching Davis in the side of the head
Nakai is in rear mount over Davis with two hooks in
Davis has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Davis is unable to find a way to escape from this.
Davis misses a step and Rin Nakai sees an opportunity to counter her!
Rin Nakai slides her arm under Alexis Davis's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Punishing hold!
Nakai is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Davis struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Davis's eyes...
Davis struggles to free himself
Davis struggles to free himself
Josh Rosenthal breaks Rin Nakai's lock! This is over! Davis didn't want to tap but the ref decided she wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Rin Nakai by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:16 Round 4
Statistics: Alexis Davis
Punches 12/17 (71%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 2/4 (50%)
GnP strikes 2/13 (15%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 577 s
Statistics: Rin Nakai
Punches 33/40 (82%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 21/24 (88%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 577 s
Nice effort tonight from Alexis Davis who was thinking of the fans besides the fight itself.
People at Ethias Arena (Hasselt, Belgium) will not regret paying for this ticket. Nakai's awesome performance was worth the money.
ManMMA management should pay these women extra just for the excitement they provide to the fans!
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!