Budd vs. Fujii

[The Sandmen]

Ferocious staredown by Budd while Steve Mazzagatti recites the rules.
Megumi Fujii raises her fists in her corner. She seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Megumi Fujii today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.

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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
A right hand from Megumi Fujii
makes Budd stumble back!
Several good body shots
land on Fujii.
Julia Budd goes with a looping right hand while Megumi Fujii jumps back and jabs
Budd seems staggered and Megumi Fujii runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Megumi Fujii launches a body shot
Budd evades.
Budd throws a hook
She fails to land it.
Budd clumsily fails here and it's time for Megumi Fujii to fight back!
A right hand from Megumi Fujii
surprises Budd!
Fujii showing excellent timing, blasts Julia Budd with a right hand.
Great hook by Megumi Fujii! Julia Budd is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Fujii is standing while Budd is on the ground on her back
Budd tries to hit Megumi Fujii with a kick to her knee from the ground.
Fujii dodges that
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Fujii is standing while Budd is on the ground on her back
Fujii opts to jump inside Budd's guard.
Budd didn't see that coming. Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Budd now.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Budd
Megumi Fujii tries to finish with a leg lock!
Fujii is locking that leglock...
Punishing hold!
That leglock looks tight...
Fujii is locking that leglock...
You can see the pain reflected in Budd's eyes...
Budd is able to break the lock.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Budd
Julia Budd 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.
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Budd
Megumi Fujii tries to finish with a leg lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Budd's eyes...
That leglock from Megumi Fujii appears to be unbreakable
That leglock looks tight...
Crippling lock!
This is over! Budd can't stand the pain and taps!

Winner is Megumi Fujii by Submission (leglock) at 2:06 Round 1

Statistics: Julia Budd
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 55 s

Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 7/10 (70%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 28 s

Toughness was a factor here. Budd could use some, it seems, since she kinda died early in this one. It left her prone to Megumi’s elite submission skills, and Fujii closed the fight with them.

[The Rocketmen]

This was expected.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Mar 29, 2013 17:25:38 GMT -5 The Rocketmen said:

This was expected.

Not really... Budd's actually pretty decent, she just got caught early in this one and couldn't recover fast enough.

[The Sandmen]

No, it was expected.

[The Rocketmen]

Fujii has been that beast of a gate-keeper somewhat, so there was no chance here to me.

[The Sandmen]

I agree, except the gatekeeper part. Women's division is more of a light switch. You have the ONs (Carano, Cyborg, Kaufman, Rousey) and the OFFS (everyone else). Fujii is the upper level OFF. As is Yamanaka.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Mar 30, 2013 0:00:26 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

I agree, except the gatekeeper part. Women's division is more of a light switch. You have the ONs (Carano, Cyborg, Kaufman, Rousey) and the OFFS (everyone else). Fujii is the upper level OFF. As is Yamanaka.

I disagree, more so with Yamanaka than Fujii though.