Post by The Sandmen on Apr 1, 2013 18:25:38 GMT -5
Barb Honchak looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
Cat Zingano 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 Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Barb Honchak attempts to cut off Zingano with punches
Zingano reels from the strikes.
Cat Zingano launches a body shot
Honchak dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
Cat Zingano swings...
hard impact to Honchak's face!
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Cat Zingano throws an uppercut
Honchak slips it.
Honchak tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Honchak is holding Cat Zingano's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Cat Zingano loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak isolates Cat Zingano's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Cat Zingano is able to relieve the pressure on her neck and slip out of the hold.
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak hovers above Zingano
Cat Zingano stops her from throwing strikes.
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Cat Zingano attempts to trap Barb Honchak in her guard.
Cat Zingano manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Honchak is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch her work on the ground.
Barb Honchak tries to open Zingano's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Barb Honchak. Zingano is unable to cover herself now!
Zingano's Forehead is beginning to swell
Zingano has a small cut in her Forehead
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Honchak is in open guard over Zingano... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Zingano rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of her own she escapes.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Barb Honchak. 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 GM Place (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Barb Honchak fakes a punch and launches herself over Cat Zingano
Great move by Honchak who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Cat Zingano tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Honchak is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Honchak is trying to counter now!
Barb Honchak tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Zingano ducks under and pushes away her opponent.
Cat Zingano tries to bring the fight to the ground
Honchak won't budge, forcing Zingano to pull guard.
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Zingano
Honchak is in closed guard... Zingano tries to roll on the ground!
Barb Honchak uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Zingano clumsily fails here and it's time for Barb Honchak to fight back!
Barb Honchak hovers above Zingano
Good punches to Zingano's body.
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Zingano
Zingano 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!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Zingano
Cat Zingano launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Barb Honchak uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Cat Zingano gets sloppy and Barb Honchak tries to take advantage...
Honchak tries to escape from closed guard...
Honchak struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Zingano
Cat Zingano launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Barb Honchak uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Zingano
Barb Honchak tries to free her leg...
Barb Honchak uses some of her skill by jumping out of Zingano's guard. She moves quickly to full mount!
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Honchak throws a few hammer fists to the face of Cat Zingano
Solid shots!
Zingano has a small cut in her Nose
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Zingano is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Zingano measures the resilience of Honchak's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Honchak blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Barb Honchak looks to counter!
Barb Honchak looks to mount Cat Zingano...
Barb Honchak slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Barb Honchak is in full mount over Cat Zingano
Honchak works on the ground with her fingers over Zingano's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Barb Honchak is in full mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Zingano struggles to free herself
Zingano struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
Honchak is locking that armbar...
Zingano Hyper-extended her arm
Zingano struggles to free herself
Zingano is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in full mount over Cat Zingano
Zingano is using some of her ground skills to escape from this...
She pushes Honchak's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Cat Zingano is in half guard over Honchak
Cat Zingano is a submission wizard. She has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Cat Zingano tries a kimura
Honchak breaks the lock.
Herb Dean 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 GM Place (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
Barb Honchak and Zingano engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Barb Honchak is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
A high kick from Barb Honchak
glances off Zingano.
Shovel hook by Cat Zingano
goes nowhere.
Zingano misses a step and Barb Honchak sees an opportunity to counter her!
Honchak grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Barb Honchak
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Honchak breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Cat Zingano launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Barb Honchak uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Barb Honchak work her BJJ game.
Barb Honchak aggressively and repeatedly punches Zingano.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
You have to give that round to Barb Honchak.
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Round 2
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Tremendous strikes from Zingano!
Honchak blocks with confidence
Cat Zingano tries a hook to the body
but Honchak manages to dodge it
Honchak tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Honchak jumps over her opponent and tries to grapple
Barb Honchak pushes her opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Honchak is launching some bone breaking punches to Zingano's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Cat Zingano's eyes.
Cat Zingano tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Honchak is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The fighters are clinching.
Honchak tries to take Cat Zingano down... Zingano stumbles backwards and Barb Honchak launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Zingano's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Zingano steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
Zingano is launching some bone breaking punches to Honchak's ribs while in the clinch.
Honchak blocks.
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Cat Zingano goes with a looping right hand while Barb Honchak jumps back and jabs
Zingano only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Middle kick from Zingano.
The kick just misses.
Cat Zingano gets sloppy and Barb Honchak tries to take advantage...
Bone shattering straight left hand from Barb Honchak!
Zingano is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Zingano's Right cheek is beginning to swell
A right hand from Cat Zingano
misses its target.
Cat Zingano moves forward looking for a hole in her opponent's defense.
Nice punch by Cat Zingano
that nearly tags Honchak.
Zingano misses a step and Barb Honchak sees an opportunity to counter her!
Honchak is holding Cat Zingano's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Cat Zingano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak isolates Cat Zingano's right arm looking for an armbar...
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
That armbar from Barb Honchak appears to be unbreakable
Zingano struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
Honchak secures the lock while Cat Zingano refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Barb Honchak by Submission (armbar) at 1:55 Round 2
Statistics: Barb Honchak
Punches 12/14 (86%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 5/7 (71%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 15/21 (71%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 204 s
Statistics: Cat Zingano
Punches 1/14 (7%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/11 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 204 s
I think I picked Zingano ? Meh well, decent showing from Honchak. She was evasive, and was able to land pretty much what she wanted whenever she wanted.
Cat Zingano 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 Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Barb Honchak attempts to cut off Zingano with punches
Zingano reels from the strikes.
Cat Zingano launches a body shot
Honchak dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
Cat Zingano swings...
hard impact to Honchak's face!
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Cat Zingano throws an uppercut
Honchak slips it.
Honchak tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Honchak is holding Cat Zingano's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Cat Zingano loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak isolates Cat Zingano's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Cat Zingano is able to relieve the pressure on her neck and slip out of the hold.
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak hovers above Zingano
Cat Zingano stops her from throwing strikes.
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Cat Zingano attempts to trap Barb Honchak in her guard.
Cat Zingano manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Honchak is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch her work on the ground.
Barb Honchak tries to open Zingano's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Barb Honchak. Zingano is unable to cover herself now!
Zingano's Forehead is beginning to swell
Zingano has a small cut in her Forehead
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Honchak is in open guard over Zingano... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Zingano rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of her own she escapes.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Barb Honchak. 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 GM Place (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Barb Honchak fakes a punch and launches herself over Cat Zingano
Great move by Honchak who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Cat Zingano tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Honchak is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Honchak is trying to counter now!
Barb Honchak tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Zingano ducks under and pushes away her opponent.
Cat Zingano tries to bring the fight to the ground
Honchak won't budge, forcing Zingano to pull guard.
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Zingano
Honchak is in closed guard... Zingano tries to roll on the ground!
Barb Honchak uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Zingano clumsily fails here and it's time for Barb Honchak to fight back!
Barb Honchak hovers above Zingano
Good punches to Zingano's body.
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Zingano
Zingano 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!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Zingano
Cat Zingano launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Barb Honchak uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Cat Zingano gets sloppy and Barb Honchak tries to take advantage...
Honchak tries to escape from closed guard...
Honchak struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Zingano
Cat Zingano launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Barb Honchak uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Zingano
Barb Honchak tries to free her leg...
Barb Honchak uses some of her skill by jumping out of Zingano's guard. She moves quickly to full mount!
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Honchak throws a few hammer fists to the face of Cat Zingano
Solid shots!
Zingano has a small cut in her Nose
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Zingano is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Zingano measures the resilience of Honchak's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Honchak blocks the hits as she works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Barb Honchak looks to counter!
Barb Honchak looks to mount Cat Zingano...
Barb Honchak slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Barb Honchak is in full mount over Cat Zingano
Honchak works on the ground with her fingers over Zingano's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see that!
Barb Honchak is in full mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Zingano struggles to free herself
Zingano struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
Honchak is locking that armbar...
Zingano Hyper-extended her arm
Zingano struggles to free herself
Zingano is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in full mount over Cat Zingano
Zingano is using some of her ground skills to escape from this...
She pushes Honchak's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Cat Zingano is in half guard over Honchak
Cat Zingano is a submission wizard. She has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Cat Zingano tries a kimura
Honchak breaks the lock.
Herb Dean 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 GM Place (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
Barb Honchak and Zingano engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Barb Honchak is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
A high kick from Barb Honchak
glances off Zingano.
Shovel hook by Cat Zingano
goes nowhere.
Zingano misses a step and Barb Honchak sees an opportunity to counter her!
Honchak grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Barb Honchak
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Honchak breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
Cat Zingano launches a few punches to Honchak's cheek from the guard.
Barb Honchak uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Barb Honchak is in open guard over Zingano
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Barb Honchak work her BJJ game.
Barb Honchak aggressively and repeatedly punches Zingano.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
You have to give that round to Barb Honchak.
=========================================
Round 2
=========================================
Tremendous strikes from Zingano!
Honchak blocks with confidence
Cat Zingano tries a hook to the body
but Honchak manages to dodge it
Honchak tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Honchak jumps over her opponent and tries to grapple
Barb Honchak pushes her opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Honchak is launching some bone breaking punches to Zingano's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Cat Zingano's eyes.
Cat Zingano tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Honchak is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
The fighters are clinching.
Honchak tries to take Cat Zingano down... Zingano stumbles backwards and Barb Honchak launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Zingano's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Zingano steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
Zingano is launching some bone breaking punches to Honchak's ribs while in the clinch.
Honchak blocks.
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Cat Zingano goes with a looping right hand while Barb Honchak jumps back and jabs
Zingano only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Middle kick from Zingano.
The kick just misses.
Cat Zingano gets sloppy and Barb Honchak tries to take advantage...
Bone shattering straight left hand from Barb Honchak!
Zingano is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Zingano's Right cheek is beginning to swell
A right hand from Cat Zingano
misses its target.
Cat Zingano moves forward looking for a hole in her opponent's defense.
Nice punch by Cat Zingano
that nearly tags Honchak.
Zingano misses a step and Barb Honchak sees an opportunity to counter her!
Honchak is holding Cat Zingano's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Cat Zingano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Barb Honchak is in side mount over Cat Zingano
Barb Honchak isolates Cat Zingano's right arm looking for an armbar...
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
That armbar from Barb Honchak appears to be unbreakable
Zingano struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
Honchak secures the lock while Cat Zingano refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Barb Honchak by Submission (armbar) at 1:55 Round 2
Statistics: Barb Honchak
Punches 12/14 (86%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 5/7 (71%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 15/21 (71%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 204 s
Statistics: Cat Zingano
Punches 1/14 (7%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/11 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 204 s
I think I picked Zingano ? Meh well, decent showing from Honchak. She was evasive, and was able to land pretty much what she wanted whenever she wanted.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!