Coenen vs. Gurgel

[The Sandmen]

Marloes Coenen is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
Zoila Gurgel 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 Marloes Coenen today.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.

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Round 1
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Marloes Coenen and Zoila Gurgel touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Some nice shots from Marloes Coenen
that stun Gurgel.
Gurgel's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Coenen looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Zoila Gurgel's punches
Coenen measures the resilience of Gurgel's chin with an uppercut while Gurgel lands some great crosses.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
As the fight continues it seems that Marloes Coenen is taking the best of the fight.
Gurgel follows Marloes Coenen
only to get counter punched in a big way! Gurgel needs to stop playing Marloes Coenen's game or she'll get knocked out!
Marloes Coenen and Gurgel engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
A high kick from Zoila Gurgel
misses badly. Gurgel slips and falls!
Coenen is standing while Gurgel is on the ground on her back
Marloes Coenen decides to jump inside Gurgel's guard.
Gurgel didn't see that coming. Coenen is in open guard over Gurgel now.
Marloes Coenen is in open guard over Gurgel
As the fight continues it seems that Marloes Coenen is taking the best of the fight.
Marloes Coenen tries to finish with a leg lock!
Coenen is locking that leglock...
That leglock from Marloes Coenen appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Gurgel is able to break the lock.
Marloes Coenen is in open guard over Gurgel
Coenen moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Marloes Coenen is in half guard over Gurgel
Coenen positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Gurgel's being punished here!
Marloes Coenen is in half guard over Gurgel
Marloes Coenen isolates Zoila Gurgel's left arm looking for an armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
Gurgel struggles to free herself
Gurgel struggles to free herself
Coenen is locking that armbar...
Zoila Gurgel manages to sit up and pull her arm out of danger! Marloes Coenen lost her dominant position.
Zoila Gurgel is in open guard over Coenen
Deep breaths from Marloes Coenen who tries a hammer punch to Gurgel's ribs.
That hit Gurgel who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Zoila Gurgel is in open guard over Coenen
Coenen tries to close her guard around Gurgel
She succeeds!
Zoila Gurgel is in closed guard over Coenen
Marloes Coenen gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Gurgel spins out, but Marloes Coenen was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Punishing hold!
Gurgel struggles to free herself
Coenen is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
That Armbar to Triangle from Marloes Coenen appears to be unbreakable
You can see the pain reflected in Gurgel's eyes...
Coenen is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Coenen secures the lock while Zoila Gurgel refuses to tap... Mario Yamasaki jumps in and breaks the lock!

Winner is Marloes Coenen by Submission (Armbar to Triangle) at 2:23 Round 1

Statistics: Marloes Coenen
Punches 8/9 (89%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 61 s

Statistics: Zoila Gurgel
Punches 5/6 (83%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 75 s

Brutalized. I wonder if my Tate upgrades would have done Zoila any better...probably. Still wanted the Cyborg fight to be a bit closer, and it was, but what can ya do.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

lol You actually thought Zoila had a chance here? Coenen's too aggro despite the high defensive skill of Gurgel... atleast that what I thought going in and, obviously, that's what happened.

[The Sandmen]

Oct 4, 2013 16:08:57 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

lol You actually thought Zoila had a chance here?

Curious - what words that I wrote gave you the impression I said or thought that even slightly?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Oct 4, 2013 16:41:04 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Oct 4, 2013 16:08:57 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

lol You actually thought Zoila had a chance here?

Curious - what words that I wrote gave you the impression I said or thought that even slightly?

"I wonder if my Tate upgrades would have done Zoila any better...probably.
-Sandman

That's meaning you think Zoila could've beat Marloes if you'd upgraded her instead of Tate. I disagree... I think Marloes would've won anyways.

[The Sandmen]

That's not what that means at all. It means if I load 11 points into Zoila, she doesn't get finished here in 1 round. Nothing more, nothing less. Doing better does not mean I think they will win. WHen I upgraded Rin to "do better" against Sarah D, I had no delusions she would win. It just turned out that way. Neither Tate or Zoila were winning tonight, I just wanted to make more interesting fights of them (well, of Tate at least).

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

So why not split the points between the two?

[The Sandmen]

Didn't wanna spend that many.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Oct 5, 2013 2:56:32 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Didn't wanna spend that many.

Yet you're so worried about other folks "stockpiling points". Funny how that works.

[The Sandmen]

When did I ever say I had a problem with people saving their points? Man, you are on a crank-tear today aren;t you. I come on, you have 3 posts, all the are hostile towards me right after non-hostile comments. Nutter!

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Oct 6, 2013 13:32:02 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

When did I ever say I had a problem with people saving their points? Man, you are on a crank-tear today aren;t you. I come on, you have 3 posts, all the are hostile towards me right after non-hostile comments. Nutter!

No hostility at all... Just an observation because when we were discussing the the hard cap, you basically said verbatim that the reason you were bringing it in was to prevent folks (ie. Cannon) from stockpiling their points for one fighter, yet stockpiling points is a common practice of yours. I just find that kinda odd, that's all.

[The Sandmen]

1) And you're the guy who is all about "keeping private conversations private"
2) You don;t see the difference between saving points to spend on someone who needs them based on a tough opponent (what I do) and saving them until someone's cap is lifted (what Cannon did)?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Oct 7, 2013 15:00:51 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

1) And you're the guy who is all about "keeping private conversations private"
2) You don;t see the difference between saving points to spend on someone who needs them based on a tough opponent (what I do) and saving them until someone's cap is lifted (what Cannon did)?

1) You've already changed it to a hard cap, have you not? How it got to that point is relevant now and not exactly private anymore.

2) No, cuz there is no difference; it's still stockpiling points no matter how you use them. Though I hardly think you can sit there and say that Hansen needed all the points you put into him either, just as the points I put into Sarah D. You're never going to convince me that there was anything wrong with that practice cuz as far as I'm concerned, it's strategy to keep track of who's capped and who isn't and how that relates to your team and your fighters.

[The Rocketmen]