Post by The Sandmen on Oct 21, 2013 17:05:19 GMT -5
Hiroko Yamanaka looks very relaxed.
Hisae Watanabe is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Hiroko Yamanaka and Hisae Watanabe touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Hisae Watanabe!
Yamanaka ducks under...
Yamanaka wants to take the fight to her advantage and tries to clinch.
Yamanaka moves forward and holds Watanabe
Watanabe doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Hiroko Yamanaka embrace and tries to move away...
Hiroko Yamanaka pushes Watanabe forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yamanaka struggles and launches a few punches to Watanabe's head
Those punches are hitting! Watanabe covers her head!
Watanabe's Forehead is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yamanaka tries to take Hisae Watanabe down... Watanabe stumbles backwards and Hiroko Yamanaka launches a few punches...
Hisae Watanabe dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Watanabe tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Watanabe avoids a dangerous strike from Yamanaka
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Watanabe launches a furious low kick!
Yamanaka blocks.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Hiroko Yamanaka wants this win. She unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Watanabe!
Yamanaka launches a furious low kick!
Watanabe receives a hard blow on her left leg!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Hiroko Yamanaka
that visibly pains Watanabe.
Watanabe hyper-extended her left leg
Hiroko Yamanaka launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Watanabe blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Hisae Watanabe's cheek! Watanabe stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Herb Dean is asking Watanabe to defend herself! Herb Dean jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Watanabe.
Winner is Hiroko Yamanaka by TKO (Punch) at 1:44 Round 1
Statistics: Hiroko Yamanaka
Punches 1/3 (33%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 2/6 (33%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 0/2 (0%)
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 0 s
Pretty one-sided affair here. Hisae has a few good one-dimensional skills, but Yamanaka is a bit more well-rounded skillset, with more developed specialties. That’ll do it.
Hisae Watanabe is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Hiroko Yamanaka and Hisae Watanabe touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Hisae Watanabe!
Yamanaka ducks under...
Yamanaka wants to take the fight to her advantage and tries to clinch.
Yamanaka moves forward and holds Watanabe
Watanabe doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Hiroko Yamanaka embrace and tries to move away...
Hiroko Yamanaka pushes Watanabe forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yamanaka struggles and launches a few punches to Watanabe's head
Those punches are hitting! Watanabe covers her head!
Watanabe's Forehead is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yamanaka tries to take Hisae Watanabe down... Watanabe stumbles backwards and Hiroko Yamanaka launches a few punches...
Hisae Watanabe dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Watanabe tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Watanabe avoids a dangerous strike from Yamanaka
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Watanabe launches a furious low kick!
Yamanaka blocks.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Hiroko Yamanaka wants this win. She unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Watanabe!
Yamanaka launches a furious low kick!
Watanabe receives a hard blow on her left leg!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Hiroko Yamanaka
that visibly pains Watanabe.
Watanabe hyper-extended her left leg
Hiroko Yamanaka launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Watanabe blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Hisae Watanabe's cheek! Watanabe stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Herb Dean is asking Watanabe to defend herself! Herb Dean jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Watanabe.
Winner is Hiroko Yamanaka by TKO (Punch) at 1:44 Round 1
Statistics: Hiroko Yamanaka
Punches 1/3 (33%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 2/6 (33%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 0/2 (0%)
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 0 s
Pretty one-sided affair here. Hisae has a few good one-dimensional skills, but Yamanaka is a bit more well-rounded skillset, with more developed specialties. That’ll do it.