Coenen vs. Nakai

[The Sandmen]

Marloes Coenen is beating herself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking herself in the face, body and legs to get ready for her scrap.
Rin Nakai looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising her fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.

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Round 1
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Marloes Coenen and Rin Nakai touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Superb haymaker by Coenen
that lands on Nakai's face like a cannon ball!
Rin Nakai launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Coenen blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Marloes Coenen's cheek! Coenen stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Nakai is standing while Coenen is on the ground on her back
Nakai moves backwards and gestures for Marloes Coenen to stand up.
Back to the beginning! Marloes Coenen is standing now.
Coenen begins to launch a barrage of punches over Nakai
this is getting worse and worse for Nakai
Nakai's Mouth is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Rin Nakai's Mouth
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Coenen has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Marloes Coenen has found an opening in the defense of Nakai, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Nakai's ribs.
Marloes Coenen goes with a looping right hand while Rin Nakai jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Nakai seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of her own. Great exchange here.
Rin Nakai throws a combo
Marloes Coenen ducks under and catches her with a counter straight! Nakai swings again, only to get countered once more! Nakai is looking bad here!
Nakai's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement she's received!
Rin Nakai seems hurt! She stumbles backwards and she's an easy target for Marloes Coenen!
Rin Nakai throws a looping left hand...
Coenen moves aside and dodges.
Poorly executed technique. Marloes Coenen looks to counter!
Marloes Coenen attempts a sweep single...
Marloes Coenen catches Rin Nakai's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Coenen.
Marloes Coenen is in closed guard over Nakai
Coenen 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 Credit Union Centre (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is cheering her!
Marloes Coenen is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Rin Nakai seems fresh. She may still have a lot of gas in her tank.
Rin Nakai launches a few punches to Coenen's cheek from the guard.
Marloes Coenen uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward.
Marloes Coenen is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Coenen breaths deeply while on the ground
Marloes Coenen is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Marloes Coenen hooks Nakai's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Coenen extends her hips and it's deep. Rin Nakai taps! Smart move, Rin Nakai could have been seriously injured by that punishing lock.

Winner is Marloes Coenen by Submission (Kneebar) at 2:18 Round 1

Statistics: Marloes Coenen
Punches 12/15 (80%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 59 s

Statistics: Rin Nakai
Punches 3/8 (38%)
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 50 s

Poor Rin got her Nakai handed to her. I thought she could put up a bit better fight against Coenen, even though Marloes is pretty elite.

[xx - The Broad Street Bullies]

Not Rinning

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

lol Nope... No Rinning for you.

[The Sandmen]

And the league collectively frowns, as there will be no Rinning this evening.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jun 2, 2014 21:12:35 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

And the league collectively frowns, as there will be no Rinning this evening.

Not collectively... I'm not frowning. Lack of Rinning is a good thing.

[The Sandmen]

Yet another fighter you bitter-hate just because she beat Sarah in real life? That list must be gettin' long, ya?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jun 6, 2014 22:51:56 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Yet another fighter you bitter-hate just because she beat Sarah in real life? That list must be gettin' long, ya?

I only don't like her here cuz of the Rinning bullshit... otherwise I think she's a good fighter... kinda surprised she beat Sarah though after Sarah won that wrestling tournament. It really looked like, on paper, that Sarah would own her. Another fight she left to the judges though. Not sure if training with Zoila had anything to do with it, but looks like Nakamoto's healing faster than expected... Sarah needs to learn her some of Miriam's KO power.

[The Sandmen]

Ko power never hurts, that's for true.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jun 6, 2014 23:17:23 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Ko power never hurts, that's for true.

No not at all... I agree. From what I heard about the fight though, 1) Sarah might have underestimated Rin's ground ability a little, went to the ground quickly and the ground isn't the place to beat Rin unless it's late in the fight and she's worn out. And 2) Rin's speed helped allot.

Bottomline: Sarah needed to execute here size and reach advantage early to beat Rin up a bit at first then take her down. Apparently didn't go down that way, unfortunately. :-/

[The Sandmen]

Has anyone uploaded that fight yet? I read a good recap, but I wanna see it.

Speaking of good recaps (and this is not a joke), this guy is actually good. Very vivid and detailed. I still wanna see the fight, but this was enough to tide me over.