Post by The Sandmen on Feb 27, 2015 19:32:33 GMT -5
Joanna Jedrzejczyk raises her fists in her corner. She seems confident.
Megumi Fujii 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.
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 Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Megumi Fujii and Jedrzejczyk engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
A right hand from Joanna Jedrzejczyk
gets deflected.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Joanna Jedrzejczyk fakes a punch and launches herself over Megumi Fujii
Great move by Jedrzejczyk who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Megumi Fujii slightly pushes Jedrzejczyk into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
High kick from Joanna Jedrzejczyk!
She misses narrowly!
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
A furious flurry of punches from Joanna Jedrzejczyk
puts Fujii in a world of hurt!
Megumi Fujii shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Joanna Jedrzejczyk is taken off her feet, but she manages to pull Fujii into her guard.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Jedrzejczyk
Fujii is in closed guard... Jedrzejczyk tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Megumi Fujii!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in full mount over Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii tries to roll to her side and trap Joanna Jedrzejczyk in her guard...
Megumi Fujii gets her hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Fujii tries to close her guard around Jedrzejczyk
She is not able to do it
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Crippling lock!
Jedrzejczyk Hyper-extended her left arm
Jedrzejczyk struggles to free herself
Jedrzejczyk struggles to free herself
That Shoulder Lock looks tight...
Jedrzejczyk's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Crippling lock!
Jedrzejczyk's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Punishing hold!
Jedrzejczyk pulls her arm out of danger.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Jedrzejczyk blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Fujii's guard.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to counter now!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk launches a few punches to Fujii
Fujii covers herself well and then rolls on the ground. Great reversal!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Jedrzejczyk
Fujii moves on the ground
Megumi Fujii moves to side mount
Megumi Fujii is in side mount over Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Joanna Jedrzejczyk doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on her feet
She moves fast and now she is standing
Fujii tries to stand up!
she is now on her feet
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in The O2 Arena (London, England) are cheering for the fighters.
As the fight continues it seems that Megumi Fujii is taking the best of the fight.
The two exchange wildly
Fujii is connecting with a few punches
Nice punch by Joanna Jedrzejczyk
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Fujii's Nose is bruised after the punishement she's received!
There is a small laceration on Megumi Fujii's Nose
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Megumi Fujii shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Joanna Jedrzejczyk is taken off her feet, but she manages to pull Fujii into her guard.
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Jedrzejczyk
Jedrzejczyk launches a few weak punches
Fujii blocks them effectively.
Fujii tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Megumi Fujii aggressively and repeatedly punches Jedrzejczyk.
She needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Megumi Fujii is in closed guard over Jedrzejczyk
Fujii tries to escape from closed guard...
Fujii struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
Megumi Fujii is in half guard over Jedrzejczyk
Megumi Fujii isolates Joanna Jedrzejczyk's left arm looking for an armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in Jedrzejczyk's eyes...
Jedrzejczyk struggles to free herself
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk manages to sit up and pull her arm out of danger! Megumi Fujii lost her dominant position.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Jedrzejczyk tries to stand up!
Fujii doesn't allow her!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Megumi Fujii throws up a triangle attempt!
You can see the pain reflected in Jedrzejczyk's eyes...
That Triangle looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Jedrzejczyk's eyes...
You can see the pain reflected in Jedrzejczyk's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
That Triangle looks tight...
That Triangle looks tight...
Joanna Jedrzejczyk postures up and breaks the triangle.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Fujii measures the resilience of Jedrzejczyk's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Jedrzejczyk's side.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in open guard over Fujii
Fujii tries to close her guard around Jedrzejczyk
She succeeds!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in closed guard over Fujii
Joanna Jedrzejczyk doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on her feet
She can't do it because of Fujii's moves.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in closed guard over Fujii
Terrible one sided match... Jedrzejczyk was not ready to fight a fighter of Megumi Fujii caliber.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk tries to pass Megumi Fujii's guard...
Joanna Jedrzejczyk manages to get her leg free and moves to half guard.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in half guard over Fujii
Jedrzejczyk sits over her knees and pushes away Fujii's leg!
Fujii closes her legs around Joanna Jedrzejczyk's leg. Jedrzejczyk is not able to move away now!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in half guard over Fujii
Joanna Jedrzejczyk doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on her feet
She can't do it because of Fujii's moves.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in half guard over Fujii
Jedrzejczyk tries to stand up!
Fujii doesn't allow her!
Herb Dean separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Megumi Fujii is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Jedrzejczyk is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Jedrzejczyk and Fujii circle around the center of the cage.
Jedrzejczyk looks to be in very good shape.
Crisp uppercut by Jedrzejczyk followed by a hard jab
Fujii deflects the blows.
Jedrzejczyk misses a step and Megumi Fujii sees an opportunity to counter her!
A high kick from Megumi Fujii
grazes Jedrzejczyk's head, but she seems okay.
Fujii fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Joanna Jedrzejczyk didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Megumi Fujii is in open guard over Jedrzejczyk
Fujii is in open guard over Jedrzejczyk... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Jedrzejczyk struggles to free herself
Jedrzejczyk struggles to free herself
That Kneebar looks tight...
Punishing hold!
That Kneebar from Megumi Fujii appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Herb Dean breaks Megumi Fujii's lock! This is over! Jedrzejczyk didn't want to tap but the ref decided she wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Megumi Fujii by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:00 Round 2
Statistics: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Punches 10/18 (56%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/7 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 195 s
Statistics: Megumi Fujii
Punches 3/6 (50%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 6/7 (86%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 195 s
JJ brought the fight, and did really well early and standing – she was very dominant there. But as soon as Fujii got her to the ground, there wasn’t much to be done other then wait to be submitted. And submit she did. Fujii is legit sub fighter squared.
= x2 (Rua, Liddel(current))
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!