Post by The Sandmen on Mar 18, 2015 11:55:42 GMT -5
Jessica Eye shifts back and forth nervously.
Kyra Gracie glares at her opponent from the opposite corner.
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 Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Jessica Eye and Kyra Gracie touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Gracie is holding Jessica Eye's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Jessica Eye loses balance and goes to the ground.
Kyra Gracie is in side mount over Jessica Eye
Jessica Eye attempts to trap Kyra Gracie in her guard.
Jessica Eye manages to switch to full guard.
Kyra Gracie is in closed guard over Eye
Jessica Eye slides her legs high and tries to apply a triangle!
Kyra Gracie cuts to the side and manages to pass to side mount!
Kyra Gracie is in side mount over Jessica Eye
Eye tries to show some ground skills
Jessica Eye put Gracie in half guard.
Kyra Gracie is in half guard over Eye
Jessica Eye struggles to not give her opponent a chance to recover
Poorly executed technique. Kyra Gracie looks to counter!
Gracie shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Eye pushes Kyra Gracie forward against her back and breaks the lock!
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Jessica Eye is in closed guard over Gracie
Eye tries to escape from closed guard...
Eye struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
Jessica Eye is in half guard over Gracie
Kyra Gracie attempts to move to full guard
Kyra Gracie manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Jessica Eye is in open guard over Gracie
Eye tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Jessica Eye is in half guard over Gracie
Eye works on the ground with her fingers over Gracie's face
Gracie shakes her head and continues fighting on the ground.
Jessica Eye is in half guard over Gracie
Gracie throws her legs up in a triangle attempt!
Jessica Eye realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Kyra Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Eye moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Gracie's thigh!
Eye is holding Kyra Gracie's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Kyra Gracie loses balance and goes to the ground.
Jessica Eye is in side mount over Kyra Gracie
Kyra Gracie attempts to trap Jessica Eye in her guard.
Kyra Gracie manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Jessica Eye is in open guard over Gracie
Jessica Eye positions herself and launches a barrage of punches.
Jessica Eye is in full mount and her punches are hitting hard Gracie's abdomen
Jessica Eye is in full mount over Kyra Gracie
Jessica Eye launches a few punches to Gracie
Weak punches. She needs to improve her position!
Jessica Eye is in full mount over Kyra Gracie
Jessica Eye tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Gracie is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Jessica Eye is in full mount over Kyra Gracie
Jessica Eye tries to better her position on the ground...
Kyra Gracie tries to roll on the ground...
Kyra Gracie is in closed guard over Eye
Eye launches a few weak punches
Gracie blocks them effectively.
Kyra Gracie is in closed guard over Eye
Gracie is in closed guard... Eye tries to roll on the ground!
Kyra Gracie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Gracie tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Gracie tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Kyra Gracie fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Kyra Gracie is in half guard over Eye
Deep breaths from Jessica Eye who tries a hammer punch to Gracie's ribs.
That hit Gracie who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Kyra Gracie is in half guard over Eye
Kyra Gracie hooks Eye's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Jessica Eye manages to kick Gracie away and scrambles on top!
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Jessica Eye is in open guard over Gracie
Kyra Gracie isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Eye blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Gracie's guard.
Poorly executed technique. Jessica Eye looks to counter!
Eye moves on the ground..
She gets half guard.
Jessica Eye is in half guard over Gracie
Kyra Gracie tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Jessica Eye is in half guard over Gracie
Jessica Eye pushes Gracie's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Gracie wraps her legs while she holds Jessica Eye's head... Tight guard!
Jessica Eye is in half guard over Gracie
Gracie attempts a triangle from bottom! Jessica Eye slips out. Gracie quickly turns her hips over and switches to the armbar! She's throwing everything at her.
Jessica Eye slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Kyra Gracie. 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 Torinto Palasport Olimpico (Turin, Italy) are cheering for the fighters.
Jessica Eye moves forward looking for some grappling action
Eye has her opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Kyra Gracie pushes away Eye trying to keep the fight at striking range
Eye doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Kyra Gracie
The fighters are clinching.
Jessica Eye postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Gracie hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Kyra Gracie tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Gracie circles out and slips free of Jessica Eye's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Eye grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Jessica Eye
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Jessica Eye is in open guard over Gracie
Jessica Eye tries to finish with a leg lock!
Gracie is able to break the lock.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
You have to give that round to Jessica Eye.
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Round 2
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Gracie leads with a punch
Jessica Eye avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Eye has a small cut in her Left eye
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Jessica Eye fakes a punch and launches herself over Gracie!
Nice move by Eye who clinches and pushes Gracie against the cage
Kyra Gracie pushes away Eye trying to keep the fight at striking range
Eye doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Kyra Gracie
The fighters are clinching.
Kyra Gracie launches a few punches towards Eye's ribs while holds her in a double overhooks!
Jessica Eye receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
Hard blow to Eye's mid-section, she seems hurt
Eye doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Kyra Gracie embrace and tries to move away...
Kyra Gracie pushes Eye forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jessica Eye postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Gracie hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Kyra Gracie tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Eye is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gracie takes a break to breathe while holding Jessica Eye.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
Gracie is connecting with a few punches
Jessica Eye launches a body shot
Gracie dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
Gracie and Eye circle around the center of the cage.
Gracie moves forward looking for some action
Kyra Gracie shows some wrestling skills as she put her opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Eye gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Gracie pummels back into position.
Gracie is trying to counter now!
Kyra Gracie gets control of Jessica Eye's neck and attempts a guillotine!
Eye's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Crippling lock!
That Standing Guillotine looks tight...
That Standing Guillotine from Kyra Gracie appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
That Standing Guillotine from Kyra Gracie appears to be unbreakable
Jessica Eye shakes her off and staves off danger.
Kyra Gracie tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Eye is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Eye takes a break to breathe while holding Kyra Gracie.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Eye jumps over her opponent and tries to grapple
Gracie sees what was coming and ducks under her opponent and moves aside
Eye and Gracie circle around the center of the cage.
Gracie studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Jessica Eye was tooling Kyra Gracie for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Kyra Gracie lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Jessica Eye shoots for a double leg takedown!
Kyra Gracie sprawls and manages to stay on her feet.
Gracie tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Kyra Gracie tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
That rear naked chocke looks tight...
That rear naked chocke looks tight...
Eye ducks under and pushes away her opponent.
Kyra Gracie is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Eye wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Gracie doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Jessica Eye embrace and tries to move away...
Jessica Eye pushes Gracie forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Jessica Eye tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Gracie is determined to work from the clinch. She pummeled through and managed to retain her position.
Eye misses a step and Kyra Gracie sees an opportunity to counter her!
Kyra Gracie locks up a guillotine and tries to pull guard...
Eye struggles to free herself
That Standing Guillotine looks tight...
Eye's Nose is bruised after the punishement she's received!
You can see the pain reflected in Eye's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Eye struggles to free herself
Gracie secures the lock while Jessica Eye refuses to tap... Mario Yamasaki jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Kyra Gracie by Submission (Standing Guillotine) at 3:30 Round 2
Statistics: Jessica Eye
Punches 4/8 (50%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/11 (55%)
Takedowns 2/4 (50%)
GnP strikes 5/12 (42%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 238 s
Statistics: Kyra Gracie
Punches 7/8 (88%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/4 (50%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 238 s
That’s a reasonable-sized comeback win there. Kyra did nothing for the first round and let Eye do what Eye does (minus pretty much knocking someone’s cauliflower ear off of their skull). Then in the second, she submission-dominated Eye, and got the submission win via submission.
