Watanabe vs. Hamasaki

[The Sandmen]

Hisae Watanabe 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.
Ayaka Hamasaki glares at her opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.

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Round 1
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Hisae Watanabe and Ayaka Hamasaki touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Ayaka Hamasaki fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Watanabe blocks that. She made it look easy!
Watanabe looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Ayaka Hamasaki's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
Ayaka throws a lazy kick
Watanabe dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts her in to orbit!
There is a small laceration on Ayaka Hamasaki's Forehead
Ayaka shows no signs of slowing down. She's in great shape.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Ayaka Hamasaki!
Watanabe ducks under...
Ayaka is holding Hisae Watanabe's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
Ayaka Hamasaki is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Ayaka Hamasaki looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Hisae Watanabe takes advantage of her opponent's over commitment and traps her in full guard.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Ayaka Hamasaki is in open guard over Watanabe
Watanabe reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Ayaka blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Ayaka Hamasaki is in half guard over Watanabe
Ayaka Hamasaki isolates Hisae Watanabe's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Hisae Watanabe is able to relieve the pressure on her neck and slip out of the hold.
Ayaka Hamasaki is in half guard over Watanabe
Ayaka Hamasaki tries to pass Hisae Watanabe's guard...
Ayaka Hamasaki manages to get her leg free and moves to side mount.
Ayaka Hamasaki is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Ayaka Hamasaki looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Hisae Watanabe takes advantage of her opponent's over commitment and traps her in full guard.
Ayaka Hamasaki is in closed guard over Watanabe
Watanabe measures the resilience of Ayaka's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Ayaka's side.
Ayaka Hamasaki is in closed guard over Watanabe
Ayaka struggles on the ground and tries to break Hisae Watanabe's guard...
Watanabe doesn't want to free her opponent and Ayaka continues in closed guard
Ayaka Hamasaki is in closed guard over Watanabe
Ayaka use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Hisae Watanabe holds Ayaka Hamasaki and prevents her from moving to a better position!
Ayaka Hamasaki is in closed guard over Watanabe
Ayaka Hamasaki tries to better her position on the ground...
Watanabe holds Ayaka Hamasaki's head against her chin in the closed guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
A right hand from Ayaka Hamasaki
misses its target.
Hisae Watanabe paws at Ayaka.
Ayaka swings ineffectively.
Ayaka misses a step and Hisae Watanabe sees an opportunity to counter her!
Some nice shots from Hisae Watanabe
that stun Ayaka.
Ayaka's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Ayaka looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Hisae Watanabe's punches
Ayaka is on the receiving end of a great combo by Watanabe.
Ayaka's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Hisae Watanabe is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Ayaka attempts a shoot
Hisae Watanabe hops back and delivers a powerful kick to her head!
Hisae Watanabe tries to show her boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Ayaka's face
Ayaka's Mouth is beginning to swell
Ayaka moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hisae Watanabe checks the kick.
Watanabe launches a solid middle kick
that whizzes past Ayaka.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Watanabe moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Ayaka's thigh!
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
A bad move from Ayaka Hamasaki
allows Watanabe to land a solid head kick.
Incredible high kick!
Ayaka is worried!
Hard blow to Ayaka's mid-section, she seems hurt
Middle kick from Watanabe.
Ayaka receives a solid kick right below her ribs.
Ayaka ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Solid kick to the leg from Hisae Watanabe
that visibly pains Ayaka.
Ayaka hyper-extended her left leg
Ayaka seems a bit groggy... her movements are not very coordinated now.
High kick from Hisae Watanabe!
Ayaka seems to be done!
Ayaka is out! Ayaka is out! Hisae Watanabe has ended this fight in highlight reel fashion!
Ayaka's Nose is beginning to swell
Ayaka has a small cut in her Nose

Winner is Hisae Watanabe by KO (High kick) at 5:00 Round 1

Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 9/12 (75%)
Kicks 8/9 (89%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/2 (100%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 91 s

Statistics: Ayaka Hamasaki
Punches 3/12 (25%)
Kicks 0/1 (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 91 s

Watanabe gettin’ er’ done. Hamasaki less so. Much, much less.