Post by The Sandman on Mar 2, 2021 22:49:36 GMT -5
Hisae Watanabe looks like she has been waiting for this fight forever.
Zoila Frausto shifts back and forth nervously.
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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Hisae Watanabe and Zoila Frausto touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Zoila Frausto launches a body shot
Watanabe dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Watanabe struggles... Zoila Frausto is unable to take her down
Zoila Frausto and Watanabe engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel checks it.
Watanabe moves backwards and Zoila Frausto is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel blocks that. She made it look easy!
Zoila Frausto closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Zoila Frausto tries to bring the fight to the ground
Watanabe goes down.
Watanabe ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Zoila Frausto is in open guard over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel sits over her knees and pushes away Watanabe's leg!
Zoila Frausto is able to put away her leg and then jumps to side mount.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe attempts to trap Zoila Frausto in her guard.
Zoila Frausto keeps control and remains in side mount.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is getting frustrated here.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Watanabe is taking this opportunity to rest.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll to her side and trap Zoila Frausto in her guard...
Zoila Frausto keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Meridian Centre (St. Catharines, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Watanabe and The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circle around the center of the cage.
Solid shot from Zoila Frausto to the body.
Watanabe didn't like that.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Watanabe is swinging for the fences!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel backpedals and creates space. Hisae Watanabe is asking her if she is going to fight!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is trying to counter now!
Zoila Frausto tries a hook to the body
and hits Watanabe's ribs hard
Hisae Watanabe has seen better days.
Watanabe steps backwards away from Zoila Frausto. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched warriors.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
A right hand from Hisae Watanabe
misses its target.
Not a desiderable position that The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in now. Hisae Watanabe is well knowed for her strong and relentless GnP.
Watanabe decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Watanabe moves back and takes a deep breath.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is holding Hisae Watanabe's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Hisae Watanabe sees an opening and locks her opponent in half guard.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Zoila Frausto tries to pass Hisae Watanabe's guard...
Zoila Frausto manages to get her leg free and moves to side mount.
The clock says 1:00 in the 2 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe attempts to trap Zoila Frausto in her guard.
Zoila Frausto keeps control and remains in side mount.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto is cooling the fight on the ground
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel and Watanabe circle around the center of the cage.
Solid kick to the leg from Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel checks it.
Watanabe is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Middle kick from Watanabe.
The kick just misses.
Hisae Watanabe attempts to cut off The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel with punches
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel reels from the strikes.
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Watanabe launches a hook to the body
Bang! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel stops that one with her ribs!
The clock says 2:45 in the 2 round
Watanabe studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Watanabe is swinging for the fences!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel backpedals and creates space. Hisae Watanabe is asking her if she is going to fight!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto leans forwards and tries to grapple with Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Hisae Watanabe pushes away The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel trying to keep the fight at striking range
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel stumbles backwards and Hisae Watanabe circles to get the center of the cage
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel's chin
Watanabe avoids a dangerous strike from The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 4:25 in the 2 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Watanabe has some bruises after a few exchanges with her opponent.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Zoila Frausto has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 3
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Watanabe launches a hook to the body
Bang! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel stops that one with her ribs!
The clock says 0:25 in the 3 round
Not a desiderable position that The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in now. Hisae Watanabe is well knowed for her strong and relentless GnP.
Watanabe launches a stiff jab!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel ducks that one.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and launches herself over Zoila Frausto
Great move by Watanabe who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 0:50 in the 3 round
The fighters are clinching.
Zoila Frausto tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circles out and slips free of Hisae Watanabe's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Watanabe launches a furious low kick!
Zoila Frausto blocks
The clock says 1:20 in the 3 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Tremendous strikes from Watanabe!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel blocks with confidence
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 1:50 in the 3 round
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Quick hook by Hisae Watanabe
Good shot! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel has reasons to be worried.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel moves backwards and Hisae Watanabe is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 2:35 in the 3 round
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel decides to launch some tentative punches
Hisae Watanabe takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel steps forward
Watanabe feints.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
A punch from Zoila Frausto
grazes Watanabe's right cheek.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:05 in the 3 round
Hisae Watanabe tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Hisae Watanabe is taken off her feet, but she manages to pull The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel into her guard.
Zoila Frausto is in closed guard over Watanabe
Zoila Frausto tries to better her position on the ground...
Watanabe holds Zoila Frausto's head against her chin in the closed guard.
Zoila Frausto is in closed guard over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in closed guard... Watanabe tries to roll on the ground!
Zoila Frausto uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is trying to counter now!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Zoila Frausto fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe attempts to move to full guard
Zoila Frausto keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe struggles to not give her opponent a chance to recover
Watanabe clumsily fails here and it's time for Zoila Frausto to fight back!
Zoila Frausto goes for an americana!
Watanabe breaks free.
The clock says 4:55 in the 3 round
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Hisae Watanabe has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 4
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The clock says 0:10 in the 4 round
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Brilliant combination from Zoila Frausto
that forces Watanabe to try and defend better.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and moves laterally.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 1:00 in the 4 round
Some counter punches against Hisae Watanabe
land while she's on her bicycle.
Hisae Watanabe tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel launches a kick
Watanabe checks it and keeps distance.
The clock says 1:40 in the 4 round
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel leads with a punch
Hisae Watanabe evades but whiffs with a counter.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is holding Hisae Watanabe's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Watanabe tries to show some ground skills
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel uses her strength to keep The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel at a disadvantage
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Zoila Frausto slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll on the ground...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel knows how to keep her advantage on the ground.
The clock says 2:45 in the 4 round
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel doesn't like the idea of just stalling on the ground
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll to her side and trap Zoila Frausto in her guard...
Zoila Frausto rolls her over and takes her back!
The clock says 3:05 in the 4 round
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe
Zoila Frausto is cooling the fight on the ground
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Watanabe! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel has one hook in and keeps working!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe with one hook in
Hisae Watanabe looks rather shattered.
Watanabe has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Watanabe is unable to find a way to scape from this.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe with one hook in
Watanabe launches a few weak punches
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel blocks them effectively.
Dan Miragliotta stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Hisae Watanabe goes with a looping right hand while Zoila Frausto jumps back and jabs
Watanabe seems staggered and Zoila Frausto runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is holding Hisae Watanabe's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 4:30 in the 4 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto looks to pass to mount...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel slides her knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Hisae Watanabe.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll to her side and trap Zoila Frausto in her guard...
Zoila Frausto keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto tries to better her position on the ground...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I don't think either fighter got the better of their opponent that round.
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Round 5
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A high kick from Hisae Watanabe
misses badly. Watanabe slips and falls!
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Hisae Watanabe. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 2:05 in the 5 round
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 2:15 in the 5 round
Watanabe and The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 2:25 in the 5 round
Zoila Frausto has punished Watanabe very much. She has lost her confidence in winning this fight.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Hisae Watanabe!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel ducks under...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel decides to launch some tentative punches
Zoila Frausto takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Watanabe steps backwards away from Zoila Frausto. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Zoila Frausto is measuring Watanabe with her jab.
Watanabe isn't fazed.
The clock says 3:10 in the 5 round
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Watanabe studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Watanabe has her hand down and she is just willing the round to end. She will need better cardio training in the future.
Zoila Frausto paws at Watanabe.
Watanabe swings ineffectively.
The clock says 3:50 in the 5 round
Watanabe and The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circle around the center of the cage.
Watanabe fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Solid jabs from Hisae Watanabe.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel defends.
Hisae Watanabe is measuring The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel with her jab.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel isn't fazed.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and moves laterally.
Nice punches from Hisae Watanabe.
Even nicer blocks from The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is trying to counter now!
Brilliant combination from Zoila Frausto
that forces Watanabe to try and defend better.
Watanabe moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Zoila Frausto checks the kick.
The clock says 4:55 in the 5 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for Hisae Watanabe.
Winner is Hisae Watanabe by Unanimous decision
Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 14/51 (27%)
Kicks 0/9 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 316 s
Statistics: Zoila Frausto
Punches 23/33 (70%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 5/6 (83%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 316 s
Odd. Stamina, man. Zoila did well, but a lot of people had no damage happening here, and in the end Hisae out-almost-did-damage-‘ed Zoila.
Zoila Frausto shifts back and forth nervously.
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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Hisae Watanabe and Zoila Frausto touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Zoila Frausto launches a body shot
Watanabe dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Watanabe struggles... Zoila Frausto is unable to take her down
Zoila Frausto and Watanabe engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel checks it.
Watanabe moves backwards and Zoila Frausto is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel blocks that. She made it look easy!
Zoila Frausto closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Zoila Frausto tries to bring the fight to the ground
Watanabe goes down.
Watanabe ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Zoila Frausto is in open guard over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel sits over her knees and pushes away Watanabe's leg!
Zoila Frausto is able to put away her leg and then jumps to side mount.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe attempts to trap Zoila Frausto in her guard.
Zoila Frausto keeps control and remains in side mount.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is getting frustrated here.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Watanabe is taking this opportunity to rest.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll to her side and trap Zoila Frausto in her guard...
Zoila Frausto keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Meridian Centre (St. Catharines, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Hisae Watanabe is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Watanabe and The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circle around the center of the cage.
Solid shot from Zoila Frausto to the body.
Watanabe didn't like that.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Watanabe is swinging for the fences!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel backpedals and creates space. Hisae Watanabe is asking her if she is going to fight!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is trying to counter now!
Zoila Frausto tries a hook to the body
and hits Watanabe's ribs hard
Hisae Watanabe has seen better days.
Watanabe steps backwards away from Zoila Frausto. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched warriors.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
A right hand from Hisae Watanabe
misses its target.
Not a desiderable position that The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in now. Hisae Watanabe is well knowed for her strong and relentless GnP.
Watanabe decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Watanabe moves back and takes a deep breath.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is holding Hisae Watanabe's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Hisae Watanabe sees an opening and locks her opponent in half guard.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Zoila Frausto tries to pass Hisae Watanabe's guard...
Zoila Frausto manages to get her leg free and moves to side mount.
The clock says 1:00 in the 2 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe attempts to trap Zoila Frausto in her guard.
Zoila Frausto keeps control and remains in side mount.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto is cooling the fight on the ground
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel and Watanabe circle around the center of the cage.
Solid kick to the leg from Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel checks it.
Watanabe is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Middle kick from Watanabe.
The kick just misses.
Hisae Watanabe attempts to cut off The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel with punches
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel reels from the strikes.
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Watanabe launches a hook to the body
Bang! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel stops that one with her ribs!
The clock says 2:45 in the 2 round
Watanabe studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Watanabe is swinging for the fences!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel backpedals and creates space. Hisae Watanabe is asking her if she is going to fight!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto leans forwards and tries to grapple with Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Hisae Watanabe pushes away The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel trying to keep the fight at striking range
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel stumbles backwards and Hisae Watanabe circles to get the center of the cage
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel's chin
Watanabe avoids a dangerous strike from The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel
and fends her off with feel-out punches.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 4:25 in the 2 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Watanabe has some bruises after a few exchanges with her opponent.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Zoila Frausto has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 3
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Watanabe launches a hook to the body
Bang! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel stops that one with her ribs!
The clock says 0:25 in the 3 round
Not a desiderable position that The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in now. Hisae Watanabe is well knowed for her strong and relentless GnP.
Watanabe launches a stiff jab!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel ducks that one.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and launches herself over Zoila Frausto
Great move by Watanabe who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 0:50 in the 3 round
The fighters are clinching.
Zoila Frausto tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circles out and slips free of Hisae Watanabe's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Watanabe launches a furious low kick!
Zoila Frausto blocks
The clock says 1:20 in the 3 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Tremendous strikes from Watanabe!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel blocks with confidence
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 1:50 in the 3 round
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Quick hook by Hisae Watanabe
Good shot! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel has reasons to be worried.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel moves backwards and Hisae Watanabe is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 2:35 in the 3 round
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel decides to launch some tentative punches
Hisae Watanabe takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel steps forward
Watanabe feints.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
A punch from Zoila Frausto
grazes Watanabe's right cheek.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:05 in the 3 round
Hisae Watanabe tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto shoots for a double leg takedown!
She hits it! Hisae Watanabe is taken off her feet, but she manages to pull The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel into her guard.
Zoila Frausto is in closed guard over Watanabe
Zoila Frausto tries to better her position on the ground...
Watanabe holds Zoila Frausto's head against her chin in the closed guard.
Zoila Frausto is in closed guard over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in closed guard... Watanabe tries to roll on the ground!
Zoila Frausto uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is trying to counter now!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Zoila Frausto fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe attempts to move to full guard
Zoila Frausto keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe struggles to not give her opponent a chance to recover
Watanabe clumsily fails here and it's time for Zoila Frausto to fight back!
Zoila Frausto goes for an americana!
Watanabe breaks free.
The clock says 4:55 in the 3 round
Zoila Frausto is in half guard over Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Hisae Watanabe has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 4
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The clock says 0:10 in the 4 round
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Brilliant combination from Zoila Frausto
that forces Watanabe to try and defend better.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and moves laterally.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 1:00 in the 4 round
Some counter punches against Hisae Watanabe
land while she's on her bicycle.
Hisae Watanabe tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel launches a kick
Watanabe checks it and keeps distance.
The clock says 1:40 in the 4 round
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel leads with a punch
Hisae Watanabe evades but whiffs with a counter.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel steps backwards and lowers her arms while breathing heavily... She seems tired.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is holding Hisae Watanabe's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Watanabe tries to show some ground skills
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel uses her strength to keep The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel at a disadvantage
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto looks to mount Hisae Watanabe...
Zoila Frausto slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll on the ground...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel knows how to keep her advantage on the ground.
The clock says 2:45 in the 4 round
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel doesn't like the idea of just stalling on the ground
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll to her side and trap Zoila Frausto in her guard...
Zoila Frausto rolls her over and takes her back!
The clock says 3:05 in the 4 round
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe
Zoila Frausto is cooling the fight on the ground
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Watanabe! The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel has one hook in and keeps working!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe with one hook in
Hisae Watanabe looks rather shattered.
Watanabe has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Watanabe is unable to find a way to scape from this.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in rear mount over Watanabe with one hook in
Watanabe launches a few weak punches
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel blocks them effectively.
Dan Miragliotta stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Zoila Frausto fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Hisae Watanabe goes with a looping right hand while Zoila Frausto jumps back and jabs
Watanabe seems staggered and Zoila Frausto runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is holding Hisae Watanabe's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hisae Watanabe loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 4:30 in the 4 round
Zoila Frausto is in side mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto looks to pass to mount...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel slides her knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Hisae Watanabe.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe tries to roll to her side and trap Zoila Frausto in her guard...
Zoila Frausto keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Zoila Frausto is in full mount over Hisae Watanabe
Zoila Frausto tries to better her position on the ground...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I don't think either fighter got the better of their opponent that round.
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Round 5
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A high kick from Hisae Watanabe
misses badly. Watanabe slips and falls!
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Hisae Watanabe. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel throws a body kick.
Solid shot!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 2:05 in the 5 round
Watanabe pushes Zoila Frausto and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 2:15 in the 5 round
Watanabe and The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 2:25 in the 5 round
Zoila Frausto has punished Watanabe very much. She has lost her confidence in winning this fight.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Hisae Watanabe!
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel ducks under...
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel decides to launch some tentative punches
Zoila Frausto takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Watanabe steps backwards away from Zoila Frausto. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Zoila Frausto is measuring Watanabe with her jab.
Watanabe isn't fazed.
The clock says 3:10 in the 5 round
Hisae Watanabe takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Watanabe studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Watanabe has her hand down and she is just willing the round to end. She will need better cardio training in the future.
Zoila Frausto paws at Watanabe.
Watanabe swings ineffectively.
The clock says 3:50 in the 5 round
Watanabe and The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel circle around the center of the cage.
Watanabe fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Solid jabs from Hisae Watanabe.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel defends.
Hisae Watanabe is measuring The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel with her jab.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel isn't fazed.
Zoila Frausto is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hisae Watanabe fakes a move and moves laterally.
Nice punches from Hisae Watanabe.
Even nicer blocks from The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel.
The Frausto Formerly Known as Gurgel is trying to counter now!
Brilliant combination from Zoila Frausto
that forces Watanabe to try and defend better.
Watanabe moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Zoila Frausto checks the kick.
The clock says 4:55 in the 5 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for Hisae Watanabe.
Winner is Hisae Watanabe by Unanimous decision
Statistics: Hisae Watanabe
Punches 14/51 (27%)
Kicks 0/9 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 316 s
Statistics: Zoila Frausto
Punches 23/33 (70%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 5/6 (83%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 316 s
Odd. Stamina, man. Zoila did well, but a lot of people had no damage happening here, and in the end Hisae out-almost-did-damage-‘ed Zoila.
