Post by The Sandman on Apr 20, 2022 12:25:56 GMT -5
Laura D'Auguste is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
Sara McMann looks like she has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Sara McMann is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if she loses today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Laura D'Auguste!
Sara McMann-Helmsley ducks under...
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann attempts a sweep single...
Sara McMann catches Laura D'Auguste's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Sara McMann-Helmsley.
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Deep breaths from Laura D'Auguste who tries a hammer punch to Sara McMann-Helmsley's ribs.
That hit Sara McMann-Helmsley who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is in closed guard... D'Auguste tries to roll on the ground!
Sara McMann uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
D'Auguste breaths deeply while on the ground
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is in closed guard... D'Auguste tries to roll on the ground!
Sara McMann uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is in closed guard... D'Auguste tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Sara McMann!
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Laura D'Auguste positions herself and launches a barrage of punches.
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount and her punches are hitting hard Sara McMann-Helmsley's abdomen
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann tries to roll on the ground...
D'Auguste knows how to keep her advantage on the ground.
Sara McMann gets sloppy and Laura D'Auguste tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to escape from the full mount...
Laura D'Auguste is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann attempts to trap Laura D'Auguste in her guard.
Sara McMann manages to switch to full guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Sara McMann-Helmsley leans and gets Laura D'Auguste's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to escape from the closed guard
D'Auguste succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Laura D'Auguste tries to pass to half guard...
Sara McMann can't prevent her opponent from passing. D'Auguste looks to work from half guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann attempts to move to full guard
Laura D'Auguste keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Sara McMann is not able to stop Sara McMann-Helmsley ground skills and Laura D'Auguste moves to side mount!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann attempts to trap Laura D'Auguste in her guard.
Laura D'Auguste keeps control and remains in side mount.
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.
Laura D'Auguste tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Sara McMann jumps backwards and frees her leg.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Sara McMann-Helmsley wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
D'Auguste tries to breaks Sara McMann's resistence with a few punches while tries to push her against oner corner.
D'Auguste launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Sara McMann-Helmsley's ribs.
Sara McMann-Helmsley ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Laura D'Auguste embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sara McMann-Helmsley who put distance between them
D'Auguste is hurt... She should be looking to avoid more damage or she will lose this fight.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
D'Auguste studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Laura D'Auguste is measuring Sara McMann-Helmsley with her jab.
Sara McMann-Helmsley isn't fazed.
D'Auguste grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Sara McMann-Helmsley struggles... Laura D'Auguste is unable to take her down
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
D'Auguste seems hesitant as if she would give the initiative to her opponent.
D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Brilliant combination from Laura D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
Good movement from D'Auguste
who is bobbing and weaving.
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Solid jabs from Sara McMann.
D'Auguste defends.
Sara McMann fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
D'Auguste steps backwards away from Sara McMann. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is clearly for Sara McMann.
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Round 2
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Laura D'Auguste tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Laura D'Auguste who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Sara McMann pushes away D'Auguste trying to keep the fight at striking range
D'Auguste doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Sara McMann
The fighters are clinching.
Laura D'Auguste is holding Sara McMann against the fence with her fingers all over Sara McMann-Helmsley's face
Sara McMann-Helmsley looks discomfort and tries to struggle off, Laura D'Auguste took advantage of it and landed some big punches to the ribs
Sara McMann tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Sara McMann-Helmsley circles out and slips free of Laura D'Auguste's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Sara McMann-Helmsley and D'Auguste circle around the center of the cage.
D'Auguste grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Laura D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley launches a few weak punches
D'Auguste blocks them effectively.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Laura D'Auguste was tooling Sara McMann for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Sara McMann lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Sara McMann-Helmsley is moving on the ground...
D'Auguste tries to counter Sara McMann-Helmsley's moves on the ground.
Sara McMann-Helmsley clumsily fails here and it's time for Laura D'Auguste to fight back!
D'Auguste tries to free her leg...
She moves to side mount!
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Laura D'Auguste looks to mount Sara McMann...
Laura D'Auguste slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
D'Auguste tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Laura D'Auguste controls the situation despite Sara McMann efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Deep breaths from Sara McMann who tries a hammer punch to D'Auguste's ribs.
That hit D'Auguste who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to escape from the full mount...
Sara McMann-Helmsley struggles and pushes her opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann tries to roll to her side and get to half guard...
Sara McMann creates enough space to control Laura D'Auguste's leg.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann attempts to move to full guard
Sara McMann manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:50 in the 2 round
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't like the idea of just stalling on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Sara McMann looks to counter!
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to jump to side mount.
Sara McMann closed her guard around Laura D'Auguste.
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann-Helmsley launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting D'Auguste's ribs.
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Laura D'Auguste looks to mount Sara McMann...
Sara McMann takes advantage of her opponent's over commitment and traps her in full guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to escape from closed guard...
D'Auguste struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Deep breaths from Sara McMann who tries a hammer punch to D'Auguste's ribs.
That hit D'Auguste who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Deep breaths from Sara McMann who tries a hammer punch to D'Auguste's ribs.
D'Auguste blocks those punches
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to get a side mount...
Sara McMann-Helmsley wraps her leg around Laura D'Auguste leg and prevents her from moving.
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Sara McMann attempts to move to full guard
Laura D'Auguste keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Sara McMann takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Sara McMann-Helmsley is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Sara McMann-Helmsley fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Laura D'Auguste didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Sara McMann is in open guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann tries to finish with a leg lock!
D'Auguste is able to break the lock.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 3
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Sara McMann-Helmsley and D'Auguste circle around the center of the cage.
D'Auguste and Sara McMann-Helmsley circle around the center of the cage.
Some counter punches against Sara McMann
almost hit her as she moves away.
Sara McMann-Helmsley is holding Laura D'Auguste's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Laura D'Auguste loses balance and goes to the ground.
Sara McMann is in side mount over Laura D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to move to full mount!
D'Auguste won't allow her to take this position easily.
Sara McMann is in side mount over Laura D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann forward against her back and breaks the lock!
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Laura D'Auguste tries to pass Sara McMann's guard...
Laura D'Auguste manages to get her leg free and moves to half guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 3 round
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley throws her legs up in a triangle attempt!
Laura D'Auguste realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Sara McMann. 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.
D'Auguste wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't want anything like this as she moves backwards
The clock says 1:45 in the 3 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
D'Auguste steps backwards away from Sara McMann. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Laura D'Auguste tries a hook to the body
and hits Sara McMann-Helmsley's ribs hard
Laura D'Auguste is measuring Sara McMann-Helmsley with her jab.
Sara McMann-Helmsley isn't fazed.
Laura D'Auguste fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Laura D'Auguste fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Sara McMann-Helmsley grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Sara McMann
Sara McMann is in open guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann tries to pass to half guard...
Laura D'Auguste can't prevent her opponent from passing. Sara McMann-Helmsley looks to work from half guard.
Sara McMann is in half guard over D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste attempts to move to full guard
Sara McMann keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Sara McMann is in half guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to get a side mount...
D'Auguste wraps her leg around Sara McMann leg and prevents her from moving.
The clock says 3:40 in the 3 round
Sara McMann is in half guard over D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste has punished Sara McMann-Helmsley very much. She has lost her confidence in winning this fight.
Sara McMann tries to free her leg
Laura D'Auguste moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia) are cheering for the fighters.
Sara McMann-Helmsley steps forward
Laura D'Auguste catches her with an uppercut to the face!
Sara McMann-Helmsley moves backwards and Laura D'Auguste is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
A solid combination from Laura D'Auguste
mostly hits air.
Sara McMann-Helmsley moves backwards and Laura D'Auguste is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 4:25 in the 3 round
Sara McMann-Helmsley studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
D'Auguste tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Sara McMann-Helmsley moves backwards and circles around Laura D'Auguste.
Laura D'Auguste attempts a sweep single...
Sara McMann was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Sara McMann-Helmsley is clinching with D'Auguste.
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Laura D'Auguste embrace and tries to move away...
Laura D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann-Helmsley forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Laura D'Auguste is fading quickly.
Laura D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann-Helmsley against the cage and tries to work her dirty boxing
D'Auguste controls Sara McMann in the clinch and deliver a few uppercuts, nice shots Sara McMann-Helmsley is hurt
There is a small laceration on Sara McMann's Chin
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 4
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A solid combination from Laura D'Auguste
mostly hits air.
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann jabs at D'Auguste
to no visible effect.
Laura D'Auguste fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sara McMann-Helmsley's chin
Laura D'Auguste is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 0:35 in the 4 round
Laura D'Auguste is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around her opponent.
Solid shot from Laura D'Auguste to the body.
Sara McMann-Helmsley didn't like that.
The clock says 0:45 in the 4 round
Solid jabs from Laura D'Auguste.
Nice punches.
Oh! Down goes Sara McMann-Helmsley! Laura D'Auguste knocked her stupid! The medics pour in! Laura D'Auguste really wanted to win this fight and has done it in an impressive manner.
Winner is Laura D'Auguste by KO (Jabs) at 0:56 Round 4
Statistics: Laura D'Auguste
Punches 9/27 (33%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 8/8 (100%)
Takedowns 1/4 (25%)
GnP strikes 3/5 (60%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 445 s
Statistics: Sara McMann
Punches 3/6 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 4/4 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/9 (44%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 445 s
Just about to turn into a stamina-drain fight, then it ended. By flash KO, via jabs.
Sara McMann looks like she has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Sara McMann is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if she loses today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Laura D'Auguste!
Sara McMann-Helmsley ducks under...
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann attempts a sweep single...
Sara McMann catches Laura D'Auguste's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Sara McMann-Helmsley.
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Deep breaths from Laura D'Auguste who tries a hammer punch to Sara McMann-Helmsley's ribs.
That hit Sara McMann-Helmsley who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is in closed guard... D'Auguste tries to roll on the ground!
Sara McMann uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
D'Auguste breaths deeply while on the ground
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is in closed guard... D'Auguste tries to roll on the ground!
Sara McMann uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Sara McMann is in closed guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is in closed guard... D'Auguste tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Sara McMann!
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Laura D'Auguste positions herself and launches a barrage of punches.
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount and her punches are hitting hard Sara McMann-Helmsley's abdomen
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann tries to roll on the ground...
D'Auguste knows how to keep her advantage on the ground.
Sara McMann gets sloppy and Laura D'Auguste tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to escape from the full mount...
Laura D'Auguste is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann attempts to trap Laura D'Auguste in her guard.
Sara McMann manages to switch to full guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Sara McMann-Helmsley leans and gets Laura D'Auguste's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to escape from the closed guard
D'Auguste succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Laura D'Auguste tries to pass to half guard...
Sara McMann can't prevent her opponent from passing. D'Auguste looks to work from half guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann attempts to move to full guard
Laura D'Auguste keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Sara McMann is not able to stop Sara McMann-Helmsley ground skills and Laura D'Auguste moves to side mount!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann attempts to trap Laura D'Auguste in her guard.
Laura D'Auguste keeps control and remains in side mount.
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.
Laura D'Auguste tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Sara McMann jumps backwards and frees her leg.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Sara McMann-Helmsley wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
D'Auguste tries to breaks Sara McMann's resistence with a few punches while tries to push her against oner corner.
D'Auguste launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Sara McMann-Helmsley's ribs.
Sara McMann-Helmsley ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Laura D'Auguste embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sara McMann-Helmsley who put distance between them
D'Auguste is hurt... She should be looking to avoid more damage or she will lose this fight.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
D'Auguste studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Laura D'Auguste is measuring Sara McMann-Helmsley with her jab.
Sara McMann-Helmsley isn't fazed.
D'Auguste grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Sara McMann-Helmsley struggles... Laura D'Auguste is unable to take her down
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
D'Auguste seems hesitant as if she would give the initiative to her opponent.
D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Brilliant combination from Laura D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
Good movement from D'Auguste
who is bobbing and weaving.
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Solid jabs from Sara McMann.
D'Auguste defends.
Sara McMann fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
D'Auguste steps backwards away from Sara McMann. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is clearly for Sara McMann.
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Round 2
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Laura D'Auguste tries to take the action to her favourite field as she tries to grapple
Great move by Laura D'Auguste who pushes her opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Sara McMann pushes away D'Auguste trying to keep the fight at striking range
D'Auguste doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Sara McMann
The fighters are clinching.
Laura D'Auguste is holding Sara McMann against the fence with her fingers all over Sara McMann-Helmsley's face
Sara McMann-Helmsley looks discomfort and tries to struggle off, Laura D'Auguste took advantage of it and landed some big punches to the ribs
Sara McMann tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
Sara McMann-Helmsley circles out and slips free of Laura D'Auguste's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Sara McMann-Helmsley and D'Auguste circle around the center of the cage.
D'Auguste grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Laura D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley launches a few weak punches
D'Auguste blocks them effectively.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Laura D'Auguste was tooling Sara McMann for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Sara McMann lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Sara McMann-Helmsley is moving on the ground...
D'Auguste tries to counter Sara McMann-Helmsley's moves on the ground.
Sara McMann-Helmsley clumsily fails here and it's time for Laura D'Auguste to fight back!
D'Auguste tries to free her leg...
She moves to side mount!
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Laura D'Auguste looks to mount Sara McMann...
Laura D'Auguste slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
D'Auguste tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Laura D'Auguste controls the situation despite Sara McMann efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Deep breaths from Sara McMann who tries a hammer punch to D'Auguste's ribs.
That hit D'Auguste who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to escape from the full mount...
Sara McMann-Helmsley struggles and pushes her opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Laura D'Auguste is in full mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann tries to roll to her side and get to half guard...
Sara McMann creates enough space to control Laura D'Auguste's leg.
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann attempts to move to full guard
Sara McMann manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:50 in the 2 round
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't like the idea of just stalling on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Sara McMann looks to counter!
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to close her guard around D'Auguste
She is not able to do it
Laura D'Auguste is in open guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to jump to side mount.
Sara McMann closed her guard around Laura D'Auguste.
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Sara McMann-Helmsley launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting D'Auguste's ribs.
Laura D'Auguste is in side mount over Sara McMann
Laura D'Auguste looks to mount Sara McMann...
Sara McMann takes advantage of her opponent's over commitment and traps her in full guard.
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to escape from closed guard...
D'Auguste struggles to liberate her leg and jumps to half guard!
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Deep breaths from Sara McMann who tries a hammer punch to D'Auguste's ribs.
That hit D'Auguste who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Deep breaths from Sara McMann who tries a hammer punch to D'Auguste's ribs.
D'Auguste blocks those punches
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
D'Auguste tries to get a side mount...
Sara McMann-Helmsley wraps her leg around Laura D'Auguste leg and prevents her from moving.
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to get some advantage after her opponent miss move...
Sara McMann attempts to move to full guard
Laura D'Auguste keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Sara McMann takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Sara McMann-Helmsley is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Sara McMann-Helmsley fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Laura D'Auguste didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Sara McMann is in open guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann tries to finish with a leg lock!
D'Auguste is able to break the lock.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 3
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Sara McMann-Helmsley and D'Auguste circle around the center of the cage.
D'Auguste and Sara McMann-Helmsley circle around the center of the cage.
Some counter punches against Sara McMann
almost hit her as she moves away.
Sara McMann-Helmsley is holding Laura D'Auguste's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Laura D'Auguste loses balance and goes to the ground.
Sara McMann is in side mount over Laura D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to move to full mount!
D'Auguste won't allow her to take this position easily.
Sara McMann is in side mount over Laura D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann forward against her back and breaks the lock!
Laura D'Auguste is in closed guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Laura D'Auguste tries to pass Sara McMann's guard...
Laura D'Auguste manages to get her leg free and moves to half guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 3 round
Laura D'Auguste is in half guard over Sara McMann-Helmsley
Sara McMann-Helmsley throws her legs up in a triangle attempt!
Laura D'Auguste realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Sara McMann. 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.
D'Auguste wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't want anything like this as she moves backwards
The clock says 1:45 in the 3 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
D'Auguste steps backwards away from Sara McMann. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Laura D'Auguste tries a hook to the body
and hits Sara McMann-Helmsley's ribs hard
Laura D'Auguste is measuring Sara McMann-Helmsley with her jab.
Sara McMann-Helmsley isn't fazed.
Laura D'Auguste fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Laura D'Auguste fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Sara McMann-Helmsley grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Sara McMann
Sara McMann is in open guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann tries to pass to half guard...
Laura D'Auguste can't prevent her opponent from passing. Sara McMann-Helmsley looks to work from half guard.
Sara McMann is in half guard over D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste attempts to move to full guard
Sara McMann keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Sara McMann is in half guard over D'Auguste
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries to get a side mount...
D'Auguste wraps her leg around Sara McMann leg and prevents her from moving.
The clock says 3:40 in the 3 round
Sara McMann is in half guard over D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste has punished Sara McMann-Helmsley very much. She has lost her confidence in winning this fight.
Sara McMann tries to free her leg
Laura D'Auguste moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia) are cheering for the fighters.
Sara McMann-Helmsley steps forward
Laura D'Auguste catches her with an uppercut to the face!
Sara McMann-Helmsley moves backwards and Laura D'Auguste is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
A solid combination from Laura D'Auguste
mostly hits air.
Sara McMann-Helmsley moves backwards and Laura D'Auguste is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 4:25 in the 3 round
Sara McMann-Helmsley studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
D'Auguste tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Sara McMann-Helmsley moves backwards and circles around Laura D'Auguste.
Laura D'Auguste attempts a sweep single...
Sara McMann was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann-Helmsley tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Sara McMann-Helmsley is clinching with D'Auguste.
Sara McMann-Helmsley doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Laura D'Auguste embrace and tries to move away...
Laura D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann-Helmsley forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Laura D'Auguste is fading quickly.
Laura D'Auguste pushes Sara McMann-Helmsley against the cage and tries to work her dirty boxing
D'Auguste controls Sara McMann in the clinch and deliver a few uppercuts, nice shots Sara McMann-Helmsley is hurt
There is a small laceration on Sara McMann's Chin
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 4
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A solid combination from Laura D'Auguste
mostly hits air.
Laura D'Auguste gets sloppy and Sara McMann tries to take advantage...
Sara McMann jabs at D'Auguste
to no visible effect.
Laura D'Auguste fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sara McMann-Helmsley's chin
Laura D'Auguste is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 0:35 in the 4 round
Laura D'Auguste is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around her opponent.
Solid shot from Laura D'Auguste to the body.
Sara McMann-Helmsley didn't like that.
The clock says 0:45 in the 4 round
Solid jabs from Laura D'Auguste.
Nice punches.
Oh! Down goes Sara McMann-Helmsley! Laura D'Auguste knocked her stupid! The medics pour in! Laura D'Auguste really wanted to win this fight and has done it in an impressive manner.
Winner is Laura D'Auguste by KO (Jabs) at 0:56 Round 4
Statistics: Laura D'Auguste
Punches 9/27 (33%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 8/8 (100%)
Takedowns 1/4 (25%)
GnP strikes 3/5 (60%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 445 s
Statistics: Sara McMann
Punches 3/6 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 4/4 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/9 (44%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 445 s
Just about to turn into a stamina-drain fight, then it ended. By flash KO, via jabs.
