Post by The Sandman on Nov 24, 2022 4:39:24 GMT -5
Claudia Gadelha looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
Hitomi Akano looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Claudia Gadelha is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Claudia Gadelha comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
Hitomi Akano comes with a 13 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Kevin MacDonald.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Some nice shots from Claudia Gadelha
that stun Akano.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Gadelha is holding Hitomi Akano's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hitomi Akano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Akano tries to show some ground skills
Gadelha uses her strength to keep Gadelha at a disadvantage
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Claudia Gadelha looks to mount Hitomi Akano...
Hitomi Akano takes advantage of her opponent's over commitment and traps her in full guard.
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Gadelha tries to move to full mount
Gadelha succeeds
Claudia Gadelha is in full mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano tries to roll to her side and trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard...
Hitomi Akano gets her hips out and gets to full guard.
Claudia Gadelha is in closed guard over Akano
Gadelha has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Gadelha tries to escape from the closed guard
Gadelha succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Gadelha is in open guard over Akano... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Akano rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of her own she escapes.
Kevin MacDonald halts the fight to stand up Claudia Gadelha. 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 1:25 in the 1 round
Gadelha fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Hitomi Akano didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Claudia Gadelha pushes Hitomi Akano against the fence and then tries to improve her position.
Gadelha jumps and tries to free her leg! Akano doesn't allow this but Claudia Gadelha is able to get half guard here.
Claudia Gadelha is in half guard over Akano
Gadelha is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did she do that intentionally?
Kevin MacDonald has seen that!
Kevin MacDonald takes away one point from Claudia Gadelha for headbutt.
Kevin MacDonald halts the fight to give Akano time to recover. Hitomi Akano seems to be ready to fight again. 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.
A solid combination from Claudia Gadelha
mostly hits air.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Gadelha pushes Hitomi Akano and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Gadelha is holding Hitomi Akano's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hitomi Akano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Akano Hyper-extended her arm
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Akano tries to show some ground skills
Gadelha uses her strength to keep Gadelha at a disadvantage
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano attempts to trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard.
Claudia Gadelha keeps control and remains in side mount.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano attempts to trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard.
Claudia Gadelha keeps control and remains in side mount.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano attempts to trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard.
Claudia Gadelha keeps control and remains in side mount.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Claudia Gadelha goes for an americana!
Akano Hyper-extended her arm
That Americana from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
That Americana from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
Akano Hyper-extended her arm
Crippling lock!
That Americana looks tight...
That Americana looks tight...
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Akano breaks free.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Claudia Gadelha looks to mount Hitomi Akano...
Claudia Gadelha slides her knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Claudia Gadelha is in full mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano tries to roll to her side and trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard...
Claudia Gadelha rolls her over and takes her back!
Gadelha is in rear mount over Akano
Gadelha tries to end this with a RNC!
Akano manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Hitomi Akano is in half guard over Gadelha
Claudia Gadelha attempts to move to full guard
Claudia Gadelha manages to switch to full guard.
Hitomi Akano is in closed guard over Gadelha
Akano tries to stand up!
Gadelha doesn't allow her!
Kevin MacDonald stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Niagara Falls Memorial Arena (Niagara Falls, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Gadelha and Akano circle around the center of the cage.
Hitomi Akano fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Claudia Gadelha leans forwards and tries to grapple with Akano
Gadelha shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Hitomi Akano pushes away Gadelha trying to keep the fight at striking range
Gadelha doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Hitomi Akano
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Claudia Gadelha slightly pushes Akano into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Kevin MacDonald sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Akano steps backwards away from Claudia Gadelha. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Claudia Gadelha was tooling Hitomi Akano for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Hitomi Akano lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Gadelha decides to launch some tentative punches
Claudia Gadelha takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Gadelha moves backwards and Hitomi Akano is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Gadelha is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Akano fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Claudia Gadelha didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Hitomi Akano is in open guard over Gadelha
Gadelha moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Akano Hyper-extended her left arm
That armbar from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
That armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Akano struggles to free herself
Punishing hold!
You can see the pain reflected in Akano's eyes...
Gadelha is locking that armbar...
Punishing hold!
Akano's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in Akano's eyes...
Hitomi Akano breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Kevin MacDonald halts the fight to stand up Claudia Gadelha. 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 0:50 in the 2 round
Gadelha decides to launch some tentative punches
Claudia Gadelha takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Akano fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Gadelha sprawls and remains on her feet.
Gadelha fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Hitomi Akano didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Gadelha is in open guard over Akano... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Gadelha is locking that Kneebar...
Gadelha is locking that Kneebar...
That Kneebar from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
That Kneebar from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
Akano struggles to free herself
Akano struggles to free herself
Akano struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Akano's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Gadelha secures the lock while Hitomi Akano refuses to tap... Kevin MacDonald jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Claudia Gadelha by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:33 Round 2
Statistics: Claudia Gadelha
Punches 4/8 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 4/4 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 177 s
Statistics: Hitomi Akano
Punches 0/2 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 177 s
Some buzz around this one is that it was a mismatch. The words “unfair” were even tossed around! But this proved to be a rather even fight, until Gadelha locked in the kneebar and brought it home. She wins the female Battle of the Garbage, and is officially not as garbage as Akano. Yay?
Hitomi Akano looks calm but knows she has a tough fight coming up.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Claudia Gadelha is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Claudia Gadelha comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
Hitomi Akano comes with a 13 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Kevin MacDonald.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Some nice shots from Claudia Gadelha
that stun Akano.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Gadelha is holding Hitomi Akano's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hitomi Akano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Akano tries to show some ground skills
Gadelha uses her strength to keep Gadelha at a disadvantage
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Claudia Gadelha looks to mount Hitomi Akano...
Hitomi Akano takes advantage of her opponent's over commitment and traps her in full guard.
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Gadelha tries to move to full mount
Gadelha succeeds
Claudia Gadelha is in full mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano tries to roll to her side and trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard...
Hitomi Akano gets her hips out and gets to full guard.
Claudia Gadelha is in closed guard over Akano
Gadelha has a high cardio that helps her make great performances.
Gadelha tries to escape from the closed guard
Gadelha succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Gadelha is in open guard over Akano... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Akano rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of her own she escapes.
Kevin MacDonald halts the fight to stand up Claudia Gadelha. 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 1:25 in the 1 round
Gadelha fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Hitomi Akano didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Claudia Gadelha pushes Hitomi Akano against the fence and then tries to improve her position.
Gadelha jumps and tries to free her leg! Akano doesn't allow this but Claudia Gadelha is able to get half guard here.
Claudia Gadelha is in half guard over Akano
Gadelha is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did she do that intentionally?
Kevin MacDonald has seen that!
Kevin MacDonald takes away one point from Claudia Gadelha for headbutt.
Kevin MacDonald halts the fight to give Akano time to recover. Hitomi Akano seems to be ready to fight again. 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.
A solid combination from Claudia Gadelha
mostly hits air.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Gadelha pushes Hitomi Akano and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Gadelha is holding Hitomi Akano's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Hitomi Akano loses balance and goes to the ground.
Akano Hyper-extended her arm
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Akano tries to show some ground skills
Gadelha uses her strength to keep Gadelha at a disadvantage
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano attempts to trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard.
Claudia Gadelha keeps control and remains in side mount.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano attempts to trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard.
Claudia Gadelha keeps control and remains in side mount.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano attempts to trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard.
Claudia Gadelha keeps control and remains in side mount.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Claudia Gadelha goes for an americana!
Akano Hyper-extended her arm
That Americana from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
That Americana from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
Akano Hyper-extended her arm
Crippling lock!
That Americana looks tight...
That Americana looks tight...
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Akano breaks free.
Claudia Gadelha is in side mount over Hitomi Akano
Claudia Gadelha looks to mount Hitomi Akano...
Claudia Gadelha slides her knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Claudia Gadelha is in full mount over Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano tries to roll to her side and trap Claudia Gadelha in her guard...
Claudia Gadelha rolls her over and takes her back!
Gadelha is in rear mount over Akano
Gadelha tries to end this with a RNC!
Akano manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Hitomi Akano is in half guard over Gadelha
Claudia Gadelha attempts to move to full guard
Claudia Gadelha manages to switch to full guard.
Hitomi Akano is in closed guard over Gadelha
Akano tries to stand up!
Gadelha doesn't allow her!
Kevin MacDonald stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Niagara Falls Memorial Arena (Niagara Falls, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Gadelha and Akano circle around the center of the cage.
Hitomi Akano fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Claudia Gadelha leans forwards and tries to grapple with Akano
Gadelha shows her clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Hitomi Akano pushes away Gadelha trying to keep the fight at striking range
Gadelha doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Hitomi Akano
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Claudia Gadelha slightly pushes Akano into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Kevin MacDonald sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Akano steps backwards away from Claudia Gadelha. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Claudia Gadelha was tooling Hitomi Akano for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Hitomi Akano lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Gadelha decides to launch some tentative punches
Claudia Gadelha takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Gadelha moves backwards and Hitomi Akano is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Gadelha is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Akano fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Claudia Gadelha didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Hitomi Akano is in open guard over Gadelha
Gadelha moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Akano Hyper-extended her left arm
That armbar from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
That armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Akano struggles to free herself
Punishing hold!
You can see the pain reflected in Akano's eyes...
Gadelha is locking that armbar...
Punishing hold!
Akano's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in Akano's eyes...
Hitomi Akano breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Kevin MacDonald halts the fight to stand up Claudia Gadelha. 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 0:50 in the 2 round
Gadelha decides to launch some tentative punches
Claudia Gadelha takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Akano fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Gadelha sprawls and remains on her feet.
Gadelha fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Hitomi Akano didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Claudia Gadelha is in open guard over Akano
Gadelha is in open guard over Akano... she fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Gadelha is locking that Kneebar...
Gadelha is locking that Kneebar...
That Kneebar from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
That Kneebar from Claudia Gadelha appears to be unbreakable
Akano struggles to free herself
Akano struggles to free herself
Akano struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Akano's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Gadelha secures the lock while Hitomi Akano refuses to tap... Kevin MacDonald jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Claudia Gadelha by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:33 Round 2
Statistics: Claudia Gadelha
Punches 4/8 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 4/4 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 177 s
Statistics: Hitomi Akano
Punches 0/2 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 177 s
Some buzz around this one is that it was a mismatch. The words “unfair” were even tossed around! But this proved to be a rather even fight, until Gadelha locked in the kneebar and brought it home. She wins the female Battle of the Garbage, and is officially not as garbage as Akano. Yay?
