Waterson vs. Ribas II

Michelle Waterson looks like she has been waiting for this fight forever.
Amanda Ribas looks at the ground while she does her calming exercises. She knows she can not fail this night.
Michelle Waterson has fight Amanda Ribas 1 times. She has won 1 of them.
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Michelle Waterson comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Leon Roberts.

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Round 1
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The Karate Hottie and Ribas move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
The Karate Hottie moves backwards and Amanda Ribas is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Amanda Ribas tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Karate Hottie goes down.
Amanda Ribas is in open guard over The Karate Hottie
Michelle Waterson is cooling the fight on the ground
Amanda Ribas is in open guard over The Karate Hottie
The Karate Hottie is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did she do that intentionally?
Leon Roberts didn't see the foul!
Amanda Ribas is in open guard over The Karate Hottie
The Karate Hottie breaths deeply while on the ground
Amanda Ribas is in open guard over The Karate Hottie
The Karate Hottie tries to close her guard around Ribas
She succeeds!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Amanda Ribas is in closed guard over The Karate Hottie
Ribas is in closed guard... The Karate Hottie tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Amanda Ribas!
Michelle Waterson is in full mount over Amanda Ribas
Amanda Ribas tries to roll to her side and trap Michelle Waterson in her guard...
Michelle Waterson rolls her over and takes her back!
The Karate Hottie is in rear mount over Ribas
Ribas has The Karate Hottie controlling her back while on the ground. She tries to roll and find an escape...
The Karate Hottie is unable to move under Ribas control.
Ribas clumsily fails here and it's time for Michelle Waterson to fight back!
Ribas has given her back to Michelle Waterson who is trying to get one hook in!
Michelle Waterson has one hook in!
The Karate Hottie is in rear mount over Ribas with one hook in
Ribas has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Ribas is unable to find a way to scape from this.
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 Yunlin Indoor Arena (Yunlin, Taiwan) are cheering for the fighters.
Brutal-looking high kick from Michelle Waterson!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
The Karate Hottie decides to launch some tentative punches
Michelle Waterson takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Michelle Waterson was tooling Amanda Ribas for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Amanda Ribas lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Ribas is holding Michelle Waterson's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Michelle Waterson shows great balance while pushing away Amanda Ribas
The Karate Hottie moves backwards and Amanda Ribas is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Inside leg kick from The Karate Hottie
that lands on Amanda Ribas's leg.
Michelle Waterson fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Amanda Ribas! I'm sure that her liver will be sore tomorrow.
The Karate Hottie launches a furious low kick!
Ribas receives a hard blow on her right leg!
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Middle kick from The Karate Hottie.
Ribas receives a solid kick right below her ribs.
Inside leg kick from The Karate Hottie
that lands on Amanda Ribas's leg.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Michelle Waterson fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Solid low kick from Michelle Waterson.
For sure, that had to hurt!
Ribas hyper-extended her left leg
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Michelle Waterson fakes a punch and launches herself over Amanda Ribas
Great move by The Karate Hottie who pushes her opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Ribas doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Michelle Waterson embrace and tries to move away...
Michelle Waterson pushes Ribas forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Michelle Waterson tries to shrug her way out of the clinch.
The Karate Hottie circles out and slips free of Amanda Ribas's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Michelle Waterson fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Here comes Michelle Waterson with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Ribas's ribs!
Leon Roberts is asking Ribas to defend herself! Leon Roberts jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Ribas.

Winner is Michelle Waterson by TKO (Middle kick) at 4:47 Round 1

Statistics: Michelle Waterson
Punches 2/3 (67%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 79 s

Statistics: Amanda Ribas
Punches 0/1 (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 79 s

Waterson owned this one. I do enjoy those body-kick finishes though.