Post by The Sandman on Sept 27, 2021 20:52:09 GMT -5
People are cheering for this fighter. You can hear Raquel Pennington chants all around the place!
Raquel Pennington is beating herself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking herself in the face, body and legs to get ready for her scrap.
Germaine de Randamie looks at the ground while she does her calming exercises. She knows she can not fail this night.
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.
Raquel Pennington comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
Germaine de Randamie comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Raquel Pennington and Germaine de Randamie touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Pennington launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
de Randamie has a small cut in her Nose
Raquel Pennington moves forward and launches a low kick.
de Randamie blocks that.
Raquel Pennington tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
de Randamie is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
Pennington moves on the ground..
She gets half guard.
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Pennington tries to get a side mount...
de Randamie wraps her leg around Raquel Pennington leg and prevents her from moving.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
de Randamie is getting frustrated here.
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie attempts to move to full guard
Germaine de Randamie manages to switch to full guard.
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
Pennington is taking this opportunity to rest.
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
de Randamie tries to close her guard around Pennington
She succeeds!
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Raquel Pennington uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
de Randamie is taking this opportunity to rest.
Steve Mazzagatti 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 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
Pennington studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Pennington is not showing a great technique with that low kick...
de Randamie is smart enough to block that one.
de Randamie is trying to counter now!
Tremendous strikes from de Randamie!
Pennington blocks with confidence
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Pennington studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
de Randamie steps backwards away from Raquel Pennington. She seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Raquel Pennington shoots for a double leg takedown!
Germaine de Randamie sprawls and manages to stay on her feet.
Pennington misses a step and Germaine de Randamie sees an opportunity to counter her!
de Randamie moves forward looking for some action
She surprises Pennington with a double overhooks!
Germaine de Randamie is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Pennington moves backwards and Germaine de Randamie is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Terrible one sided match... de Randamie was not ready to fight a fighter of Raquel Pennington caliber.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Pennington pushes Germaine de Randamie and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
The two exchange wildly
Pennington is connecting with a few punches
Germaine de Randamie circles around Pennington
de Randamie launches a flurry of punches
Pennington slips out of danger.
de Randamie tries to grapple
She puts Pennington in a double underhook!
Raquel Pennington pushes away de Randamie trying to keep the fight at striking range
de Randamie doesn't want to break the clinch as she still is grappling with Raquel Pennington
The fighters are clinching.
Germaine de Randamie pushes away Pennington trying to keep the fight at striking range
Pennington stumbles backwards and Germaine de Randamie circles to get the center of the cage
Good movement from de Randamie
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
The two exchange wildly
Pennington is connecting with a few punches
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
A right hand from Germaine de Randamie
makes Pennington stumble back!
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie throws a punch
that finds an opening in the defense of Pennington.
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Pennington is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Raquel Pennington tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
de Randamie is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
de Randamie tries to close her guard around Pennington
She succeeds!
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Raquel Pennington!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Raquel Pennington
Raquel Pennington struggles to not give her opponent a chance to recover
Poorly executed technique. Germaine de Randamie looks to counter!
de Randamie catch Raquel Pennington's right arm and tries a kimura
Raquel Pennington holds her own arm and struggles until she gets free
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Raquel Pennington
Raquel Pennington tries to roll on the ground...
de Randamie knows how to keep her advantage on the ground.
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Raquel Pennington
Raquel Pennington tries to roll to her side and get to half guard...
Raquel Pennington creates enough space to control Germaine de Randamie's leg.
Germaine de Randamie is in half guard over Pennington
Raquel Pennington attempts to move to full guard
Raquel Pennington manages to switch to full guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Pennington
de Randamie is in closed guard... Pennington tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
de Randamie is trying to counter now!
Germaine de Randamie throws a flurry of punches at Pennington...
Pennington is defending herself well. None of them connect.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Pennington
de Randamie is in closed guard... Pennington tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
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 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Solid shot from Germaine de Randamie to the body.
Pennington blocks in time.
Raquel Pennington attempts a sweep single...
Raquel Pennington catches Germaine de Randamie's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Pennington.
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Raquel Pennington positions herself and launches a barrage of punches.
de Randamie covers herself well
Poorly executed technique. Germaine de Randamie looks to counter!
Pennington is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Raquel Pennington uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Raquel Pennington uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
de Randamie clumsily fails here and it's time for Raquel Pennington to fight back!
Body shots by Raquel Pennington
de Randamie covers up.
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Raquel Pennington is looking to pass Germaine de Randamie's guard...
Raquel Pennington gets her hips free and moves to half guard.
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Deep breaths from Germaine de Randamie who tries a hammer punch to Pennington's ribs.
Pennington blocks those punches
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Pennington tries to free her leg...
She moves to side mount!
Raquel Pennington is in side mount over Germaine de Randamie
de Randamie tries to show some ground skills
Pennington uses her strength to keep Pennington at a disadvantage
Steve Mazzagatti 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 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Pennington and de Randamie circle around the center of the cage.
Raquel Pennington fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 3:55 in the 2 round
A punch from Germaine de Randamie
grazes Pennington's right cheek.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Germaine de Randamie!
Pennington is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Germaine de Randamie is measuring Pennington with her jab.
Good accuracy on her part.
Pennington's Chin is beginning to swell
Germaine de Randamie and Pennington engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Raquel Pennington is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
Pennington decides to launch some tentative punches
de Randamie launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Pennington with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Pennington pushes Germaine de Randamie and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Pennington moves forward looking for some action
She surprises de Randamie with a double overhooks!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Pennington.
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Round 3
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The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round
de Randamie wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Pennington doesn't want anything like this as she moves backwards
Every time Germaine de Randamie attempts to get inside
Pennington misses with a low kick.
de Randamie is trying to counter now!
Raquel Pennington paws at de Randamie.
de Randamie swings ineffectively.
Germaine de Randamie is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Raquel Pennington is measuring de Randamie with her jab.
de Randamie isn't fazed.
The clock says 0:50 in the 3 round
Raquel Pennington is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
de Randamie studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Pennington moves backwards and Germaine de Randamie is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Pennington launches a hook to the body
Bang! de Randamie stops that one with her ribs!
Pennington looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Germaine de Randamie's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
Germaine de Randamie is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Raquel Pennington fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Good movement from Pennington
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
The clock says 2:20 in the 3 round
Solid shot from Raquel Pennington to the body.
de Randamie blocks in time.
Raquel Pennington throws a punch
that gets deflected.
de Randamie moves backwards and Raquel Pennington is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
de Randamie is holding Raquel Pennington's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Raquel Pennington shows great balance while pushing away Germaine de Randamie
Pennington and de Randamie circle around the center of the cage.
de Randamie wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Pennington doesn't want anything like this as she moves backwards
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Germaine de Randamie and Pennington engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Raquel Pennington is getting the best of the exchange as she lands a few blows.
Pennington is holding Germaine de Randamie's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Germaine de Randamie loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 4:00 in the 3 round
Raquel Pennington is in side mount over Germaine de Randamie
Raquel Pennington looks to pass to mount...
Pennington slides her knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Germaine de Randamie.
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie tries to roll to her side and trap Raquel Pennington in her guard...
Raquel Pennington rolls her over and takes her back!
Pennington is in rear mount over de Randamie
Raquel Pennington slides her arm under Germaine de Randamie's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
Germaine de Randamie pulls down on Raquel Pennington's hand and staves off danger
Raquel Pennington gets sloppy and Germaine de Randamie tries to take advantage...
de Randamie has Pennington controlling her back while on the ground. She tries to roll and find an escape...
Pennington is unable to move under de Randamie control.
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Raquel Pennington is looking to pass Germaine de Randamie's guard...
Raquel Pennington gets her hips free and moves to half guard.
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Pennington sits over her knees and pushes away de Randamie's leg!
Raquel Pennington is able to put away her leg and then jumps to side mount.
Raquel Pennington is in side mount over Germaine de Randamie
Pennington is taking this opportunity to rest.
Raquel Pennington is in side mount over Germaine de Randamie
Raquel Pennington looks to mount Germaine de Randamie...
Raquel Pennington slides her knee across and gets to mount.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Raquel Pennington has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 4
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The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Pennington wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
de Randamie doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Raquel Pennington embrace and tries to move away...
Raquel Pennington pushes de Randamie forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Germaine de Randamie is in good position and is looking to change levels for the takedown...
Pennington doesn't let de Randamie get in on her legs.
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:45 in the 4 round
Raquel Pennington attempts a sweep single...
Raquel Pennington catches Germaine de Randamie's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Pennington.
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington struggles on the ground and tries to break Germaine de Randamie's guard...
Raquel Pennington is in de Randamie open guard now
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
Terrible one sided match... de Randamie was not ready to fight a fighter of Raquel Pennington caliber.
Pennington tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
The clock says 1:20 in the 4 round
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Pennington breaths deeply while on the ground
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Pennington is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 1:40 in the 4 round
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
de Randamie misses a step and Raquel Pennington sees an opportunity to counter her!
Body shots by Raquel Pennington
Solid blows to de Randamie's abdomen.
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Pennington is getting frustrated here.
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie attempts to move to full guard
Raquel Pennington keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 2:10 in the 4 round
Raquel Pennington is in half guard over de Randamie
Raquel Pennington pushes de Randamie's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Pennington who is in full mount! de Randamie is in trouble now!
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
de Randamie tries to escape from the full mount...
Raquel Pennington is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Raquel Pennington is in side mount over Germaine de Randamie
Raquel Pennington looks to mount Germaine de Randamie...
Raquel Pennington slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie tries to roll to her side and trap Raquel Pennington in her guard...
Raquel Pennington keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie tries to roll to her side and trap Raquel Pennington in her guard...
Raquel Pennington keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 3:05 in the 4 round
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
de Randamie works on the ground with her fingers over Pennington's face
Pennington shakes her head and continues fighting on the ground.
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie tries to roll to her side and trap Raquel Pennington in her guard...
Raquel Pennington keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Raquel Pennington is in full mount over Germaine de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie tries to roll to her side and trap Raquel Pennington in her guard...
Raquel Pennington keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Steve Mazzagatti 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 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 3:30 in the 4 round
Germaine de Randamie circles around Pennington
de Randamie studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 3:40 in the 4 round
de Randamie launches a hook to the body
Raquel Pennington moves aside looking for a counter...
de Randamie wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Pennington doesn't want anything like this as she moves backwards
The clock says 3:55 in the 4 round
Good movement from Pennington
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
A punch from Raquel Pennington
grazes de Randamie's right cheek.
de Randamie has a small cut in her Right cheek
Germaine de Randamie fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Solid shot from Raquel Pennington to the body.
de Randamie didn't like that.
Pennington launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
The clock says 4:50 in the 4 round
Pennington moves forward looking for some action
She surprises de Randamie with a double overhooks!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
You have to give that round to Raquel Pennington.
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Round 5
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de Randamie moves backwards and Raquel Pennington is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Raquel Pennington circles around de Randamie
Pennington and de Randamie circle around the center of the cage.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Pennington launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits de Randamie's face but it seems like one finger has poked her eye! Does the referee see that?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
A solid combination from Raquel Pennington
connects with de Randamie.
There is a small laceration on Germaine de Randamie's Chin
The clock says 1:00 in the 5 round
de Randamie moves backwards and Raquel Pennington is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
You can see de Randamie's blood making stains in the mat.
Raquel Pennington fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Raquel Pennington fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Raquel Pennington circles around de Randamie
Raquel Pennington is measuring de Randamie with her jab.
Good accuracy on her part.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Pennington studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
I think Germaine de Randamie needs to learn how to pace herself better. Her performance is suffering from her exhaustion.
de Randamie and Pennington circle around the center of the cage.
Germaine de Randamie tries to bring the fight to the ground
Pennington won't budge, forcing de Randamie to pull guard.
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Raquel Pennington uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington breaths deeply while on the ground
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Pennington is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Raquel Pennington uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Raquel Pennington looks to counter!
Body shots by Raquel Pennington
Solid blows to de Randamie's abdomen.
Raquel Pennington is in closed guard over de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie is a bloody mess!
Pennington struggles on the ground and tries to break Germaine de Randamie's guard...
Raquel Pennington is in de Randamie open guard now
The clock says 3:05 in the 5 round
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
de Randamie tries to close her guard around Pennington
She is not able to do it
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
Germaine de Randamie is a bloody mess!
de Randamie tries to close her guard around Pennington
She is not able to do it
The clock says 3:30 in the 5 round
Raquel Pennington is in open guard over de Randamie
You can see de Randamie's blood making stains in the mat.
Pennington is taking this opportunity to rest.
Steve Mazzagatti 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.
Solid jabs from Raquel Pennington.
Nice punches.
Raquel Pennington looks rather shattered.
Pennington studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Raquel Pennington was tooling Germaine de Randamie for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Germaine de Randamie lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Raquel Pennington jabs at de Randamie
hitting her chest.
Pennington is very hurt. You can see it in how she is moving in the last moments.
de Randamie doesn't stop bleeding.
The two exchange wildly
Pennington is connecting with a few punches
Germaine de Randamie looks rather shattered.
de Randamie doesn't stop bleeding.
Germaine de Randamie jabs at Pennington
to no visible effect.
de Randamie doesn't stop bleeding.
Tremendous strikes from de Randamie!
Pennington blocks with confidence
The clock says 4:45 in the 5 round
de Randamie seems hesitant as if she would give the initiative to her opponent.
Germaine de Randamie continues to bleed from that cut. It could be affecting her vision.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Steve Mazzagatti tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Pennington is the winner of this round.
Winner is Raquel Pennington by Unanimous decision
Statistics: Raquel Pennington
Punches 35/48 (73%)
Kicks 0/4 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 5/6 (83%)
GnP strikes 4/10 (40%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 546 s
Statistics: Germaine de Randamie
Punches 12/42 (29%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/6 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 546 s
This should have been better than it was. Lots of power and punching to be done here. But alas, partially stamina, partially just…indifference lead to this. GDR seemed to grow tired, and fade to punching bag late, but RP didn’t have the PP to get the KO via P.
