Post by The Sandman on Feb 19, 2021 22:30:48 GMT -5
Rin Nakai shifts back and forth nervously.
Germaine de Randamie is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Rin Nakai moves forward and launches a low kick.
de Randamie blocks that.
Brilliant combination from Rin Nakai
de Randamie is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Rin Nakai paws at de Randamie.
de Randamie swings ineffectively.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
that nearly tags Nakai.
Some nice shots from Germaine de Randamie
that stun Nakai.
de Randamie is holding Rin Nakai's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Rin Nakai loses balance and goes to the ground.
Nakai Hyper-extended her arm
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Germaine de Randamie looks to mount Rin Nakai...
Germaine de Randamie slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Rin Nakai
Nakai tries to escape from the full mount...
Germaine de Randamie is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Nakai breaths deeply while on the ground
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
de Randamie tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Rin Nakai
Rin Nakai tries to roll to her side and trap Germaine de Randamie in her guard...
Rin Nakai moves to half guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in half guard over Nakai
Rin Nakai attempts to move to full guard
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai tries to close her guard around de Randamie
She succeeds!
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Nakai leans and gets Germaine de Randamie's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
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 Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Michigan) are cheering for the fighters.
de Randamie moves backwards and Rin Nakai is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Every time Germaine de Randamie attempts to get inside
Nakai fires a low kick.
de Randamie moves backwards and Rin Nakai is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
A punch from Germaine de Randamie
grazes Nakai's right cheek.
Nakai moves backwards and Germaine de Randamie is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Rin Nakai is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Rin Nakai jabs at de Randamie
hitting her chest.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Nakai fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Germaine de Randamie didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
Nakai tries to jump to side mount.
Germaine de Randamie jumps and show some wrestling skills as she positions herself for continuing the fight in side control.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Deep breaths from Rin Nakai who tries a hammer punch to de Randamie's ribs.
That hit de Randamie who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Germaine de Randamie tries to better her position on the ground...
de Randamie breaks the closed guard of Rin Nakai and moves to half guard
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is maybe for Rin Nakai, but it's close.
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Round 2
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Nakai fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Germaine de Randamie didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
Nakai moves on the ground
Nakai cannot take advantage in the ground
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
Nakai moves on the ground..
...she makes no progress.
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
de Randamie tries to close her guard around Nakai
She succeeds!
Rin Nakai is in closed guard over de Randamie
Nakai is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Rin Nakai uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Rin Nakai is in closed guard over de Randamie
de Randamie works on the ground with her fingers over Nakai's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen that!
Steve Mazzagatti takes away one point from Germaine de Randamie for eye poke.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to give Nakai time to recover. Rin Nakai seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Michigan) are cheering for the fighters.
Germaine de Randamie fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Nakai launches a kick
but Germaine de Randamie avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
de Randamie goes to the body...
She punishes Nakai's ribs with a couple of hooks.
de Randamie wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Rin Nakai pushes away de Randamie trying to keep the fight at striking range
de Randamie stumbles backwards and Rin Nakai circles to get the center of the cage
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Rin Nakai attempts a sweep single...
Germaine de Randamie was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Rin Nakai tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Germaine de Randamie jumps backwards and frees her leg.
de Randamie pushes Rin Nakai and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rin Nakai!
de Randamie is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Rin Nakai closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Rin Nakai tries to bring the fight to the ground
de Randamie won't budge, forcing Nakai to pull guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Rin Nakai is cooling the fight on the ground
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Body shots by Germaine de Randamie
Nakai covers up.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, she jumps to side mount! The crowd in Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Michigan) is cheering her!
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
de Randamie is taking this opportunity to rest.
Steve Mazzagatti 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 clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around her opponent.
Nakai and de Randamie circle around the center of the cage.
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Nakai's Forehead is beginning to swell
Nakai has a small cut in her Forehead
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Nakai grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
de Randamie struggles... Rin Nakai is unable to take her down
Rin Nakai launches a body shot
de Randamie dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Nakai studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
A left hook from de Randamie
grazes the chin of Nakai.
Steve Mazzagatti tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 3
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Brilliant combination from Germaine de Randamie
that forces Nakai to try and defend better.
Tremendous strikes from de Randamie!
Some big punches are landing!
Good leg kicks from Germaine de Randamie.
Nakai winces a bit.
Germaine de Randamie has seen better days.
de Randamie wants to take the fight to her advantage and tries to clinch.
de Randamie moves forward and holds Nakai
The fighters are clinching.
Nakai doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Germaine de Randamie embrace and tries to move away...
Germaine de Randamie pushes Nakai forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Germaine de Randamie pushes away Nakai trying to keep the fight at striking range
Nakai stumbles backwards and Germaine de Randamie circles to get the center of the cage
Nakai launches a flurry of punches
de Randamie slips out of danger.
de Randamie launches a hook to the body
Bang! Nakai stops that one with her ribs!
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
de Randamie studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 1:55 in the 3 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Tremendous strikes from de Randamie!
Some big punches are landing!
de Randamie is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Germaine de Randamie just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Nakai may be in trouble!
Nakai has a small cut in her Forehead
Germaine de Randamie goes with a looping right hand while Rin Nakai jumps back and jabs
Nakai seems staggered and Germaine de Randamie runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Nakai leads with a punch
Germaine de Randamie avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Crisp uppercut by de Randamie followed by a hard jab
Rin Nakai stumbles back.
There is a small laceration on Rin Nakai's Right cheek
Winner is Germaine de Randamie by TKO (Stoppage - Small cut Right cheek) at 2:59 Round 3
Statistics: Rin Nakai
Punches 2/10 (20%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/6 (33%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 248 s
Statistics: Germaine de Randamie
Punches 31/42 (74%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/2 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 248 s
GDR did things. Rin did less winning than her team would like.
Germaine de Randamie is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Rin Nakai moves forward and launches a low kick.
de Randamie blocks that.
Brilliant combination from Rin Nakai
de Randamie is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Rin Nakai paws at de Randamie.
de Randamie swings ineffectively.
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
that nearly tags Nakai.
Some nice shots from Germaine de Randamie
that stun Nakai.
de Randamie is holding Rin Nakai's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Rin Nakai loses balance and goes to the ground.
Nakai Hyper-extended her arm
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Germaine de Randamie looks to mount Rin Nakai...
Germaine de Randamie slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Rin Nakai
Nakai tries to escape from the full mount...
Germaine de Randamie is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
Nakai breaths deeply while on the ground
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
de Randamie tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie is in full mount over Rin Nakai
Rin Nakai tries to roll to her side and trap Germaine de Randamie in her guard...
Rin Nakai moves to half guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in half guard over Nakai
Rin Nakai attempts to move to full guard
Rin Nakai manages to switch to full guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie is in open guard over Nakai
Nakai tries to close her guard around de Randamie
She succeeds!
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie tries to improve her position on the ground as she sits on her knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Nakai leans and gets Germaine de Randamie's arms as she brings her to the ground again.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
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 Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Michigan) are cheering for the fighters.
de Randamie moves backwards and Rin Nakai is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Every time Germaine de Randamie attempts to get inside
Nakai fires a low kick.
de Randamie moves backwards and Rin Nakai is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
A punch from Germaine de Randamie
grazes Nakai's right cheek.
Nakai moves backwards and Germaine de Randamie is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Rin Nakai is doing her best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Rin Nakai jabs at de Randamie
hitting her chest.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Nakai fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Germaine de Randamie didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
Nakai tries to jump to side mount.
Germaine de Randamie jumps and show some wrestling skills as she positions herself for continuing the fight in side control.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Deep breaths from Rin Nakai who tries a hammer punch to de Randamie's ribs.
That hit de Randamie who moves on the ground in order to protect herself
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Germaine de Randamie tries to better her position on the ground...
de Randamie breaks the closed guard of Rin Nakai and moves to half guard
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is maybe for Rin Nakai, but it's close.
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Round 2
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Nakai fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Germaine de Randamie didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
Nakai moves on the ground
Nakai cannot take advantage in the ground
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
Nakai moves on the ground..
...she makes no progress.
Rin Nakai is in open guard over de Randamie
de Randamie tries to close her guard around Nakai
She succeeds!
Rin Nakai is in closed guard over de Randamie
Nakai is in closed guard... de Randamie tries to roll on the ground!
Rin Nakai uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Rin Nakai is in closed guard over de Randamie
de Randamie works on the ground with her fingers over Nakai's face
She seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen that!
Steve Mazzagatti takes away one point from Germaine de Randamie for eye poke.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to give Nakai time to recover. Rin Nakai seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Michigan) are cheering for the fighters.
Germaine de Randamie fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Nakai launches a kick
but Germaine de Randamie avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
de Randamie goes to the body...
She punishes Nakai's ribs with a couple of hooks.
de Randamie wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Rin Nakai pushes away de Randamie trying to keep the fight at striking range
de Randamie stumbles backwards and Rin Nakai circles to get the center of the cage
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Rin Nakai attempts a sweep single...
Germaine de Randamie was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Rin Nakai tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Germaine de Randamie jumps backwards and frees her leg.
de Randamie pushes Rin Nakai and moves away from her. She seems to be recovering her breath.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rin Nakai!
de Randamie is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Rin Nakai closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Rin Nakai tries to bring the fight to the ground
de Randamie won't budge, forcing Nakai to pull guard.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Rin Nakai is cooling the fight on the ground
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
Body shots by Germaine de Randamie
Nakai covers up.
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie is in closed guard... Nakai tries to roll on the ground!
Germaine de Randamie uses her leg to keep her position on the ground
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
Germaine de Randamie is in closed guard over Nakai
de Randamie use some of her wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, she jumps to side mount! The crowd in Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Michigan) is cheering her!
Germaine de Randamie is in side mount over Rin Nakai
de Randamie is taking this opportunity to rest.
Steve Mazzagatti 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 clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Rin Nakai is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around her opponent.
Nakai and de Randamie circle around the center of the cage.
Nice punch by Germaine de Randamie
who outboxes her opponent in this exchange.
Nakai's Forehead is beginning to swell
Nakai has a small cut in her Forehead
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Nakai grabs her opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
de Randamie struggles... Rin Nakai is unable to take her down
Rin Nakai launches a body shot
de Randamie dodges and catches her with a hard cross.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Nakai studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
A left hook from de Randamie
grazes the chin of Nakai.
Steve Mazzagatti tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
=========================================
Round 3
=========================================
Brilliant combination from Germaine de Randamie
that forces Nakai to try and defend better.
Tremendous strikes from de Randamie!
Some big punches are landing!
Good leg kicks from Germaine de Randamie.
Nakai winces a bit.
Germaine de Randamie has seen better days.
de Randamie wants to take the fight to her advantage and tries to clinch.
de Randamie moves forward and holds Nakai
The fighters are clinching.
Nakai doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Germaine de Randamie embrace and tries to move away...
Germaine de Randamie pushes Nakai forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
Germaine de Randamie pushes away Nakai trying to keep the fight at striking range
Nakai stumbles backwards and Germaine de Randamie circles to get the center of the cage
Nakai launches a flurry of punches
de Randamie slips out of danger.
de Randamie launches a hook to the body
Bang! Nakai stops that one with her ribs!
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
de Randamie studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 1:55 in the 3 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Tremendous strikes from de Randamie!
Some big punches are landing!
de Randamie is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Germaine de Randamie just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Nakai may be in trouble!
Nakai has a small cut in her Forehead
Germaine de Randamie goes with a looping right hand while Rin Nakai jumps back and jabs
Nakai seems staggered and Germaine de Randamie runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Nakai leads with a punch
Germaine de Randamie avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Crisp uppercut by de Randamie followed by a hard jab
Rin Nakai stumbles back.
There is a small laceration on Rin Nakai's Right cheek
Winner is Germaine de Randamie by TKO (Stoppage - Small cut Right cheek) at 2:59 Round 3
Statistics: Rin Nakai
Punches 2/10 (20%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/6 (33%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 248 s
Statistics: Germaine de Randamie
Punches 31/42 (74%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/2 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 248 s
GDR did things. Rin did less winning than her team would like.
