Post by The Sandman on Jan 28, 2022 2:03:03 GMT -5
Alexis Davis is calm in her corner. She looks convinced of her abilities.
Aspen Ladd looks like she's feeling the pressure.
Alexis Davis has fight Aspen Ladd 1 times. She has won 1 of them.
Ladd is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. She will have to do her best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Alexis Davis tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Ladd is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Ladd
Ladd tries to close her guard around Davis
She succeeds!
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Ladd
Davis is in closed guard... Ladd tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Alexis Davis!
Aspen Ladd is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Davis tries to escape from the full mount...
Aspen Ladd is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Aspen Ladd is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Davis tries to show some ground skills
Alexis Davis put Ladd in half guard.
Aspen Ladd is in half guard over Davis
Ladd sits over her knees and pushes away Davis's leg!
Aspen Ladd is able to put away her leg and then jumps to side mount.
Aspen Ladd is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Davis tries to show some ground skills
Ladd uses her strength to keep Ladd at a disadvantage
Davis clumsily fails here and it's time for Aspen Ladd to fight back!
Ladd tries to move to full mount!
Davis won't allow her to take this position easily.
Aspen Ladd is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis attempts to trap Aspen Ladd in her guard.
Aspen Ladd keeps control and remains in side mount.
Aspen Ladd is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Aspen Ladd looks to mount Alexis Davis...
Aspen Ladd slides her knee across and gets to mount.
Aspen Ladd is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Ladd tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Aspen Ladd controls the situation despite Alexis Davis efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Aspen Ladd is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Aspen Ladd is in full mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis tries to roll to her side and trap Aspen Ladd in her guard...
Alexis Davis gets her hips out and gets to full guard.
Josh Rosenthal 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 Shanghai Stadium (Shanghai, China) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Ladd moves backwards and Alexis Davis is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
Nice beating Aspen Ladd has received.
Ladd studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Davis and Ladd circle around the center of the cage.
Ladd studies her opponent looking for a hole in her defense.
Davis is holding Aspen Ladd's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Aspen Ladd loses balance and goes to the ground.
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Aspen Ladd
Alexis Davis looks to pass to mount...
Davis slides her knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Aspen Ladd.
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll on the ground...
She makes a reversal!
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Aspen Ladd is in closed guard over Davis
Ladd is in closed guard... Davis tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! She is now in full mount over Aspen Ladd!
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Ladd is using some of her ground skills to escape from this...
She pushes Davis's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Aspen Ladd is in half guard over Davis
Ladd works on the ground with her fingers over Davis's face
Davis shakes her head and continues fighting on the ground.
Aspen Ladd is in half guard over Davis
Ladd launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Alexis Davis is not able to stop Davis ground skills and Aspen Ladd moves to side mount!
Aspen Ladd is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis has seen better days.
Davis breaths deeply while on the ground
Aspen Ladd is in side mount over Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis attempts to trap Aspen Ladd in her guard.
Alexis Davis manages to switch to half guard.
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Aspen Ladd is in half guard over Davis
Alexis Davis is cooling the fight on the ground
Aspen Ladd is in half guard over Davis
Alexis Davis tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Aspen Ladd is in half guard over Davis
Davis breaths deeply while on the ground
Josh Rosenthal 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.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is maybe for Aspen Ladd, but it's close.
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Round 2
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Alexis Davis closes the distance with her opponent wanting some action.
Davis wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. She shoves herself over her opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Ladd doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Alexis Davis embrace and tries to move away...
Alexis Davis pushes Ladd forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Ladd takes a break to breathe while holding Alexis Davis.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Alexis Davis attempts a sweep single...
Alexis Davis catches Aspen Ladd's far ankle and trips her to the mat! Slick takedown by Davis.
Ladd ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Ladd
Davis tries to escape from the closed guard
Davis succeeds and she's now in open guard... she takes a second to breathe
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Ladd
Davis tries to improve position.
She frees a leg.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Nice fight between these two warriors. Anyone could be the winner.
Alexis Davis tries to free her leg
Alexis Davis uses some of her skill by jumping out of Ladd's guard. She moves quickly to side mount!
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Aspen Ladd
Alexis Davis looks to mount Aspen Ladd...
Alexis Davis slides her knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Davis breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll to her side and trap Alexis Davis in her guard...
Alexis Davis rolls her over and takes her back!
Davis is in rear mount over Ladd
Ladd is gassing out... Too bad. Her performance may be going down from here.
Ladd has Davis controlling her back while on the ground. She tries to roll and find an escape...
Davis is unable to move under Ladd control.
Alexis Davis is in closed guard over Ladd
Alexis Davis is looking to pass Aspen Ladd's guard...
Alexis Davis gets her hips free and moves to half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Ladd is moving on the ground...
Davis tries to counter Ladd's moves on the ground.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Alexis Davis pushes Ladd's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Davis who is in full mount! Ladd is in trouble now!
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll to her side and trap Alexis Davis in her guard...
Alexis Davis keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll to her side and trap Alexis Davis in her guard...
Aspen Ladd moves to half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Aspen Ladd attempts to move to full guard
Alexis Davis keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Alexis Davis pushes Ladd's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Davis who is in full mount! Ladd is in trouble now!
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll to her side and get to half guard...
Alexis Davis rolls Aspen Ladd to her stomach and takes her back!
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
Davis is in rear mount over Ladd
Nice beating Alexis Davis has received.
Ladd has given her back to Alexis Davis who is trying to get one hook in!
Alexis Davis has one hook in!
Davis is in rear mount over Ladd with one hook in
Ladd has to use some of her skills to escape safely from this position...
Ladd is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Josh Rosenthal 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.
Ladd moves backwards and Alexis Davis is asking her if she came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 3:45 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis takes a few seconds to recover her breath...
Nice beating Alexis Davis has received.
Davis is holding Aspen Ladd's left leg... She's trying to take her down.
Aspen Ladd loses balance and goes to the ground.
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Aspen Ladd
Davis tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
The clock says 4:20 in the 2 round
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll to her side and trap Alexis Davis in her guard...
Alexis Davis keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to roll to her side and trap Alexis Davis in her guard...
Alexis Davis keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Ladd tries to escape from the full mount...
Alexis Davis is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep her superior position.
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Aspen Ladd
Aspen Ladd attempts to trap Alexis Davis in her guard.
Alexis Davis keeps control and remains in side mount.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Aspen Ladd has to be confident that she won that round.
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Round 3
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Alexis Davis fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Alexis Davis fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Ladd and Davis circle around the center of the cage.
Alexis Davis tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Ladd is unable to remain on her feet and falls to the ground
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Ladd
Ladd tries to close her guard around Davis
She is not able to do it
Alexis Davis is in open guard over Ladd
Alexis Davis tries to pass to half guard...
Aspen Ladd can't prevent her opponent from passing. Davis looks to work from half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Aspen Ladd attempts to move to full guard
Alexis Davis keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Davis breaths deeply while on the ground
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Aspen Ladd attempts to move to full guard
Alexis Davis keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 1:50 in the 3 round
Alexis Davis is in half guard over Ladd
Aspen Ladd tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
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 Shanghai Stadium (Shanghai, China) are cheering for the fighters.
Aspen Ladd just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Davis quickly defends.
The clock says 2:10 in the 3 round
Davis is holding Aspen Ladd's right leg... She's trying to take her down.
Aspen Ladd loses balance and goes to the ground.
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Aspen Ladd
Ladd tries to show some ground skills
Davis uses her strength to keep Davis at a disadvantage
Alexis Davis is in side mount over Aspen Ladd
Davis tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. She is in full mount now.
Alexis Davis is in full mount over Aspen Ladd
Alexis Davis throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
You can see the pain reflected in Ladd's eyes...
Ladd's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar looks tight...
Ladd struggles to free herself
That Armbar from Alexis Davis appears to be unbreakable
That's more than Ladd can stand! Her arm is outstretched and she taps before getting an injury.
Winner is Alexis Davis by Submission (Armbar) at 2:57 Round 3
Statistics: Alexis Davis
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 566 s
Statistics: Aspen Ladd
Punches 0/4 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/2 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 566 s
Davis showed why she was the favourite in this one. She controlled everything from the start. Sometimes by a little, sometimes by a lot. But always-times.
