![]() ![]() ![]() Midway through the first round, Phogat tried to get Bo to the canvas, but Bo defended nicely to stay on the feet. But in the second and third rounds, Phogat took over and controlled the fight on the canvas and wore Bo down. Bo seemed to nearly have Phogat put away in the first. In a momentum-shifting fight, Ritu Phogat survived a rough first round to outwork Meng Bo for a unanimous decision. She kept Anderson from any real shot at stealing the fight down the stretch.Īlyse Anderson DROPS Itsuki Hirata in Round 3! □ #ONEEmpower #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship /BDWhGXDxaE When she popped up, Hirata tied her up and again tried to wrestle the fight back to the canvas in her wheelhouse. In the third round, Anderson tried to mount a rally and landed a big right hand that put Hirata on the canvas. Any defensive scrambles Anderson made from her back were negated by Hirata with relative ease. Anderson scrambled her way back to the feet, but Hirata wrestled her back to the canvas and into side control. She tried to threaten with a triangle choke, but it gave Hirata the chance to work ground-and-pound.Ībout two minutes into the second round, Hirata used her judo experience to again trip Anderson to the mat. With her back to the fence, Anderson had to work off her back from guard. Anderson had a third-round knockdown, but Hirata’s wrestling and control in the first two rounds was enough to get the nod from the judges.Īfter a feeling-out process, Hirata tripped Anderson to the canvas just ahead of the midway point of the opening round. In the opening fight of the atomweight tournament, Itsuki Hirata (5-0) stayed perfect and outwrestled former Invicta FC fighter Alyse Anderson (5-2) for a unanimous decision. Michelle Nicolini at 'ONE Championship: Empower' – Best photos She landed more punches down the stretch and never gave Nicolini another submission attempt. Xiong hurt Nicolini with a punch, but again let her back to the feet. She stayed patient and worked for a triangle choke, but Xiong popped back to her feet and went back to work in the standup with two minutes left. ![]() Nicolini had to have a finish, and with three minutes left, she finally got the fight to the mat. The final round was more of the same for the first two minutes. Nicolini wanted the fight on the canvas, but for good reason Xiong had no reason to want to be there. In the fourth, Xiong continued to find success in the standup game. Xiong survived a late armbar attempt to go to the fourth still in control. She eventually shook her off, but had to go to the canvas with her – in Nicolini’s wheelhouse. Nicolini tied Xiong up in the middle of the third, and it forced Xiong to make a decision of how to get Nicolini off her in a front backpack-type position. Xiong landed another kick and a pair of punches in the closing seconds, and it appeared that Xiong’s gas tank had more left in it than Nicolini’s. Xiong scrambled through it with two minutes left and found herself on top, then let Nicolini back to the feet. Xiong kicked the leg after that, but Nicolini grabbed her leg and went for a heel hook. Xiong defended them mostly with ease, and her overhand right stung her again midway through the round. Nicolini’s takedown attempts went nowhere in the second round. Still, Xiong’s power was big in the first. She landed kicks and more punches a bit later, but Nicolini landed a takedown in the closing seconds. She went down and hit her with a couple more shots before she backed away let Nicolini back to the feet. With 100 seconds left, Xiong drilled Nicolini with a right hand that put her on the canvas. "The Panda" puts Michelle Nicolini DOWN in Round 1! □ #ONEEmpower #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship /c2YyVgRC4c Midway through, Nicolini again went to her back and beckoned Xiong down, but the champion didn’t take the bait and the ref had Nicolini stand up. But 90 seconds in, Xiong got back to her feet. When they tied up along the fence, Nicolini pulled guard and hoped to put Xiong into her jiu-jitsu world. She snatched Xiong’s right ankle and worked for it, but Xiong stayed on her feet. It only took Nicolini 30 seconds to go for a takedown. ![]()
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