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Lima, Peru
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Open Weight FightTerri Zwart vs Frank "Blitz" KriegerZwart opens with a quick jab to feel out Krieger, but he ducks and circles away. Krieger does the same and then takes a kick to the legs. Zwart answers back with a dirty low kick, but Krieger catches it and dumps her over on her back. Zwart is briefly taken down but quickly gets to her feet, rolling out of Krieger's clutches. Krieger moves in and connects with an uppercut, followed by a knee strike. Krieger continues with a Muay Thai clinch and lands a couple big knees that keep Zwart grounded. Zwart appears she may escape, but Krieger continues with knees and follows and presses Zwart against the canvas. Zwart tries to defend and stalls to regain her composure. Smart move. Zwart doing a nice job of avoiding the shots, but Krieger dips and scores another takedown, following it with an ankle lock that ends with a visibly broken bone after Zwart submits.
Kreiger defeats Zwart via submission at 4:15. Heavyweight Division Fight Sawyer Roark vs Mark ChapmanIt takes a couple tries, but Roark gets the first takedown. Chapman pushes him away with kicks and gets to his feet, immediately eating a sucker punch that takes him right back down. Chapman works his way back to his feet, forcing Roark to eat some lunging rights and then some big combos as he tries to get some space. Chapman looks like he's going to go down but pops his opponent with a big knee before he's thrown back to the ground. Chapman catches a breather as he ties up his opponent and then gets back to his feet. Roark clings and looks for the takedown, but Chapman defends and briefly puts Roark on his back. The fighters restart, and Chapman floors Roark with a head kick. Roark fights through it and sweeps Chapman once on the mat. Roark nearly catches him in a triangle choke but eats a big shot as Chapman dives in from the top. Roark clings to his opponent to avoid damage from the top as Chapman frees a leg. Chapman then stands and delivers leg kicks to his downed opponent. Chapman dives back in with another shot and works from inside full guard. Chapman postures up with elbow strikes. He then follows with a couple punches from the kneeling position, scoring a quick knockout.
Chapman defeats Roark via knockout at 7:02.Heavyweight Division Fight MATCH OF THE NIGHTV vs Christian CainV starts off in his normally defensive stance. Cain moves in and clinches with his opponent, only to be pushed off by V. Cain catches V's legs with a sweep and spins around with a kick to the temple. V rolls away, grabbing hold of Cain's legs and firing an elbow strike into the back of Cain's knee. Cain manages to dance free, backing towards the edge of The Circle. V backs him up further with a left, but Cain partially connects on a straight kick. V catches Cain with a grapple, and eats an elbow strike to the face before Cain evades him again with a roll before popping up right into a leg kick that V catches. V throws a leg kick, but Cain lands a nice overhand right and then scoops up and dumps his opponent to the mat.
Cain frees a leg and works from half guard. V pulls his opponent close and tries to reclaim full guard, but Cain keeps a leg free. Cain tries to posture up for some punches, but V forces him to settle for short elbows to the stomach that do little damage. Cain works forearms to the face but can't create much distance. V works the butterfly guard and continues to dodge elbows from above, but Cain finally postures up and connects on a few. Cain thinks about a choke as V sits up, but V returns to his back and stalls until he gets the stand up. Cain lands a nice combo, but V answers with a nice right. V drops his hands but then backs up his opponent with a low kick.
Cain charges in first with a left but misses wide. A jab stops V's advances, but Cain is knocked a bit off balance by a leg kick. Cain then shoots and pushes V across The Circle with sheer momentum. The fighters jockey for position while in the clinch, but V delivers a knee to the body and forces the separation. Cain just misses with another elbow strike combination, following with a kick to the knee that staggers V, who then sprawls free of a subsequent takedown attempt. The fighters again wrestle for position while in the clinch with V backed against the edge of The Circle. V drops to one knee to fend off the takedown, and eats some knees to the body before Cain dances away, trying to keep away from V's grapple attempts. V waves in Cain, but neither connect on much. V lands an overhand right but has little behind it. The next one, though, connects. Cain shoots, but V looks solid in the sprawl. V pushes forward with a combo and then delivers a knee to the body. The fighters trade straight rights on the edge of The Circle again. Cain goes high with a kick that knocks V off balance, but as V teeters on the edge, he catches hold of Cain, and dives to the side, shifting momentum and forcing Cain to tumble to the floor.
V defeats Cain via ring out at 21:07. HEADLINE FIGHT
Lightweight Division FightKayla Knix vs Robbyn HelmsleyHelmsley lands a shot early, but the fighters bob around for the next 30 seconds. Helmsley just misses a combo and then stuns Knix with a left as she charges in. Knix recovers quickly and delivers an array of strikes that do little. She then works inside leg kicks, but Helmsley answers with a combo and right jab. Knix charges in and is countered with another punch. Knix briefly retreats and then pops in and out looking for an opening. Helmsley lands a nice left-right combo and then follows it with nice shots to the body and head. Knix ducks under a telegraphed right, but catches a piece of a knee strike. She recovers quickly and shoots, putting Helmsley on her back. Knix works from full guard as she pushes her opponent into the floor. Helmsley secures an arm and looks for an omoplata while trying to create room for the submission. Knix tries to get her arm free, but Helmsley continues rolling and looking for the position she needs, only to be denied. Helmsley uses the submission attempt to take top position, releases the hold, but keeps dominant position. Knix, though, powers her way back to her feet before taking Helmsley back to the mat with an elbow to the face.
Knix works from the top, but Helmsley grabs her opponent's right arm and then tries to pull her feet out from under her. Knix drops into full guard as Helmsley teeters on the edge of The Circle. Dropping to her knees, she dives in and catches Knix with a shoulder to the chin. Blood flows as Knix bites her own tongue, but she manages to lock hooks in Helmsley, rolling her over into a sleeper choke. Helmsley drives her fists into Knix's ribs, breaking away only to have Knix catch her ankle. Knix postures up and then drops for an ankle lock, only to eat a kick to the face that sends her sprawling on her back. Helmsley breaks free, scrambles, takes top position and locks in a triangle choke.
Helmsley defeats Knix via submission at 11:11 to become the next contender for the Lightweight Title. MAIN EVENT
Lightweight Title MatchKaitlynn "The Bitch" McIntyre vs SinnAnnouncer: Ladies and gentlemen, the two women in The Circle tonight will fight until only one remains standing!!! All bets for this fight are now final. Introducing first... fighting out of the red corner... she is a wrestler, with a record of fourteen wins and four losses, standing at 173 centimeters and weighing in at 73 kilograms. Ladies and gentlemen... SINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
Sinn moves out into The Circle, looking as deadly as she does beautiful.
Announcer: And now... her opponent... fighting out of the blue corner... she is a wrestler with mixed martial arts background, with a record of seven wins, and two losses, standing at 165 centimeters and weighing in at 64 kilograms. Ladies and gentlemen... the Lightweight Champion... KAITLYNNNNNN "THE BITCH" MCCCCCCCCCCINTYYYYYYYYREEEEEEEEE!!
A touch of gloves gets this fight started. Both fighters bounce excitedly. McIntyre throws a right. Sinn answers, but she then eats a big right from McIntyre. McIntyre grabs a single, but Sinn balances out of it and manages to keep herself upright. Sinn fends off the takedown, but once in the center of the fight circle, McIntyre forces her down. McIntyre tries to escape from full guard, postures up and then collapses on top of his opponent. McIntyre easily frees a leg to move into half guard, but Sinn initially avoids any punishment while controlling her opponent's arms. McIntyre postures up, but Sinn tries to sweep. McIntyre delivers some punches, goes high in the guard and then scrambles for position. She takes the top position and delivers hammerfists, but Sinn catches her with a nice upkick. McIntyre immediately passes guard, but Sinn grabs an arm. McIntyre escapes, moves to side control and then hops into the mount. Sinn rolls to her knees as McIntyre stays on top. Sinn rolls around, but McIntyre grabs an arm and tries to pull the arm free for an armbar. Sinn fends it off but eats some punches while mounted.
As Sinn bucks and is able to free herself from the mount, Kitty works side control and goes for the kimura. Sinn shoves McIntyre away and when they both get back to their feet, Sinn catches McIntyre with an immediate head kick followed by a flush right cross from Sinn to set the tempo. Sinn lands another speedy takedown, going for a leg lock and then gaining mount. From there, McIntyre bucks and escapes to her feet. Sinn lands a leg kick and punch to the body which spurs McIntyre to start swinging for the fences, putting all of her power into each strike. Sinn is able to take advantage of the timing on some of McIntyre's missed hits and secures another takedown. For a short period of time after that, Sinn alternates from full guard to half guard, and finally gets back into a mount. She delivers a series of punishing elbows and punches from the top. Finally, McIntyre escapes the mount only to get caught in an armbar, twist out of that, and catch an up kick to the head.
McIntyre's head snaps back with the kick, blood pouring out of her nose. The look on her face is an expression of pure anger as she shoots to take Sinn down again. As she fails, McIntyre recoils and catches Sinn across the face with a vicious backhand, opening up a cut on the former stripper's cheek. As the blood flows, the two women exchange haymaker punches catching each other repeatedly.
It isn't until Sinn deflects McIntyre's vicious right hand punch with her left, stepping in and throwing a vicious right forearm into McIntyre's throat as she goes down choking that the end is in sight for this hellacious brawl. Sinn pounces on her opponent, throwing wild punches until The Bitch stops moving and the referee pulls Sinn off, signaling the end of the fight.
Sinn defeats McIntyre via technical knockout at 12:49 to become the NEW Lightweight Champion.