FAN POLL: 79% Megan Reed

REFEREE: Dusty Whittaker

 

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ROUND ONE

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[Both fighters touch gloves, and Sinani’s immediately on her bicycle, circling away from Reed’s power hand--something Reed very much notices, and feigns a quick step forward, that makes Zoe retreats a couple steps. Megan chuckles and throws a quick one-two combo that slips through Zoe’s guard! Zoe returns fire, but Megan avoids most of the contact and counters with a round kick to the midsection, that Zoe only just manages to parry. Sinani pushes forward and throws a few quick punches that connect, but Reed absorbs the contact and counters with a straight right hand that connects with Sinani’s nose! She stumbles backwards a step or two, and Reed unloads! Several strong straight punches, then a hook that connects with Zoe’s jaw! Zoe stumbles back against the cage, but when Megan moves in to capitalize, Zoe ducks away from any more shots and moves back to the center of the cage.]

 

[Reed doesn’t give her much time to recover, though, moving forward with a couple jabs that don’t make contact, but force Zoe to be aware of them. Zoe tries to step inside, into clinch range, but Megan throws a middle kick to keep her at bay. Zoe pushes forward again, and when Megan throws a low kick to keep her at range, she manages to avoid it, causing Megan to lose her balance! When Megan spins back to face Zoe, she gets caught with a crisp uppercut that stumbles Reed back a couple steps. Reed tries to shoot for a takedown to buy time to recover, but Zoe pushes her aside.]

 

[Reed gets back to her feet, shaking off any lingering effects from the punch. Zoe presses her advantage, but Reed throws a quick hook to the body. Zoe absorbs the blow and throws a straight punch that Megan mostly avoids, but it grazes her cheek just enough to cause some movement. Zoe keeps pushing forward, throwing a few jabs that Megan counters with punches over the top. Sensing the pattern, Zoe swaps straight punches for an uppercut that connects with Reed’s chin, even as Reed connects with a cross that causes a small cut on Zoe’s cheek.]

 

[Zoe steps backwards and wipes at her cheek--a momentary lapse in attention that Reed takes advantage of, connecting with a powerful left hook that immediately causes some swelling near Sinani’s right eye! Sinani tries to counter with a body shot, but Reed avoids it and connects with another powerful straight punch that snaps Zoe’s head back! Reed pushes forward, winging a looping hook that cracks into Sinani’s jaw and nearly drops her! Sinani frantically throws a few punches, but none come close to connecting.]

 

[With Sinani throwing, but struggling to connect, Reed swaps her tactics, drops her level, and shoots for a takedown, but Zoe’s able to not only avoid the takedown, but she pushes Megan off-balance. With a moment to capitalize, Zoe throws a series of jabs that connect, but don’t do a ton of damage to her opponent. Zoe over-extends herself, though, and Megan’s able to avoid the punches before catching hold of Zoe’s head in a Thai clinch! Megan pushes Zoe up against the cage, connecting with a couple knees to the inner thigh before trying to sweep her leg out from under her, but Zoe maintains her balance and stays on her feet.]

 

[Megan tightens her grip in the clinch, before blasting Sinani with several uppercuts! The first couple get through before Zoe’s able to recover her guard and prevent any further damage. Zoe pushes away from the clinch, despite Reed’s best efforts, and connects with a few counter punches on the exit that put Reed on the retreat. Megan throws a low kick that Zoe easily avoids, but Zoe’s unable to avoid the right hand/left hook combo that follows. Zoe’s knees buckle and she drops to the ground, but she’s still in the fight.]

 

[Reed takes a couple deep breaths, almost letting her mouthpiece fall out of her mouth, before she tags Zoe’s thigh with a stinging kick. A couple punches from the top that miss are all that Megan throws, before taking a couple steps back and beckoning Zoe to her feet. Zoe obliges, getting up and immediately shooting for a takedown that manages to catch Reed off guard! She doesn’t have time to do anything with it, though, as the horn sounds to end the round.]

 

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ROUND TWO

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[Reed doesn’t touch gloves to start the second round, but doesn’t mind taking advantage of Sinani wanting to, as she moves to the inside of Zoe’s outstretched hand to get into clinch range, once again catching her in a Thai plum. Megan lands several punches and elbows in the clinch, not even concerned with the fact that she’s backed Zoe straight into her own corner! Zoe’s cornermen are screaming instructions, but she’s unable to escape Reed’s clinch, and absorbs a flurry of punches the makes the cut on Zoe’s cheek even worse. Zoe tries to escape, but Reed clamps down on her clinch to keep her in place, before driving the air out of her with a knee to the body. A couple uppercuts follow that turn Sinani’s legs into jello, but Zoe’s still in the fight enough to try for the takedown--even if Megan just shrugs her off and dumps her to the floor, following down into Sinani’s guard.]

 

[Reed’s only in Zoe’s guard for a couple seconds before she starts to move, first passing into half-guard, then taking advantage of Zoe trying to counter by passing into side-mount! Sinani doesn’t look comfortable underneath Reed, and does her best to move into a better position, but eats a punch to the temple that stuns her long enough for Reed to move into mount. Zoe keeps moving, though, and almost escapes to half-guard...but Megan catches her before she can trap her leg, and ends up rolling her to her stomach, taking her back! Reed quickly gets one hook in, but Sinani’s able to block the second.]

 

[Reed catches Sinani with a couple punches from the top, but nothing that does too much damage. Zoe tries to throw elbows back at Megan, but she’s able to avoid them by sitting up. Zoe almost gets back to her back before Megan’s able to block the movement, but Reed just gets up to her feet rather than give Zoe a better position, beckoning her up with both hands. Referee Dusty Whittaker halts the fight to stand Zoe up, which the crowd cheer on.]

 

[Once they’re restarted, Megan catches Zoe with a solid uppercut that jacks her head back, following by a powerful right hook that clearly stuns her. Zoe throws a kick to try to keep Megan at bay, but it’s not particularly quick, and Reed’s able to catch it. She drags Zoe to the ground, before passing immediately into side-mount! Reed throws a couple knees to the body, then winds up a third--but when Zoe tries to block it, Megan moves easily into mount again! Zoe tries to escape, but Megan stops her from moving, and starts raining down elbows! Zoe rolls to her stomach to try to cover up more, but it’s too late--Dusty Whittaker’s seen enough, and he calls a stop to the fight!]

 

Winner: Megan Reed by TKO (Elbows) at 2:51 Round 2

 

Statistics: Megan Reed

Punches 17/28 (61%)

Kicks 4/8 (50%)

Clinch strikes 9/15 (60%)

Takedowns 2/4 (50%)

GnP strikes 4/6 (67%)

Submissions 0/0 (0%)

Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)

Time on the ground 69 s

 

Statistics: Zoe Sinani

Punches 20/24 (83%)

Kicks 0/0 (0%)

Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)

Takedowns 1/1 (100%)

GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)

Submissions 0/0 (0%)

Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)

Time on the ground 83 s