WMAA Female Fighter Esli Kilponen made a vicious MMA debut in Fight Card Entertainment's event COLLISION against Ashley Hartanovich and has been itching to get back into the cage since then. Her wish became a reality last night at Combat-Do's Fighting Challenge 15, however it was not an mma fight, it was a jiujitsu match. Her opponent was 5 time Jiujitsu world Champion Maribel Schirmer out of Combat-Do in Cicero/Plainfield. The fight was scheduled for 3 - 3 minute rounds with continuation of the fight after a tapout. The fight was scored on points.
Round one was amazing, although Maribel dominated with mount and side mount....Esli did a great job of defending any submission attempts, while keeping busy and reversing most of Maribel's attempts at domination.
Round two started out great, but eventually Maribel caught Esli in an armbar which caused Esli to tap out quickly.Round three was quite evenly matched with both ladies standing trying to get a take down. Neither was successful and the fight never went to the ground. Maribel Schirmer was declared the winner of the fight.
We look forward to the possibility of an mma fight between these two talented ladies. This would be Maribel's first mma fight and Esli's second. If no fight happens, then i believe these two can become great sparring partners and learn from each other, thus strengthening the female martial arts community.
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