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Chalmers vs. Watt Courtesy POP

This past weekend, New Zealand’s “Princesses of Pain” fight promotion held a tournament to crown a 135 pound champion.

In the finals, it was local boxing champ Dawn Chalmers who took the championship in the eight woman tournament. The event was Chalmer’s MMA debut, having only started to train in the sport for two months. She has experience training ninjitsu at under coach Anthony Clark.

After getting a 20 second TKO in the opening round and a decision in the semi-finals, Chalmers took on BJJ specialist Charlene Watt in the finals. It was Chalmer’s use of striking, distance, and avoiding takedowns that gave her the decision to be crowned tournament champion.

In other action on the card, Miriam Tio faced Storm Damage MMA tournament finalist Kate Da Silva in a Muay Thai bout. Tio would take the unanimous decision.

The match videos should be posted next week on the Princesses of Pain facebook page.

Here is a complete list of results:

MMA Bantamweight tournament

Quarterfinals

• Charlene Watt def. Serina Cole -Winner Charlene by TKO 2:00 round 1
• Desiree-Ann Maaka def. Tara Finderup by TKO 1:40 Round 1
• Tairi Ford def. Michelle Gillgren by TKO 0:42 round 1
• Dawn Chalmers def. Ursula Nicole Marshall-Steele TKO 0:20  Round 1

Semi-finals

• Charlene Watt def. Desiree-Ann Maaka by submission 1:41 round 3
• Dawn Chalmers def. Tairi Ford by unanimous decision.

Finals

• Dawn Chalmers def. Charlene Watt by unanimous decision

Non-tournament Muay Thai bouts 

• Rebecca Crowther def. Tanya Gleeson by unanimous decision
• Kelly Grey def. Melissa Lu by unanimous decision
• Miriam Tio def.  Kate Da Silva by unanimous decision
• Huia Smith def. Bonnie Porter Winner Huia by split decision

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