{"id":14287,"date":"2019-06-17T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/?p=14287"},"modified":"2019-06-17T02:28:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T02:28:09","slug":"angelie-sabanal-drops-submission-loss-to-itsuki-hirata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/angelie-sabanal-drops-submission-loss-to-itsuki-hirata\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelie Sabanal Drops Submission Loss to Itsuki Hirata"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angelie Sabanal Drops Submission Loss to Itsuki Hirata<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angelie Sabanal left the ONE Championship ring earlier tonight in disappointment, as she dropped a first-round submission to promotional newcomer Itsuki Hirata on the preliminary card of ONE: LEGENDARY QUEST, which took place Saturday, 15 June from the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai, China.<\/p>\n

Although she was very game, Sabanal couldn\u2019t get herself over the hump, now losing her second straight contest since making her professional mixed martial arts debut last year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cComing into the match, I could feel the nerves coming over me because it was time to go,\u201d Sabanal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of my previous bouts were against strikers, although I do have experience with grapplers as well. We knew about Itsuki [Hirata\u2019s] game and we did our best to prepare for her style. But sadly, we fell short. I did everything I could, but Hirata is really good at what she does and she was able to get the submission.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bout started with both athletes meeting at the center of the ring, trying to measure each other out. Sabanal unleashed a few leg kicks to soften up the base of the Japanese warrioress, but Hirata was able to respond with a few leg kicks and a couple of punches of her own.<\/p>\n

Halfway past the opening bell, Hirata was able to take down the Filipina martial artist and slide into side control, where she softened up \u201cD\u2019Explorer\u201d with a couple of punches to the head. Not long after, Hirata swiftly transitioned to an Americana, forcing Sabanal to tap.<\/p>\n

Sabanal found success in her ONE Championship debut in 2018, where she scored a shocking unanimous decision victory over fan-favorite Rika \u201cTiny Doll\u201d Ishige. However, she dropped a decision loss to Indonesia\u2019s Priscilla Hertati Lumban Gaol in her following bout.<\/p>\n

The loss to Hirata, Sabanal said, will serve as a big lesson for her moving forward.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRight now we\u2019re headed back to the drawing board. We have to work more on my areas of improvement, especially in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission grappling, and wrestling. These skills will be essential to my career moving forward,\u201d Sabanal concluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, my team and I will be able to fix the holes in my game and I can show the improvements in my next bout.\u201d<\/p>\n

The loss bumps Sabanal\u2019s overall record down to 1-2. Although she has now dropped two straight, Sabanal has no regrets and vows to return a better athlete.<\/p>\n

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Angelie Sabanal Drops Submission Loss to Itsuki Hirata Angelie Sabanal left the ONE Championship ring earlier tonight in disappointment, as she dropped a first-round submission to promotional newcomer Itsuki Hirata on the preliminary card of ONE: LEGENDARY QUEST, which took place Saturday, 15 June from the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai, China. Although she was very…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,31],"tags":[132,98,134],"class_list":["post-14287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active","category-mma","tag-mma","tag-one","tag-one-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14291,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14287\/revisions\/14291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techbeatph.com\/wproot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}