Post by The Sandmen on Nov 10, 2019 13:27:13 GMT -5
Nate Diaz vs. Pat Miletich
Pat's midsection is a little sore from his previous fight.
Neither fighter appears to have much more sustained damage than that.
Overall, Pat seems happier about his previous-round performance than Nate does, so he comes into this fight with greater morale/confidence.
Here we go!
Nate Diaz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ferocious staredown by Miletich while Josh Rosenthal recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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Nate Diaz and Pat Miletich touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Miletich decides to launch some tentative punches
Nate Diaz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Diaz is holding Pat Miletich's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Pat Miletich loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in side mount over Pat Miletich
Nate Diaz isolates Pat Miletich's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Miletich's Forehead is beginning to swell
That Arm Triangle looks tight...
That Arm Triangle from Nate Diaz appears to be unbreakable
Miletich struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
Pat Miletich is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in side mount over Pat Miletich
Nate Diaz looks to mount Pat Miletich...
Nate Diaz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Nate Diaz is in full mount over Pat Miletich
Miletich tries to escape from the full mount...
Miletich struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Nate Diaz gets sloppy and Pat Miletich tries to take advantage...
Pat Miletich tries to roll to his side and trap Nate Diaz in his guard...
Nate Diaz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Nate Diaz is in full mount over Pat Miletich
Pat Miletich tries to roll to his side and trap Nate Diaz in his guard...
Nate Diaz rolls him over and takes his back!
Diaz is in rear mount over Miletich
Diaz tries to end this with a RNC!
Miletich struggles to free himself
Diaz is locking that RNC...
That RNC looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That RNC looks tight...
Diaz is locking that RNC...
That RNC looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
That RNC looks tight...
Miletich manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
Pat Miletich is in half guard over Diaz
Nate Diaz attempts to move to full guard
Nate Diaz manages to switch to full guard.
Pat Miletich is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Miletich
He succeeds!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Pat Miletich is in closed guard over Diaz
Miletich tries to escape from closed guard...
Diaz waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Pat Miletich! He is reversed and nor Nate Diaz is on half guard!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Miletich
Miletich is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Pat Miletich launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Nate Diaz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Poorly executed technique. Nate Diaz looks to counter!
Nate Diaz pushes Miletich's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Diaz who is in full mount! Miletich is in trouble now!
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in full mount over Pat Miletich
Miletich tries to escape from the full mount...
Nate Diaz is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Nate Diaz is in side mount over Pat Miletich
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Nate Diaz can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Nate Diaz isolates Pat Miletich's left arm looking for an armbar...
That armbar looks tight...
Miletich struggles to free himself
Miletich's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Diaz is locking that armbar...
Miletich struggles to free himself
Diaz is locking that armbar...
Miletich's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
Josh Rosenthal breaks Nate Diaz's lock! This is over! Miletich didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Nate Diaz by Submission (armbar) at 2:16 Round 1
Statistics: Nate Diaz
Punches 2/3 (67%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 102 s
Statistics: Pat Miletich
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 102 s
Nate immediately and rapidly brought it, 110% to Pat, taking him apart quickly and early for the fast, clean win. He has set himself up wonderfully for the finals.
Pat's midsection is a little sore from his previous fight.
Neither fighter appears to have much more sustained damage than that.
Overall, Pat seems happier about his previous-round performance than Nate does, so he comes into this fight with greater morale/confidence.
Here we go!
Nate Diaz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ferocious staredown by Miletich while Josh Rosenthal recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Nate Diaz and Pat Miletich touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Miletich decides to launch some tentative punches
Nate Diaz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Diaz is holding Pat Miletich's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Pat Miletich loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in side mount over Pat Miletich
Nate Diaz isolates Pat Miletich's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Miletich's Forehead is beginning to swell
That Arm Triangle looks tight...
That Arm Triangle from Nate Diaz appears to be unbreakable
Miletich struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
Pat Miletich is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in side mount over Pat Miletich
Nate Diaz looks to mount Pat Miletich...
Nate Diaz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Nate Diaz is in full mount over Pat Miletich
Miletich tries to escape from the full mount...
Miletich struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Nate Diaz gets sloppy and Pat Miletich tries to take advantage...
Pat Miletich tries to roll to his side and trap Nate Diaz in his guard...
Nate Diaz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Nate Diaz is in full mount over Pat Miletich
Pat Miletich tries to roll to his side and trap Nate Diaz in his guard...
Nate Diaz rolls him over and takes his back!
Diaz is in rear mount over Miletich
Diaz tries to end this with a RNC!
Miletich struggles to free himself
Diaz is locking that RNC...
That RNC looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That RNC looks tight...
Diaz is locking that RNC...
That RNC looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
That RNC looks tight...
Miletich manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
Pat Miletich is in half guard over Diaz
Nate Diaz attempts to move to full guard
Nate Diaz manages to switch to full guard.
Pat Miletich is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Miletich
He succeeds!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Pat Miletich is in closed guard over Diaz
Miletich tries to escape from closed guard...
Diaz waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Pat Miletich! He is reversed and nor Nate Diaz is on half guard!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Miletich
Miletich is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Pat Miletich launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Nate Diaz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Poorly executed technique. Nate Diaz looks to counter!
Nate Diaz pushes Miletich's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Diaz who is in full mount! Miletich is in trouble now!
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in full mount over Pat Miletich
Miletich tries to escape from the full mount...
Nate Diaz is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Nate Diaz is in side mount over Pat Miletich
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Nate Diaz can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Nate Diaz isolates Pat Miletich's left arm looking for an armbar...
That armbar looks tight...
Miletich struggles to free himself
Miletich's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Diaz is locking that armbar...
Miletich struggles to free himself
Diaz is locking that armbar...
Miletich's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in Miletich's eyes...
Josh Rosenthal breaks Nate Diaz's lock! This is over! Miletich didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Nate Diaz by Submission (armbar) at 2:16 Round 1
Statistics: Nate Diaz
Punches 2/3 (67%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 102 s
Statistics: Pat Miletich
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 102 s
Nate immediately and rapidly brought it, 110% to Pat, taking him apart quickly and early for the fast, clean win. He has set himself up wonderfully for the finals.