Post by The Sandmen on Jul 19, 2013 13:25:56 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Le while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
Nick Diaz shifts back and forth nervously.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Cung Le is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
Nick Diaz comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Cung Le and Nick Diaz touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Cung Le steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Cung Le has found an opening in the defense of Diaz, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Diaz's ribs.
Diaz throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Le's defense muffles the blows.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Nick Diaz!
Le is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Nick Diaz fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Le blocks that. He made it look easy!
Cung Le tries to bring the fight to the ground
Diaz goes down.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
Le cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Diaz can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Diaz tries to close his guard around Le
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
1:30 Round 1 and Le is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Le tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Cung Le is in half guard over Diaz
Nick Diaz attempts to move to full guard
Nick Diaz manages to switch to full guard.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Diaz
Le tries to escape from the closed guard
Le succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Le
He succeeds!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Diaz
Le use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) is cheering him!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Le breaths deeply while on the ground
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Nick Diaz manages to switch to full guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Le
He succeeds!
Cung Le is in closed guard over Diaz
Le tries to escape from the closed guard
Cung Le any adventage in the ground.
Diaz is trying to counter now!
Le is in closed guard... Diaz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Cung Le!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Cung Le gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Cung Le moves to half guard.
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in open guard over Le
Cung Le launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Nick Diaz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Nick Diaz is in open guard over Le
Le measures the resilience of Diaz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Diaz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Le misses a step and Nick Diaz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Nick Diaz tries to pass to half guard...
Cung Le's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Le takes a break to breathe while holding Nick Diaz.
Dan Miragliotta sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Le steps backwards away from Nick Diaz. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Diaz seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Nick Diaz fires an unorthodox punch to Le's torso
that goes wide.
Cung Le launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Diaz's knee!
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le goes with a looping right hand while Nick Diaz jumps back and jabs
Diaz seems staggered and Cung Le runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
This round is clearly for Cung Le.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Nick Diaz tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le goes down.
Nick Diaz is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Diaz
He succeeds!
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Le
Diaz struggles on the ground and tries to break Cung Le's guard...
Le doesn't want to free his opponent and Diaz continues in closed guard
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Le
Cung Le is cooling the fight on the ground
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Le
Diaz is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Nick Diaz!
Cung Le is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Le tries to open up Nick Diaz's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Diaz in the side of the head
Diaz has a small cut in his Forehead
Cung Le is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Cung Le throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Diaz breaks the lock showing some skills...
Cung Le is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to escape from the full mount...
Cung Le is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Cung Le tries to open Diaz's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Cung Le. Diaz is unable to cover himself now!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Le works on the ground with his fingers over Diaz's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see the foul!
The clock says 2:30 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Nick Diaz. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
Le is connecting with a few punches
Nice punches from Nick Diaz.
Even nicer blocks from Le.
Incredible high kick!
Diaz is worried!
Crushing shot to Diaz's body! He's holding his side
Good front kick from Diaz!
Cung Le blocks
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Diaz blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Nick Diaz's cheek! Diaz stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Diaz's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Diaz's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nick Diaz kicks his legs trying to keep Cung Le away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nick Diaz kicks his legs trying to keep Cung Le away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nick Diaz launches an up-kick intended for Cung Le's head...
Le leans out of the way.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Diaz's thigh
Loud pop!
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Cung Le. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Back to the beginning! Nick Diaz is standing now.
A wicked punch by Cung Le
rocks Diaz!
Diaz's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Nick Diaz seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
Diaz stumbles backwards staggered and Cung Le launches aggressively over his opponent throwing some wild punches!
Diaz is knocked down after a couple of punches, hitting the mat hard! Is he out?
Cung Le turns out the lights for Diaz! What an astonishing KO by Le!
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punches) at 4:29 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 12/17 (71%)
Kicks 5/5 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/15 (53%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 303 s
Statistics: Nick Diaz
Punches 1/16 (6%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 352 s
When Cung Le kicks, he wins. He didn't do much...so he was not winning. Then he kicked a bunch, and he won. See how that works?
Nick Diaz shifts back and forth nervously.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Cung Le is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
Nick Diaz comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Cung Le and Nick Diaz touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Cung Le steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Cung Le has found an opening in the defense of Diaz, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Diaz's ribs.
Diaz throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Le's defense muffles the blows.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Nick Diaz!
Le is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Nick Diaz fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Le blocks that. He made it look easy!
Cung Le tries to bring the fight to the ground
Diaz goes down.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
Le cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Diaz can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Diaz tries to close his guard around Le
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
1:30 Round 1 and Le is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Le tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Cung Le is in half guard over Diaz
Nick Diaz attempts to move to full guard
Nick Diaz manages to switch to full guard.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Diaz
Le tries to escape from the closed guard
Le succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Le
He succeeds!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Diaz
Le use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) is cheering him!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Le breaths deeply while on the ground
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Nick Diaz manages to switch to full guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Le
He succeeds!
Cung Le is in closed guard over Diaz
Le tries to escape from the closed guard
Cung Le any adventage in the ground.
Diaz is trying to counter now!
Le is in closed guard... Diaz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Cung Le!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Cung Le gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Cung Le moves to half guard.
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in open guard over Le
Cung Le launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Nick Diaz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Nick Diaz is in open guard over Le
Le measures the resilience of Diaz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Diaz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Le misses a step and Nick Diaz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Nick Diaz tries to pass to half guard...
Cung Le's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Le takes a break to breathe while holding Nick Diaz.
Dan Miragliotta sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Le steps backwards away from Nick Diaz. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Diaz seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Nick Diaz fires an unorthodox punch to Le's torso
that goes wide.
Cung Le launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Diaz's knee!
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le goes with a looping right hand while Nick Diaz jumps back and jabs
Diaz seems staggered and Cung Le runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
This round is clearly for Cung Le.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Nick Diaz tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le goes down.
Nick Diaz is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Diaz
He succeeds!
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Le
Diaz struggles on the ground and tries to break Cung Le's guard...
Le doesn't want to free his opponent and Diaz continues in closed guard
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Le
Cung Le is cooling the fight on the ground
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Le
Diaz is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Nick Diaz!
Cung Le is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Le tries to open up Nick Diaz's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Diaz in the side of the head
Diaz has a small cut in his Forehead
Cung Le is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Cung Le throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Diaz breaks the lock showing some skills...
Cung Le is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to escape from the full mount...
Cung Le is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Cung Le tries to open Diaz's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Cung Le. Diaz is unable to cover himself now!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Le works on the ground with his fingers over Diaz's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see the foul!
The clock says 2:30 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Nick Diaz. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
Le is connecting with a few punches
Nice punches from Nick Diaz.
Even nicer blocks from Le.
Incredible high kick!
Diaz is worried!
Crushing shot to Diaz's body! He's holding his side
Good front kick from Diaz!
Cung Le blocks
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Diaz blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Nick Diaz's cheek! Diaz stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Diaz's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Diaz's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nick Diaz kicks his legs trying to keep Cung Le away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nick Diaz kicks his legs trying to keep Cung Le away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nick Diaz launches an up-kick intended for Cung Le's head...
Le leans out of the way.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Le is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Diaz's thigh
Loud pop!
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Cung Le. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Back to the beginning! Nick Diaz is standing now.
A wicked punch by Cung Le
rocks Diaz!
Diaz's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Nick Diaz seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
Diaz stumbles backwards staggered and Cung Le launches aggressively over his opponent throwing some wild punches!
Diaz is knocked down after a couple of punches, hitting the mat hard! Is he out?
Cung Le turns out the lights for Diaz! What an astonishing KO by Le!
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punches) at 4:29 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 12/17 (71%)
Kicks 5/5 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/15 (53%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 303 s
Statistics: Nick Diaz
Punches 1/16 (6%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 352 s
When Cung Le kicks, he wins. He didn't do much...so he was not winning. Then he kicked a bunch, and he won. See how that works?