Post by The Sandmen on Oct 24, 2013 17:22:36 GMT -5
Kazushi Sakuraba looks very relaxed.
Nick Diaz raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Diaz is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
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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The fight gets underway.
Nick Diaz has found an opening in the defense of Sakuraba, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Sakuraba's ribs.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Sakuraba launches a furious low kick!
Diaz receives a hard blow on his right leg!
Nick Diaz has found an opening in the defense of Sakuraba, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Sakuraba's ribs.
Diaz tries to grapple
Sakuraba moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Pulverizing punch to Sakuraba's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Diaz!
Nice move by Sakuraba who clinches and pushes Diaz against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Diaz doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Diaz forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Diaz misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Brutal punches to Diaz's face while in the clinch!
Diaz can't take many more shots like those!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Nick Diaz launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Diaz launches a furious hook!
Sakuraba ducks under and pushes Nick Diaz creating some space.
Nick Diaz gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He succeeds!
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Diaz
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Diaz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Nick Diaz rolls him over and takes his back!
Diaz is in rear mount over Sakuraba
Diaz tries to get a hook in!
Sakuraba rolls on the ground and manages to get a half guard!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Sakuraba
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Diaz's ribs.
Diaz blocks those punches
Poorly executed technique. Nick Diaz looks to counter!
Nick Diaz tries to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba is moving on the ground...
Diaz tries to counter Sakuraba's moves on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Nick Diaz looks to counter!
Diaz sits over his knees and pushes away Sakuraba's leg!
Sakuraba closes his legs around Nick Diaz's leg. Diaz is not able to move away now!
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Sakuraba
Nick Diaz tries to free his leg
Nick Diaz uses some of his skill by jumping out of Sakuraba's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Diaz tries to cover his face,
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to trap Nick Diaz in his guard.
Nick Diaz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Nick Diaz looks to mount Kazushi Sakuraba...
Nick Diaz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Diaz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Nick Diaz controls the situation despite Kazushi Sakuraba efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba 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.
Sakuraba misses a step and Nick Diaz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Diaz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Nick Diaz controls the situation despite Kazushi Sakuraba efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Nick Diaz tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Sakuraba is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
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.
Sakuraba follows Nick Diaz
only to get counter punched in a big way! Sakuraba needs to stop playing Nick Diaz's game or he'll get knocked out!
Diaz wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sakuraba wants nothing of that and pushes Diaz.
Diaz clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Nick Diaz
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Nick Diaz launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Nick Diaz! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Kazushi Sakuraba leans forwards and tries to grapple with Diaz
Sakuraba shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal knees to Diaz's face, followed by knees to the body from Kazushi Sakuraba!
Bang! Diaz can take many more shots like that!
Diaz's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Diaz has a small cut in his Right cheek
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sakuraba doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Nick Diaz embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sakuraba who put distance between them
Diaz decides to launch some tentative punches
Kazushi Sakuraba takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Sakuraba goes to the body...
He punishes Diaz's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Superb haymaker by Diaz
that lands on Sakuraba's face like a cannon ball!
Diaz moves forward looking for some action
Nick Diaz shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs shows the damage! Nick Diaz is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Diaz hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Nick Diaz.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Kazushi Sakuraba who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz struggles and launches a few punches to Sakuraba's head
Nothing from this... Nick Diaz seems frustrated.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Nick Diaz is down after that takedown and they are scrambling for position. Kazushi Sakuraba gets the advantage
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He is not able to do it
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Sakuraba moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Diaz
Nick Diaz attempts to move to full guard
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Diaz
Sakuraba tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Diaz from the side mount!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Nick Diaz...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Nick Diaz launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Sakuraba tries to cover his face,
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz measures the resilience of Sakuraba's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Sakuraba blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Diaz clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Sakuraba tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Kazushi Sakuraba controls the situation despite Nick Diaz efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Nick Diaz down and prevents his attempts to escape
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Nick Diaz down and prevents his attempts to escape
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Sakuraba suddenly holds Nick Diaz's arm and tries an armbar!
That Armbar looks tight...
Diaz struggles to free himself
Diaz's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar from Kazushi Sakuraba appears to be unbreakable
Diaz can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Kazushi Sakuraba!
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba breaths deeply while on the ground
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Diaz is in closed guard... Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Nick Diaz!
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Diaz is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Nick Diaz tries to take advantage...
Nick Diaz tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Nick Diaz gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
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.
Sakuraba looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Nick Diaz's punches
Diaz is on the receiving end of a great combo by Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Diaz!
Nice move by Sakuraba who clinches and pushes Diaz against the cage
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Nick Diaz is down after that takedown and they are scrambling for position. Kazushi Sakuraba gets the advantage
Hard blow to Diaz's mid-section, he seems hurt
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish with a leg lock!
Crippling lock!
Diaz is able to break the lock.
The clock says 4:40 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish with a leg lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Diaz's eyes...
Sakuraba is locking that leglock...
You can see the pain reflected in Diaz's eyes...
That leglock looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Diaz's eyes...
Crippling lock!
That leglock looks tight...
Sakuraba secures the lock while Nick Diaz refuses to tap... Dan Miragliotta jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (leglock) at 4:51 Round 2
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 7/9 (78%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 11/17 (65%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/7 (29%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 3/3 (100%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Statistics: Nick Diaz
Punches 5/8 (62%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/21 (14%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/5 (40%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Diaz won early, Sakuraba won late. Then finished. Thus negating Diaz's winning.
Nick Diaz raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Diaz is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
Nick Diaz comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Nick Diaz has found an opening in the defense of Sakuraba, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Sakuraba's ribs.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Sakuraba launches a furious low kick!
Diaz receives a hard blow on his right leg!
Nick Diaz has found an opening in the defense of Sakuraba, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Sakuraba's ribs.
Diaz tries to grapple
Sakuraba moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Pulverizing punch to Sakuraba's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Diaz!
Nice move by Sakuraba who clinches and pushes Diaz against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Diaz doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Diaz forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Diaz misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Brutal punches to Diaz's face while in the clinch!
Diaz can't take many more shots like those!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Nick Diaz launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Diaz launches a furious hook!
Sakuraba ducks under and pushes Nick Diaz creating some space.
Nick Diaz gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He succeeds!
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Diaz
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Diaz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Nick Diaz rolls him over and takes his back!
Diaz is in rear mount over Sakuraba
Diaz tries to get a hook in!
Sakuraba rolls on the ground and manages to get a half guard!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Sakuraba
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Diaz's ribs.
Diaz blocks those punches
Poorly executed technique. Nick Diaz looks to counter!
Nick Diaz tries to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba is moving on the ground...
Diaz tries to counter Sakuraba's moves on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Nick Diaz looks to counter!
Diaz sits over his knees and pushes away Sakuraba's leg!
Sakuraba closes his legs around Nick Diaz's leg. Diaz is not able to move away now!
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Sakuraba
Nick Diaz tries to free his leg
Nick Diaz uses some of his skill by jumping out of Sakuraba's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Diaz tries to cover his face,
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to trap Nick Diaz in his guard.
Nick Diaz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Nick Diaz looks to mount Kazushi Sakuraba...
Nick Diaz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Diaz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Nick Diaz controls the situation despite Kazushi Sakuraba efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba 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.
Sakuraba misses a step and Nick Diaz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Diaz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Nick Diaz controls the situation despite Kazushi Sakuraba efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Nick Diaz tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Sakuraba is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
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.
Sakuraba follows Nick Diaz
only to get counter punched in a big way! Sakuraba needs to stop playing Nick Diaz's game or he'll get knocked out!
Diaz wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sakuraba wants nothing of that and pushes Diaz.
Diaz clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Nick Diaz
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Nick Diaz launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Nick Diaz! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Kazushi Sakuraba leans forwards and tries to grapple with Diaz
Sakuraba shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal knees to Diaz's face, followed by knees to the body from Kazushi Sakuraba!
Bang! Diaz can take many more shots like that!
Diaz's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Diaz has a small cut in his Right cheek
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sakuraba doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Nick Diaz embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sakuraba who put distance between them
Diaz decides to launch some tentative punches
Kazushi Sakuraba takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Sakuraba goes to the body...
He punishes Diaz's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Superb haymaker by Diaz
that lands on Sakuraba's face like a cannon ball!
Diaz moves forward looking for some action
Nick Diaz shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs shows the damage! Nick Diaz is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Diaz hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Nick Diaz.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Kazushi Sakuraba who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz struggles and launches a few punches to Sakuraba's head
Nothing from this... Nick Diaz seems frustrated.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Nick Diaz is down after that takedown and they are scrambling for position. Kazushi Sakuraba gets the advantage
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Diaz tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He is not able to do it
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Sakuraba moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Diaz
Nick Diaz attempts to move to full guard
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Diaz
Sakuraba tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Diaz from the side mount!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Nick Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Nick Diaz...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Nick Diaz launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Sakuraba tries to cover his face,
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz measures the resilience of Sakuraba's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Sakuraba blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Diaz clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Sakuraba tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Kazushi Sakuraba controls the situation despite Nick Diaz efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Nick Diaz down and prevents his attempts to escape
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Diaz is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Nick Diaz down and prevents his attempts to escape
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Sakuraba suddenly holds Nick Diaz's arm and tries an armbar!
That Armbar looks tight...
Diaz struggles to free himself
Diaz's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar from Kazushi Sakuraba appears to be unbreakable
Diaz can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Kazushi Sakuraba!
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba breaths deeply while on the ground
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Diaz is in closed guard... Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Nick Diaz!
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Nick Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Diaz is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Nick Diaz tries to take advantage...
Nick Diaz tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Nick Diaz gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
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.
Sakuraba looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Nick Diaz's punches
Diaz is on the receiving end of a great combo by Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Diaz!
Nice move by Sakuraba who clinches and pushes Diaz against the cage
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Nick Diaz is down after that takedown and they are scrambling for position. Kazushi Sakuraba gets the advantage
Hard blow to Diaz's mid-section, he seems hurt
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish with a leg lock!
Crippling lock!
Diaz is able to break the lock.
The clock says 4:40 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Diaz
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish with a leg lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Diaz's eyes...
Sakuraba is locking that leglock...
You can see the pain reflected in Diaz's eyes...
That leglock looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Diaz's eyes...
Crippling lock!
That leglock looks tight...
Sakuraba secures the lock while Nick Diaz refuses to tap... Dan Miragliotta jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (leglock) at 4:51 Round 2
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 7/9 (78%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 11/17 (65%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/7 (29%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 3/3 (100%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Statistics: Nick Diaz
Punches 5/8 (62%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/21 (14%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/5 (40%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Diaz won early, Sakuraba won late. Then finished. Thus negating Diaz's winning.