Post by The Sandmen on Mar 10, 2016 9:09:44 GMT -5
Rashad Evans is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Daniel Cormier is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
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 Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Daniel Cormier tries to bring the fight to the ground
Evans goes down.
Crushing shot to Evans's body! He's holding his side
Daniel Cormier is in open guard over Evans
Evans tries to close his guard around Cormier
He succeeds!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Daniel Cormier is in closed guard over Evans
Cormier is in closed guard... Evans tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Daniel Cormier!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Cormier works on the ground with his fingers over Evans's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Daniel Cormier launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Evans tries to cover his face,
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Daniel Cormier tries to roll to his side and trap Rashad Evans in his guard...
Daniel Cormier moves to half guard.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Cormier
Rashad Evans tries to pass Daniel Cormier's guard...
Rashad Evans manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Daniel Cormier
Rashad Evans storms over Cormier with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Evans doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Cormier's face with his elbows!
Cormier has a small cut in his Left cheek
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Daniel Cormier
Rashad Evans looks to pass to mount...
Evans slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Daniel Cormier.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Evans tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rashad Evans controls the situation despite Daniel Cormier efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Cormier tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rashad Evans doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Evans is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Daniel Cormier, who is barely covering up!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier tries to roll to his side and trap Rashad Evans in his guard...
Daniel Cormier gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Daniel Cormier. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Daniel Cormier fakes a punch and launches himself over Evans!
Nice move by Cormier who clinches and pushes Evans against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Cormier pushes off of Rashad Evans and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Evans stumbles backwards but Daniel Cormier chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Cormier and Rashad Evans are cliched up against the cage. Cormier steps for a throw
Rashad Evans is gets thrown to the mat but gets right back up
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cormier launches a few hard punches to Rashad Evans's ribs!
Rashad Evans's ribs shows the damage! Daniel Cormier is working his opponent ribs!
Evans doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Daniel Cormier embrace and tries to move away...
Daniel Cormier pushes Evans forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Daniel Cormier launches a few punches towards Evans's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Evans seems unaffected... those punches doesn't carry any power!
Evans is trying to counter now!
Evans goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Rashad Evans is on his back after that attempt
Cormier is standing while Evans is on the ground on his back
Daniel Cormier decides to jump inside Evans's guard.
Evans didn't see that coming. Cormier is in open guard over Evans now.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Daniel Cormier is in open guard over Evans
Evans tries to move on the ground and shows Daniel Cormier a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Evans's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Steve Mazzagatti knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
That brutal impact left Evans laid out on the mat! Daniel Cormier's corner come in to congratulate him!
Winner is Daniel Cormier by KO (Elbow) at 3:35 Round 1
Statistics: Rashad Evans
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/11 (73%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 156 s
Statistics: Daniel Cormier
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 8/15 (53%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/4 (75%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 149 s
I was really looking forward to this one as a measure of how far along Dormier had come. Evans is pretty good. But this damned fight answered nothing for me. First, Evans was beating Cormier up pretty good, so it looked like Cormier was still in need of some work before being in that upper tier. Then he got a flash KO finish. Soooo....Cormier wins, but...he was losing. So is he better than Rashad, or not??? I mean, it's still a clear, legit win. But does it mean that Evans would win 9 times out of 10? I just don't damned know. GOD DAMN YOU FLASH KO!
Daniel Cormier is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
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 Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
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Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Daniel Cormier tries to bring the fight to the ground
Evans goes down.
Crushing shot to Evans's body! He's holding his side
Daniel Cormier is in open guard over Evans
Evans tries to close his guard around Cormier
He succeeds!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Daniel Cormier is in closed guard over Evans
Cormier is in closed guard... Evans tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Daniel Cormier!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Cormier works on the ground with his fingers over Evans's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Daniel Cormier launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Evans tries to cover his face,
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Daniel Cormier tries to roll to his side and trap Rashad Evans in his guard...
Daniel Cormier moves to half guard.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Cormier
Rashad Evans tries to pass Daniel Cormier's guard...
Rashad Evans manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Daniel Cormier
Rashad Evans storms over Cormier with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Evans doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Cormier's face with his elbows!
Cormier has a small cut in his Left cheek
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Daniel Cormier
Rashad Evans looks to pass to mount...
Evans slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Daniel Cormier.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Evans tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rashad Evans controls the situation despite Daniel Cormier efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Cormier tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rashad Evans doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Evans is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Daniel Cormier, who is barely covering up!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier tries to roll to his side and trap Rashad Evans in his guard...
Daniel Cormier gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Daniel Cormier. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Daniel Cormier fakes a punch and launches himself over Evans!
Nice move by Cormier who clinches and pushes Evans against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Cormier pushes off of Rashad Evans and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Evans stumbles backwards but Daniel Cormier chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Cormier and Rashad Evans are cliched up against the cage. Cormier steps for a throw
Rashad Evans is gets thrown to the mat but gets right back up
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cormier launches a few hard punches to Rashad Evans's ribs!
Rashad Evans's ribs shows the damage! Daniel Cormier is working his opponent ribs!
Evans doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Daniel Cormier embrace and tries to move away...
Daniel Cormier pushes Evans forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Daniel Cormier launches a few punches towards Evans's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Evans seems unaffected... those punches doesn't carry any power!
Evans is trying to counter now!
Evans goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Rashad Evans is on his back after that attempt
Cormier is standing while Evans is on the ground on his back
Daniel Cormier decides to jump inside Evans's guard.
Evans didn't see that coming. Cormier is in open guard over Evans now.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Daniel Cormier is in open guard over Evans
Evans tries to move on the ground and shows Daniel Cormier a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Evans's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Steve Mazzagatti knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
That brutal impact left Evans laid out on the mat! Daniel Cormier's corner come in to congratulate him!
Winner is Daniel Cormier by KO (Elbow) at 3:35 Round 1
Statistics: Rashad Evans
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/11 (73%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 156 s
Statistics: Daniel Cormier
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 8/15 (53%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/4 (75%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 149 s
I was really looking forward to this one as a measure of how far along Dormier had come. Evans is pretty good. But this damned fight answered nothing for me. First, Evans was beating Cormier up pretty good, so it looked like Cormier was still in need of some work before being in that upper tier. Then he got a flash KO finish. Soooo....Cormier wins, but...he was losing. So is he better than Rashad, or not??? I mean, it's still a clear, legit win. But does it mean that Evans would win 9 times out of 10? I just don't damned know. GOD DAMN YOU FLASH KO!