Post by The Sandmen on Mar 27, 2017 12:08:08 GMT -5
Nick Diaz glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Evan Tanner is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Nick Diaz comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Diaz and Tanner move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Tanner launches a hook to the body
Bang! Diaz stops that one with his ribs!
Tanner tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Diaz moves backwards and circles around Evan Tanner.
Poorly executed technique. Nick Diaz looks to counter!
Diaz tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Diaz is clinching with Tanner.
Diaz doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Evan Tanner embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Diaz who put distance between them
Nick Diaz fakes a punch and launches himself over Evan Tanner
Great move by Diaz who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Tanner doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Nick Diaz embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Tanner who put distance between them
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Tanner leads with a punch
Nick Diaz evades but whiffs with a counter.
Evan Tanner launches a body shot
Diaz dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Pulverizing punch to Tanner's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Diaz showing excellent timing, blasts Evan Tanner with a right hand.
Great hook by Nick Diaz! Evan Tanner is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Tanner's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Evan Tanner's Forehead
Diaz is standing while Tanner is on the ground on his back
Diaz moves backwards and gestures for Evan Tanner to stand up.
Evan Tanner is on his feet again.
Nick Diaz fakes a punch and launches himself over Evan Tanner
Great move by Diaz who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz pushes off of Evan Tanner and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Tanner stumbles backwards but Nick Diaz chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Nick Diaz postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Tanner hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz is launching some bone breaking punches to Tanner's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Evan Tanner's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nick Diaz tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Diaz circles out and slips free of Evan Tanner's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Diaz steps backwards away from Evan Tanner. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Diaz avoids a dangerous strike from Tanner
and counters with a solid straight!
Tanner's Chin is beginning to swell
Tanner steps forward
Nick Diaz catches him with an uppercut to the face!
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Terrible one sided match... Tanner was not ready to fight a fighter of Nick Diaz caliber.
Nick Diaz attempts a sweep single...
Nick Diaz catches Evan Tanner's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Diaz.
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Tanner
Nick Diaz tries to pass Evan Tanner's guard...
Nick Diaz manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Tanner
Diaz sits over his knees and pushes away Tanner's leg!
Nick Diaz is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz looks to mount Evan Tanner...
Nick Diaz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Evan Tanner shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Evan Tanner breaks that americana attempt!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Tanner tries to stand up!
Diaz doesn't allow him!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Diaz drills Evan Tanner's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
There is a small laceration on Evan Tanner's Nose
That punishment by Nick Diaz has left Tanner staggered! Nick Diaz should try push forward now and finish this!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Nick Diaz rolls him over and takes his back!
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Diaz is in rear mount over Tanner
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Nick Diaz can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Nick Diaz isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Diaz is locking that Armbar...
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Tanner's eyes...
Tanner struggles to free himself
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar looks tight...
Diaz is locking that Armbar...
Tanner locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Nick Diaz unil he can pull his arm free! Diaz lost his dominant position.
Evan Tanner is in closed guard over Diaz
Evan Tanner doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Diaz's moves.
Evan Tanner is in closed guard over Diaz
Tanner is in closed guard... Diaz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Evan Tanner!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Evan Tanner shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Tanner's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Americana from Nick Diaz appears to be unbreakable
That Americana looks tight...
That Americana looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That Americana from Nick Diaz appears to be unbreakable
Tanner Hyper-extended his left arm
Crippling lock!
Diaz secures the lock while Evan Tanner refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Nick Diaz by Submission (Americana) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Nick Diaz
Punches 5/9 (56%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/14 (71%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 95 s
Statistics: Evan Tanner
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 106 s
Evan Tanner is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Nick Diaz comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Diaz and Tanner move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Tanner launches a hook to the body
Bang! Diaz stops that one with his ribs!
Tanner tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Diaz moves backwards and circles around Evan Tanner.
Poorly executed technique. Nick Diaz looks to counter!
Diaz tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Diaz is clinching with Tanner.
Diaz doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Evan Tanner embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Diaz who put distance between them
Nick Diaz fakes a punch and launches himself over Evan Tanner
Great move by Diaz who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Tanner doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Nick Diaz embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Tanner who put distance between them
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Tanner leads with a punch
Nick Diaz evades but whiffs with a counter.
Evan Tanner launches a body shot
Diaz dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Pulverizing punch to Tanner's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Diaz showing excellent timing, blasts Evan Tanner with a right hand.
Great hook by Nick Diaz! Evan Tanner is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Tanner's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Evan Tanner's Forehead
Diaz is standing while Tanner is on the ground on his back
Diaz moves backwards and gestures for Evan Tanner to stand up.
Evan Tanner is on his feet again.
Nick Diaz fakes a punch and launches himself over Evan Tanner
Great move by Diaz who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz pushes off of Evan Tanner and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Tanner stumbles backwards but Nick Diaz chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Nick Diaz postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Tanner hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz is launching some bone breaking punches to Tanner's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Evan Tanner's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nick Diaz tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Diaz circles out and slips free of Evan Tanner's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Diaz steps backwards away from Evan Tanner. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Diaz avoids a dangerous strike from Tanner
and counters with a solid straight!
Tanner's Chin is beginning to swell
Tanner steps forward
Nick Diaz catches him with an uppercut to the face!
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Terrible one sided match... Tanner was not ready to fight a fighter of Nick Diaz caliber.
Nick Diaz attempts a sweep single...
Nick Diaz catches Evan Tanner's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Diaz.
Nick Diaz is in closed guard over Tanner
Nick Diaz tries to pass Evan Tanner's guard...
Nick Diaz manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Nick Diaz is in half guard over Tanner
Diaz sits over his knees and pushes away Tanner's leg!
Nick Diaz is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Nick Diaz is in side mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz looks to mount Evan Tanner...
Nick Diaz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Evan Tanner shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Evan Tanner breaks that americana attempt!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Tanner tries to stand up!
Diaz doesn't allow him!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Diaz drills Evan Tanner's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
There is a small laceration on Evan Tanner's Nose
That punishment by Nick Diaz has left Tanner staggered! Nick Diaz should try push forward now and finish this!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner tries to roll to his side and trap Nick Diaz in his guard...
Nick Diaz rolls him over and takes his back!
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Diaz is in rear mount over Tanner
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Nick Diaz can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Nick Diaz isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Diaz is locking that Armbar...
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Tanner's eyes...
Tanner struggles to free himself
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar looks tight...
Diaz is locking that Armbar...
Tanner locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Nick Diaz unil he can pull his arm free! Diaz lost his dominant position.
Evan Tanner is in closed guard over Diaz
Evan Tanner doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Diaz's moves.
Evan Tanner is in closed guard over Diaz
Tanner is in closed guard... Diaz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Evan Tanner!
Nick Diaz is in full mount over Evan Tanner
Nick Diaz takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Evan Tanner shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Tanner's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Americana from Nick Diaz appears to be unbreakable
That Americana looks tight...
That Americana looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That Americana from Nick Diaz appears to be unbreakable
Tanner Hyper-extended his left arm
Crippling lock!
Diaz secures the lock while Evan Tanner refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Nick Diaz by Submission (Americana) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Nick Diaz
Punches 5/9 (56%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/14 (71%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 95 s
Statistics: Evan Tanner
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 106 s