Welterweight Championship / Tournament Finals

[The Sandmen]

ManMMA Welterweight Championship

Nate Diaz (27-33) vs. Sam Stout (61-43-1)

Both fighters come into this one with less-than-perfect stamina.
Overall, they have recovered well from their previous fights and do not show majhor signs of injury, discomfort, or "health-events". Whatever those are...


Here we go!


Nate Diaz looks like he's feeling the pressure.
Sam Stout looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Diaz is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
Sam Stout comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.

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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.


Sam Stout attempts to cut off Diaz with punches
Diaz avoids getting cornered.
Diaz is trying to counter now!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Nate Diaz!
Stout is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Stout's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Stout has a small cut in his Right cheek


Stout wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Diaz wants nothing of that and pushes Stout.


The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Diaz grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Nate Diaz
Crushing shot to Stout's body! He's holding his side


Nate Diaz is in open guard over Stout
Stout tries to close his guard around Diaz
He is not able to do it


Nate Diaz is in open guard over Stout
Stout tries to close his guard around Diaz
He is not able to do it


Nate Diaz is in open guard over Stout
Diaz tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.


Nate Diaz is in half guard over Stout
Nate Diaz hooks Stout's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Diaz is locking that Kneebar...
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
That Kneebar looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Stout's eyes...
Stout hyper-extended his left leg
Stout struggles to free himself
John McCarthy breaks Nate Diaz's lock! This is over! Stout didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!

Winner is Nate Diaz by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:31 Round 1

Statistics: Nate Diaz
Punches 1/1 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 42 s

Statistics: Sam Stout
Punches 0/5 (0%)
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 42 s

Nate Diaz wins the Welterweight title!

Before he could take some shots, Diaz did some serious Matrix shit, landed a strike, takedown, then submission, and that was all she wrote.

Big single-night performance from Diaz, Stout, and all the other winners of this tournament. Especially the hundreds of thousands of fans here at Wembley Stadium, who seemed pretty satisfied.