Post by The Sandmen on Jan 23, 2013 20:01:43 GMT -5
Din Thomas looks like he's feeling the pressure.
Roger Huerta looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Several good body shots
land on Huerta.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Huerta tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Huerta is clinching with Thomas.
The fighters are clinching.
Thomas launches a few hard punches to Roger Huerta's ribs!
Roger Huerta's ribs shows the damage! Din Thomas is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Thomas launches a few hard punches to Roger Huerta's ribs!
Huerta struggles and protects himself.
Poorly executed technique. Roger Huerta looks to counter!
Brutal punches to Thomas's face while in the clinch!
Thomas can't take many more shots like those!
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Thomas struggles and launches a few punches to Huerta's head
Nothing from this... Din Thomas seems frustrated.
The fighters are clinching.
Din Thomas shoots and grab both of Roger Huerta's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Thomas lifted Huerta's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta tries to close his guard around Thomas
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta tries to close his guard around Thomas
He succeeds!
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas gets a good position on the ground. ..
Huerta holds Din Thomas arms and counters his opponent punches.
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas 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 American Airlines Arena (Miami, FL) is cheering him!
Din Thomas is in side mount over Roger Huerta
Din Thomas looks to pass to mount...
Huerta creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Din Thomas leans forwards and tries to grapple with Huerta
Thomas shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Roger Huerta pushes away Thomas trying to keep the fight at striking range
Thomas doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Roger Huerta
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Din Thomas seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Din Thomas shoots and grab both of Roger Huerta's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Thomas lifted Huerta's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta measures the resilience of Thomas's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Thomas blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Huerta clumsily fails here and it's time for Din Thomas to fight back!
Thomas moves on the ground..
He gets half guard.
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta launches a few punches to Thomas's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Thomas tries to cover his face,
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta tries to close the guard.
Huerta put Din Thomas in closed guard.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas struggles on the ground and tries to break Roger Huerta's guard...
Huerta doesn't want to free his opponent and Thomas continues in closed guard
Thomas misses a step and Roger Huerta sees an opportunity to counter him!
Thomas is in closed guard... Huerta tries to roll on the ground!
Din Thomas uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas tries to escape from the closed guard
Thomas succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta tries to close his guard around Thomas
He succeeds!
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta launches a few punches to Thomas's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Thomas tries to cover his face,
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas is in closed guard... Huerta tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Din Thomas!
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Roger Huerta controls the situation despite Din Thomas efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Roger Huerta controls the situation despite Din Thomas efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Thomas tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Din Thomas attempts to move to full guard
Roger Huerta keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Huerta is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Din Thomas, who is barely covering up!
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Roger Huerta positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Roger Huerta is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Thomas's abdomen
Hard blow to Thomas's mid-section, he seems hurt
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is maybe for Din Thomas, but it's close.
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Round 2
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Solid low kick from Din Thomas.
Huerta deflects it.
Din Thomas gets sloppy and Roger Huerta tries to take advantage...
Roger Huerta attempts to cut off Thomas with punches
Thomas reels from the strikes.
Huerta grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Roger Huerta can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Roger Huerta tries to pass to half guard...
Din Thomas's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Roger Huerta tries to pass to half guard...
Din Thomas can't prevent his opponent from passing. Huerta looks to work from half guard.
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Huerta launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Din Thomas is not able to stop Thomas ground skills and Roger Huerta moves to side mount!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta looks to pass to mount...
Huerta slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Din Thomas.
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Roger Huerta controls the situation despite Din Thomas efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Thomas is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Roger Huerta pushes Din Thomas down and prevents his attempts to escape
Din Thomas gets sloppy and Roger Huerta tries to take advantage...
Roger Huerta throws a lot of punches
some strikes get through.
Thomas's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta was tooling Din Thomas for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Din Thomas lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Thomas is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Huerta's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta attempts to move to full guard
Din Thomas keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Din Thomas is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Din Thomas tries to open Huerta's guard...
Huerta breaks the lock and covers himself from Thomas's punches
Thomas clumsily fails here and it's time for Roger Huerta to fight back!
Roger Huerta attempts to move to full guard
Roger Huerta manages to switch to full guard.
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Good looking punches from Din Thomas on the ground
deflected by Huerta.
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Din Thomas pushes Roger Huerta against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Roger Huerta struggles not allowing Din Thomas improve his position.
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.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Din Thomas tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Roger Huerta jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Huerta is holding Din Thomas's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Din Thomas loses balance and goes to the ground.
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Huerta drills Din Thomas's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta looks to pass to mount...
Huerta slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Din Thomas.
The clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Thomas breaks the lock showing some skills...
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Din Thomas, who is barely covering up!
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Din Thomas tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Roger Huerta rolls Din Thomas to his stomach and takes his back!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Huerta is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Din Thomas, who is barely covering up!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas has given his back to Roger Huerta who is trying to get one hook in!
Roger Huerta has one hook in!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Thomas is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Huerta tries to use some of his tricky moves but Huerta's is smart enough to counter him.
Huerta tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Huerta fires a barrage of punches at Thomas's head!
This is bad! Huerta is just pounding on Din Thomas's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
There is a small laceration on Din Thomas's Nose
The clock says 4:45 in the 2 round
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 3
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The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round
0:10 Round 3 and Huerta is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Huerta launches a furious hook!
That hits Thomas's chin like a wrecking ball! Thomas loses balance and goes to the mat.
Thomas's Chin is beginning to swell
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Roger Huerta. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Huerta fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Din Thomas didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Huerta moves on the ground..
He gets half guard.
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Roger Huerta tries to free his leg
Roger Huerta uses some of his skill by jumping out of Thomas's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta looks to pass to mount...
Huerta slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Din Thomas.
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Din Thomas tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Roger Huerta rolls Din Thomas to his stomach and takes his back!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas measures the resilience of Huerta's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Huerta blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas has given his back to Roger Huerta who is trying to get one hook in!
Roger Huerta has one hook in!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Huerta has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Thomas.
Nicely done! Huerta now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The clock says 2:15 in the 3 round
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Huerta tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Thomas!
Thomas adopts the turtle defense and Huerta is ready to make his way to the victory with a round of punches!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Huerta gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Din Thomas! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Din Thomas doesn't defend himself!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Din Thomas launches a few punches to Huerta's cheek from the guard.
Roger Huerta uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Huerta is trying to counter now!
Huerta is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Thomas, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Huerta moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Roger Huerta tries to get his arm under Din Thomas's chin but can't do it. He locks his arms over Din Thomas's neck and tries to finish him with a neck crank!
Din Thomas's neck is twisted at a nasty angle. He tries to hold on but the pain is too much for him. He taps out!
Winner is Roger Huerta by Submission (Neck Crank) at 3:02 Round 3
Statistics: Din Thomas
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/11 (27%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/19 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 617 s
Statistics: Roger Huerta
Punches 5/6 (83%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/5 (80%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 29/41 (71%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 617 s
This was a beat-down style submission, not a flash-submission like in the Ryan Bader fight (micro-spoilers). Huerta kinda just kept dominated Din over and over and over and over and over again, then when Din was dun, cranked the neck - done deal.
Roger Huerta looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Several good body shots
land on Huerta.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Huerta tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Huerta is clinching with Thomas.
The fighters are clinching.
Thomas launches a few hard punches to Roger Huerta's ribs!
Roger Huerta's ribs shows the damage! Din Thomas is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Thomas launches a few hard punches to Roger Huerta's ribs!
Huerta struggles and protects himself.
Poorly executed technique. Roger Huerta looks to counter!
Brutal punches to Thomas's face while in the clinch!
Thomas can't take many more shots like those!
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Thomas struggles and launches a few punches to Huerta's head
Nothing from this... Din Thomas seems frustrated.
The fighters are clinching.
Din Thomas shoots and grab both of Roger Huerta's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Thomas lifted Huerta's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta tries to close his guard around Thomas
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta tries to close his guard around Thomas
He succeeds!
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas gets a good position on the ground. ..
Huerta holds Din Thomas arms and counters his opponent punches.
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas 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 American Airlines Arena (Miami, FL) is cheering him!
Din Thomas is in side mount over Roger Huerta
Din Thomas looks to pass to mount...
Huerta creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Din Thomas leans forwards and tries to grapple with Huerta
Thomas shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Roger Huerta pushes away Thomas trying to keep the fight at striking range
Thomas doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Roger Huerta
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Din Thomas seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Din Thomas shoots and grab both of Roger Huerta's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Thomas lifted Huerta's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta measures the resilience of Thomas's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Thomas blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Huerta clumsily fails here and it's time for Din Thomas to fight back!
Thomas moves on the ground..
He gets half guard.
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta launches a few punches to Thomas's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Thomas tries to cover his face,
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta tries to close the guard.
Huerta put Din Thomas in closed guard.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas struggles on the ground and tries to break Roger Huerta's guard...
Huerta doesn't want to free his opponent and Thomas continues in closed guard
Thomas misses a step and Roger Huerta sees an opportunity to counter him!
Thomas is in closed guard... Huerta tries to roll on the ground!
Din Thomas uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas tries to escape from the closed guard
Thomas succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Huerta tries to close his guard around Thomas
He succeeds!
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta launches a few punches to Thomas's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Thomas tries to cover his face,
Din Thomas is in closed guard over Huerta
Thomas is in closed guard... Huerta tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Din Thomas!
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Roger Huerta controls the situation despite Din Thomas efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Roger Huerta controls the situation despite Din Thomas efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Thomas tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Din Thomas attempts to move to full guard
Roger Huerta keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Huerta is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Din Thomas, who is barely covering up!
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Roger Huerta positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Roger Huerta is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Thomas's abdomen
Hard blow to Thomas's mid-section, he seems hurt
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is maybe for Din Thomas, but it's close.
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Round 2
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Solid low kick from Din Thomas.
Huerta deflects it.
Din Thomas gets sloppy and Roger Huerta tries to take advantage...
Roger Huerta attempts to cut off Thomas with punches
Thomas reels from the strikes.
Huerta grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Roger Huerta can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Roger Huerta tries to pass to half guard...
Din Thomas's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Roger Huerta tries to pass to half guard...
Din Thomas can't prevent his opponent from passing. Huerta looks to work from half guard.
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Huerta launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Din Thomas is not able to stop Thomas ground skills and Roger Huerta moves to side mount!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta looks to pass to mount...
Huerta slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Din Thomas.
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Roger Huerta controls the situation despite Din Thomas efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Thomas is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Roger Huerta pushes Din Thomas down and prevents his attempts to escape
Din Thomas gets sloppy and Roger Huerta tries to take advantage...
Roger Huerta throws a lot of punches
some strikes get through.
Thomas's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta was tooling Din Thomas for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Din Thomas lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Thomas is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Huerta's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Roger Huerta attempts to move to full guard
Din Thomas keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Din Thomas is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Din Thomas is in half guard over Huerta
Din Thomas tries to open Huerta's guard...
Huerta breaks the lock and covers himself from Thomas's punches
Thomas clumsily fails here and it's time for Roger Huerta to fight back!
Roger Huerta attempts to move to full guard
Roger Huerta manages to switch to full guard.
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Good looking punches from Din Thomas on the ground
deflected by Huerta.
Din Thomas is in open guard over Huerta
Din Thomas pushes Roger Huerta against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Roger Huerta struggles not allowing Din Thomas improve his position.
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.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Din Thomas tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Roger Huerta jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Huerta is holding Din Thomas's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Din Thomas loses balance and goes to the ground.
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Huerta drills Din Thomas's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta looks to pass to mount...
Huerta slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Din Thomas.
The clock says 3:40 in the 2 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Thomas breaks the lock showing some skills...
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Huerta is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Din Thomas, who is barely covering up!
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Din Thomas tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Roger Huerta rolls Din Thomas to his stomach and takes his back!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Huerta is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Din Thomas, who is barely covering up!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas has given his back to Roger Huerta who is trying to get one hook in!
Roger Huerta has one hook in!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Thomas is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Huerta tries to use some of his tricky moves but Huerta's is smart enough to counter him.
Huerta tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Huerta fires a barrage of punches at Thomas's head!
This is bad! Huerta is just pounding on Din Thomas's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
There is a small laceration on Din Thomas's Nose
The clock says 4:45 in the 2 round
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 3
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The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round
0:10 Round 3 and Huerta is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Huerta launches a furious hook!
That hits Thomas's chin like a wrecking ball! Thomas loses balance and goes to the mat.
Thomas's Chin is beginning to swell
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Roger Huerta. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Huerta fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Din Thomas didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Roger Huerta is in open guard over Thomas
Huerta moves on the ground..
He gets half guard.
Roger Huerta is in half guard over Thomas
Roger Huerta tries to free his leg
Roger Huerta uses some of his skill by jumping out of Thomas's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Roger Huerta is in side mount over Din Thomas
Roger Huerta looks to pass to mount...
Huerta slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Din Thomas.
Roger Huerta is in full mount over Din Thomas
Din Thomas tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Roger Huerta rolls Din Thomas to his stomach and takes his back!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas measures the resilience of Huerta's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Huerta blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas tries to stand up!
Huerta doesn't allow him!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas
Thomas has given his back to Roger Huerta who is trying to get one hook in!
Roger Huerta has one hook in!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with one hook in
Huerta has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Thomas.
Nicely done! Huerta now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The clock says 2:15 in the 3 round
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Din Thomas 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 Huerta's moves.
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Huerta tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Thomas!
Thomas adopts the turtle defense and Huerta is ready to make his way to the victory with a round of punches!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Huerta gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Din Thomas! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Din Thomas doesn't defend himself!
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Din Thomas launches a few punches to Huerta's cheek from the guard.
Roger Huerta uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Huerta is trying to counter now!
Huerta is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Thomas, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Huerta moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Huerta is in rear mount over Thomas with two hooks in
Roger Huerta tries to get his arm under Din Thomas's chin but can't do it. He locks his arms over Din Thomas's neck and tries to finish him with a neck crank!
Din Thomas's neck is twisted at a nasty angle. He tries to hold on but the pain is too much for him. He taps out!
Winner is Roger Huerta by Submission (Neck Crank) at 3:02 Round 3
Statistics: Din Thomas
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/11 (27%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/19 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 617 s
Statistics: Roger Huerta
Punches 5/6 (83%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/5 (80%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 29/41 (71%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 617 s
This was a beat-down style submission, not a flash-submission like in the Ryan Bader fight (micro-spoilers). Huerta kinda just kept dominated Din over and over and over and over and over again, then when Din was dun, cranked the neck - done deal.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!