Post by The Sandmen on Oct 2, 2014 17:22:53 GMT -5
Dominick Cruz raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Nate Diaz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
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 Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Dominick Cruz and Nate Diaz touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Diaz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Nate Diaz seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Diaz wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Diaz moves forward and holds Cruz
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Dominick Cruz's ribs!
Cruz struggles and protects himself.
Cruz tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Cruz pushes off of Nate Diaz and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Diaz stumbles backwards but Dominick Cruz chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Diaz struggles and launches a few punches to Cruz's head
Nothing from this... Nate Diaz seems frustrated.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nate Diaz slightly pushes Cruz into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Nate Diaz tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Diaz misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Several good body shots
land on Diaz.
Nice punch by Nate Diaz
that nearly tags Cruz.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Diaz fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Cruz sprawls and remains on his feet.
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Cruz is clinching with Diaz.
The fighters are clinching.
Dominick Cruz grapple with Nate Diaz and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
nice takedown Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz aggressively and repeatedly punches Diaz.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Nate Diaz...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Diaz is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Cruz's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz attempts to move to full guard
Nate Diaz keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Cruz
Nate Diaz tries to open Cruz's guard...
Cruz breaks the lock and covers himself from Diaz's punches
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz attempts to move to full guard
Dominick Cruz manages to switch to full guard.
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Diaz tries to cover his face,
Diaz's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz is cooling the fight on the ground
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Cruz measures the resilience of Diaz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Diaz's side.
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Diaz is in closed guard... Cruz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Nate Diaz!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Cruz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Dominick Cruz controls the situation despite Nate Diaz efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz sits high on Nate Diaz's chest and pulls his leg underneath Diaz's head. There's the triangle attempt!
Diaz tries to roll out. He's too quick for Dominick Cruz and manages to slip out! That was a risky move by Cruz and it cost him top position.
Cruz misses a step and Nate Diaz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Diaz tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Dominick Cruz doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Diaz launches a few weak punches
Cruz blocks them effectively.
Nate Diaz gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Diaz grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Nate Diaz
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in open guard over Cruz
Diaz tries to move to full mount
Diaz's ground game is not enough to provide him any advantage
Nate Diaz is in open guard over Cruz
Cruz tries to close his guard around Diaz
He succeeds!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Cruz is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Dominick Cruz throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Diaz's chin! That stops Diaz in his tracks!
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz was tooling Nate Diaz for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Nate Diaz lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Every time Dominick Cruz attempts to get inside
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Dominick Cruz!
Diaz is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
A right hand from Nate Diaz
surprises Cruz!
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Some nice shots from Nate Diaz
miss their mark.
Diaz clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Diaz blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Nate Diaz's cheek! Diaz stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Diaz tries to stand up!
Cruz doesn't allow him!
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Diaz tries to stand up!
Cruz doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nate Diaz launches an up-kick intended for Dominick Cruz's head...
It lands flush with Dominick Cruz's head snapping it backwards due to the impact!
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Diaz tries to hit Dominick Cruz with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Cruz dodges that
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nate Diaz kicks his legs trying to keep Dominick Cruz away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Nate Diaz. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Nate Diaz is on his feet again.
A furious flurry of punches from Dominick Cruz
puts Diaz in a world of hurt!
There is a small laceration on Nate Diaz's Left cheek
Not a desiderable position that Diaz is in now. Dominick Cruz is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Cruz moves forward looking for some action
Dominick Cruz shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dominick Cruz tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Cruz circles out and slips free of Nate Diaz's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The two exchange wildly
Cruz is connecting with a few punches
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Incredible haymaker from Dominick Cruz!
You can see Nate Diaz's head being snapped backwards!
Nate Diaz throws an uppercut
Cruz slips it.
Nate Diaz gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
Dominick Cruz shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Nate Diaz is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Cruz into his guard.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Diaz
Cruz struggles on the ground and tries to break Nate Diaz's guard...
Dominick Cruz is in Diaz open guard now
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Diaz
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Diaz measures the resilience of Cruz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cruz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Diaz
Dominick Cruz pushes Nate Diaz against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Cruz jumps and tries to free his leg! Diaz doesn't allow this but Dominick Cruz is able to get half guard here.
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Diaz
Cruz tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Diaz from the side mount!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Diaz's being punished here!
There is a small laceration on Nate Diaz's Right cheek
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Cruz works on the ground with his fingers over Diaz's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean saw it!
Herb Dean takes away one point from Dominick Cruz for eye poke.
Herb Dean halts the fight to give Diaz time to recover. Nate Diaz seems to be ready to fight again. 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.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is opening up on Diaz and raining down combinations!
Diaz's corner looks worried!
Herb Dean is asking Diaz to defend himself! Herb Dean jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Diaz.
There is a small laceration on Nate Diaz's Left cheek
Winner is Dominick Cruz by TKO (Punches) at 4:07 Round 2
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 26/33 (79%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 5/7 (71%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 11/13 (85%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 257 s
Statistics: Nate Diaz
Punches 1/14 (7%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/7 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/11 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 294 s
Kinda surprised Cruz didn't finish him sooner. Especially after the upgrades.
Nate Diaz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
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 Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Dominick Cruz and Nate Diaz touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Diaz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Nate Diaz seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Diaz wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Diaz moves forward and holds Cruz
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Diaz launches a few hard punches to Dominick Cruz's ribs!
Cruz struggles and protects himself.
Cruz tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Cruz pushes off of Nate Diaz and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Diaz stumbles backwards but Dominick Cruz chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Diaz struggles and launches a few punches to Cruz's head
Nothing from this... Nate Diaz seems frustrated.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Nate Diaz slightly pushes Cruz into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Nate Diaz tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Diaz misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Several good body shots
land on Diaz.
Nice punch by Nate Diaz
that nearly tags Cruz.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Diaz fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Cruz sprawls and remains on his feet.
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Cruz is clinching with Diaz.
The fighters are clinching.
Dominick Cruz grapple with Nate Diaz and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
nice takedown Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz aggressively and repeatedly punches Diaz.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Nate Diaz...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Diaz is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Cruz's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz attempts to move to full guard
Nate Diaz keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Cruz
Nate Diaz tries to open Cruz's guard...
Cruz breaks the lock and covers himself from Diaz's punches
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in half guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz attempts to move to full guard
Dominick Cruz manages to switch to full guard.
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz launches a few punches to Diaz's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Diaz tries to cover his face,
Diaz's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz is cooling the fight on the ground
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Cruz measures the resilience of Diaz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Diaz's side.
Nate Diaz is in closed guard over Cruz
Diaz is in closed guard... Cruz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Nate Diaz!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Cruz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Dominick Cruz controls the situation despite Nate Diaz efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Dominick Cruz sits high on Nate Diaz's chest and pulls his leg underneath Diaz's head. There's the triangle attempt!
Diaz tries to roll out. He's too quick for Dominick Cruz and manages to slip out! That was a risky move by Cruz and it cost him top position.
Cruz misses a step and Nate Diaz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Diaz tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Dominick Cruz doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Nate Diaz
Diaz launches a few weak punches
Cruz blocks them effectively.
Nate Diaz gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Diaz grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Nate Diaz
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Nate Diaz is in open guard over Cruz
Diaz tries to move to full mount
Diaz's ground game is not enough to provide him any advantage
Nate Diaz is in open guard over Cruz
Cruz tries to close his guard around Diaz
He succeeds!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Cruz is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Dominick Cruz throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Diaz's chin! That stops Diaz in his tracks!
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz was tooling Nate Diaz for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Nate Diaz lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Every time Dominick Cruz attempts to get inside
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Dominick Cruz!
Diaz is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
A right hand from Nate Diaz
surprises Cruz!
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Some nice shots from Nate Diaz
miss their mark.
Diaz clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Diaz blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Nate Diaz's cheek! Diaz stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Diaz tries to stand up!
Cruz doesn't allow him!
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Diaz tries to stand up!
Cruz doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nate Diaz launches an up-kick intended for Dominick Cruz's head...
It lands flush with Dominick Cruz's head snapping it backwards due to the impact!
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Diaz tries to hit Dominick Cruz with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Cruz dodges that
Cruz is standing while Diaz is on the ground on his back
Nate Diaz kicks his legs trying to keep Dominick Cruz away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Nate Diaz. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Nate Diaz is on his feet again.
A furious flurry of punches from Dominick Cruz
puts Diaz in a world of hurt!
There is a small laceration on Nate Diaz's Left cheek
Not a desiderable position that Diaz is in now. Dominick Cruz is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Cruz moves forward looking for some action
Dominick Cruz shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dominick Cruz tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Cruz circles out and slips free of Nate Diaz's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The two exchange wildly
Cruz is connecting with a few punches
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Incredible haymaker from Dominick Cruz!
You can see Nate Diaz's head being snapped backwards!
Nate Diaz throws an uppercut
Cruz slips it.
Nate Diaz gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
Dominick Cruz shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Nate Diaz is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Cruz into his guard.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Diaz
Cruz struggles on the ground and tries to break Nate Diaz's guard...
Dominick Cruz is in Diaz open guard now
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Diaz
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Diaz measures the resilience of Cruz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cruz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Diaz
Dominick Cruz pushes Nate Diaz against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Cruz jumps and tries to free his leg! Diaz doesn't allow this but Dominick Cruz is able to get half guard here.
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Diaz
Cruz tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Diaz from the side mount!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Diaz's being punished here!
There is a small laceration on Nate Diaz's Right cheek
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Nate Diaz
Cruz works on the ground with his fingers over Diaz's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean saw it!
Herb Dean takes away one point from Dominick Cruz for eye poke.
Herb Dean halts the fight to give Diaz time to recover. Nate Diaz seems to be ready to fight again. 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.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is opening up on Diaz and raining down combinations!
Diaz's corner looks worried!
Herb Dean is asking Diaz to defend himself! Herb Dean jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Diaz.
There is a small laceration on Nate Diaz's Left cheek
Winner is Dominick Cruz by TKO (Punches) at 4:07 Round 2
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 26/33 (79%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 5/7 (71%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 11/13 (85%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 257 s
Statistics: Nate Diaz
Punches 1/14 (7%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/7 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/11 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 294 s
Kinda surprised Cruz didn't finish him sooner. Especially after the upgrades.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!