Post by The Sandmen on Sept 2, 2016 10:36:00 GMT -5
Rafael Natal raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Rick Story 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
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
The two exchange wildly
Natal is connecting with a few punches
Rafael Natal shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Rick Story is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Natal into his guard.
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Rick Story is cooling the fight on the ground
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Story measures the resilience of Natal's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Natal's side.
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Natal is in closed guard... Story tries to roll on the ground!
Rafael Natal uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Rick Story gets sloppy and Rafael Natal tries to take advantage...
Rafael Natal looks to posture up and open Rick Story's guard...
Rafael Natal forces Rick Story to open his guard.
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Story tries to close his guard around Natal
He succeeds!
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Rafael Natal tries to better his position on the ground...
Natal breaks the closed guard of Rick Story and moves to half guard
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rick Story attempts to trap Rafael Natal in his guard.
Rafael Natal keeps control and remains in side mount.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal is taking this opportunity to rest.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Story pushes Rafael Natal forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Rick Story is in closed guard over Natal
Natal measures the resilience of Story's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Story's side.
Crushing shot to Story's body! He's holding his side
Rick Story is in closed guard over Natal
Story is in closed guard... Natal tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rick Story!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rafael Natal doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Rick Story gets sloppy and Rafael Natal tries to take advantage...
Rafael Natal throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Story breaks the lock showing some skills...
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story launches a few punches to Natal's cheek from the guard.
Rafael Natal uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Poorly executed technique. Rafael Natal looks to counter!
Natal tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rafael Natal controls the situation despite Rick Story efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story measures the resilience of Natal's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Natal blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Natal is holding Rick Story's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Rick Story loses balance and goes to the ground.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rafael Natal tries a kimura
You can see the pain reflected in Story's eyes...
Story breaks the lock.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rafael Natal fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Story's face!
Story's Mouth is beginning to swell
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rick Story attempts to trap Rafael Natal in his guard.
Rafael Natal keeps control and remains in side mount.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Story launches a few weak punches
Natal blocks them effectively.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Story pushes Rafael Natal forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Rick Story is in closed guard over Natal
Story is in closed guard... Natal tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rick Story!
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Rafael Natal pushes Rick Story down and prevents his attempts to escape
Rick Story gets sloppy and Rafael Natal tries to take advantage...
Rafael Natal takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Rick Story shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Rick Story breaks that americana attempt!
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Natal tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rafael Natal controls the situation despite Rick Story efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Natal gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Rick Story! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Rick Story doesn't defend himself!
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story tries to stand up!
Natal doesn't allow him!
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
This round is clearly for Rafael Natal.
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Round 2
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Natal throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Story looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Rafael Natal's punches
Story is on the receiving end of a great combo by Natal.
Story has a small cut in his Forehead
Story jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Natal sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
Story cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Natal can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Natal and Story circle around the center of the cage.
Rafael Natal is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Rafael Natal fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Story decides to launch some tentative punches
Rafael Natal takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
A punch from Rick Story
whizzes past Natal.
Rafael Natal is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Rafael Natal tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Story is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Rick Story launches a few punches to Natal's cheek from the guard.
Rafael Natal uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Natal is trying to counter now!
Natal tries to move to full mount
Natal succeeds
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Rafael Natal pushes Rick Story down and prevents his attempts to escape
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
Mario Yamasaki 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.
Rick Story goes with a looping right hand while Rafael Natal jumps back and jabs
Story only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Rafael Natal launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Story blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Rick Story's cheek! Story stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Story's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Natal is standing while Story is on the ground on his back
Rafael Natal decides to jump inside Story's guard.
Story didn't see that coming. Natal is in open guard over Story now.
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Story tries to close his guard around Natal
He is not able to do it
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Rafael Natal tries to finish with a leg lock!
Story hyper-extended his left leg
Punishing hold!
This is over! Story can't stand the pain and taps!
Winner is Rafael Natal by Submission (leglock) at 3:41 Round 2
Statistics: Rafael Natal
Punches 13/16 (81%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/8 (100%)
Submissions 6/6 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 337 s
Statistics: Rick Story
Punches 0/9 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/13 (15%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 346 s
Rick Story 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
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
The two exchange wildly
Natal is connecting with a few punches
Rafael Natal shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Rick Story is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Natal into his guard.
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Rick Story is cooling the fight on the ground
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Story measures the resilience of Natal's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Natal's side.
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Natal is in closed guard... Story tries to roll on the ground!
Rafael Natal uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Rick Story gets sloppy and Rafael Natal tries to take advantage...
Rafael Natal looks to posture up and open Rick Story's guard...
Rafael Natal forces Rick Story to open his guard.
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Story tries to close his guard around Natal
He succeeds!
Rafael Natal is in closed guard over Story
Rafael Natal tries to better his position on the ground...
Natal breaks the closed guard of Rick Story and moves to half guard
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rick Story attempts to trap Rafael Natal in his guard.
Rafael Natal keeps control and remains in side mount.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal is taking this opportunity to rest.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Story pushes Rafael Natal forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Rick Story is in closed guard over Natal
Natal measures the resilience of Story's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Story's side.
Crushing shot to Story's body! He's holding his side
Rick Story is in closed guard over Natal
Story is in closed guard... Natal tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rick Story!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Rafael Natal doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Rick Story gets sloppy and Rafael Natal tries to take advantage...
Rafael Natal throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Story breaks the lock showing some skills...
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story launches a few punches to Natal's cheek from the guard.
Rafael Natal uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Poorly executed technique. Rafael Natal looks to counter!
Natal tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rafael Natal controls the situation despite Rick Story efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story measures the resilience of Natal's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Natal blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Natal is holding Rick Story's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Rick Story loses balance and goes to the ground.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rafael Natal tries a kimura
You can see the pain reflected in Story's eyes...
Story breaks the lock.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rafael Natal fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Story's face!
Story's Mouth is beginning to swell
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Rick Story attempts to trap Rafael Natal in his guard.
Rafael Natal keeps control and remains in side mount.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Story launches a few weak punches
Natal blocks them effectively.
Rafael Natal is in side mount over Rick Story
Natal shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Story pushes Rafael Natal forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Rick Story is in closed guard over Natal
Story is in closed guard... Natal tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rick Story!
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Rafael Natal pushes Rick Story down and prevents his attempts to escape
Rick Story gets sloppy and Rafael Natal tries to take advantage...
Rafael Natal takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Rick Story shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Rick Story breaks that americana attempt!
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Natal tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rafael Natal controls the situation despite Rick Story efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Natal gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Rick Story! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Rick Story doesn't defend himself!
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story tries to stand up!
Natal doesn't allow him!
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
This round is clearly for Rafael Natal.
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Round 2
=========================================
Natal throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Story looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Rafael Natal's punches
Story is on the receiving end of a great combo by Natal.
Story has a small cut in his Forehead
Story jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Natal sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
Story cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Natal can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Natal and Story circle around the center of the cage.
Rafael Natal is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Rafael Natal fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Story decides to launch some tentative punches
Rafael Natal takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
A punch from Rick Story
whizzes past Natal.
Rafael Natal is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Rafael Natal tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Story is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Rick Story launches a few punches to Natal's cheek from the guard.
Rafael Natal uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Natal is trying to counter now!
Natal tries to move to full mount
Natal succeeds
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Story is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Rafael Natal pushes Rick Story down and prevents his attempts to escape
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
Rafael Natal is in full mount over Rick Story
Rick Story 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 Natal's moves.
Mario Yamasaki 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.
Rick Story goes with a looping right hand while Rafael Natal jumps back and jabs
Story only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Rafael Natal launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Story blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Rick Story's cheek! Story stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Story's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Natal is standing while Story is on the ground on his back
Rafael Natal decides to jump inside Story's guard.
Story didn't see that coming. Natal is in open guard over Story now.
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Story tries to close his guard around Natal
He is not able to do it
Rafael Natal is in open guard over Story
Rafael Natal tries to finish with a leg lock!
Story hyper-extended his left leg
Punishing hold!
This is over! Story can't stand the pain and taps!
Winner is Rafael Natal by Submission (leglock) at 3:41 Round 2
Statistics: Rafael Natal
Punches 13/16 (81%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/8 (100%)
Submissions 6/6 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 337 s
Statistics: Rick Story
Punches 0/9 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/13 (15%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 346 s
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!