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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Diaz (ranked 3546 p4p, 372 weight class) and Lane Craig (ranked 4420 p4p, 436 weight class). Nate Diaz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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165 lbs
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166 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lane Craig!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craig digs a good body shot into Diaz's ribs.
Craig lands with an uppercut that bounces Diaz off the cage and back into range.
Craig throws an off balance right hand
and Diaz counters with a takedown into side control.
Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Craig to see if he's OK.
Diaz controls the position from side control.
Diaz tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz lands an elbow.
The ground and pound from Diaz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Diaz lands a nice forearm strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An elbow from Diaz crashes against the mat.
Diaz wants to control but Craig is keeping him busy.
Diaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Craig defending against the ground and pound.
Craig really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz working the head and body with strikes.
Diaz creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Craig sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Craig taking a bit of punishment here - Diaz scoring with strikes.
Craig is rocked!
Diaz working the ground and pound but Craig is defending the strikes.
Craig is still in real trouble! Can Diaz finish him?
Diaz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Craig some visible discomfort.
Craig takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz lands some shots froms side control.
Diaz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Diaz working the ground and pound but Craig is defending the strikes.
Diaz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Craig seems to have recovered his senses.
Craig takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz just content to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craig parries the strikes from Diaz easily there. Diaz is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Craig to escape.
Diaz looks up at the clock and then as Craig takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Diaz smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Diaz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes there by Diaz.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Diaz landing strikes.
Diaz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Craig is avoiding damage well.
Craig taking a bit of punishment here - Diaz scoring with strikes.
Craig looks winded!
Craig on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Diaz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Craig down.
Craig looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Craig defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Diaz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A slow jab from Craig misses its intended target.
Diaz dives in and grabs Craig's left leg, looking for a takedown. Craig pushes down on Diaz's head and hops out.
Nice body kick there by Craig.
Craig lands with a hook. Diaz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Craig throws a sloppy head kick
and Diaz counters with a single leg into guard. Craig didn't expect that.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diaz lands a couple of elbows.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craig working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
Diaz is looking to work some ground and pound but Craig has wrist control.
Craig keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Craig avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz passes into half guard.
Diaz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Diaz content to control rather than advance.
Diaz working over Craig with some ground and pound. Craig looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Craig can do to turn this around?
Craig is breathing heavily.
Diaz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Diaz misses with a head shot. Craig uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz distracts Craig with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Diaz is in close to Craig's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Diaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Diaz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Diaz lands a huge shot from side control! Craig is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nate Diaz!
Nate Diaz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Lane Craig had this to say: 'He got lucky. I must break you.'.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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