Diaz victorious over Cerrone in Fight of the Night fashion.
On the horn:
Johnny Waugh
LEAD SR WRITER
If the two biggest men in the UFC, Lesnar vs Overeem, wasn't going to be enough to satisfy your desire for highly dramatic and entertaining MMA then you were in luck at UFC 141.
The co-main event featured Donald Cerrone (now 17-4-1) against the season five ultimate fighter winner Nate Diaz (now 15-7).
Cerrone and Diaz exchanged words many times before the bout which had many even more excited to view the outcome of this very important lightweight match up.
Although the fight went to decision, it was never really that close. Diaz won unanimously , 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 on the official score cards and showcased the boxing talent that he is often underrated for using in the octagon.
Cerrone came out from the opening bell trying to knock the head of Diaz right off. Diaz was more than a game opponent and continued to slip punches through the guard of Cerrone almost at will.
After a first round that was clearly won by Nate Diaz, Cerrone implemented a game plan of leg kicks that caused Diaz to be put on his butt multiple times from leg sweeps.
"I knew that [leg sweeps were] making me look bad," Diaz said in the post fight press conference."I just tried to get back up and do what I had to do."
(CONTINUED)... GIFS included
Diaz held his own and continued to pepper the head and body of Cerrone who seemed to lack any head movement what so ever.
"I knew he was going to keep fighting after awhile, after I landed some really good shots," Diaz said.
The fight received the Fight of the Night bonus and each fighter was awarded an additional $75,000 to their paycheck for the achievement. The award is the fifth Fight of the Night award for Diaz and the fourth for Cerrone.
Both fighters were very respectful of each other post fight and Cerrone gave credit to Diaz where credit was due.
"This is a show man, that's what we do," Cerrone said at post fight conference. "We talk sh*t then we go in there and back it up."
"Afterwards its like 'Hey man... that was a good fight'."
Contact Johnny:
JohnnyWaugh@SRMMA.COM
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On the horn:
Johnny Waugh
LEAD SR WRITER
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| Nate Diaz (right) landing an overhand right on the face of Donald Cerrone (left) at UFC 141 (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) |
If the two biggest men in the UFC, Lesnar vs Overeem, wasn't going to be enough to satisfy your desire for highly dramatic and entertaining MMA then you were in luck at UFC 141.
The co-main event featured Donald Cerrone (now 17-4-1) against the season five ultimate fighter winner Nate Diaz (now 15-7).
Cerrone and Diaz exchanged words many times before the bout which had many even more excited to view the outcome of this very important lightweight match up.
Although the fight went to decision, it was never really that close. Diaz won unanimously , 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 on the official score cards and showcased the boxing talent that he is often underrated for using in the octagon.
Cerrone came out from the opening bell trying to knock the head of Diaz right off. Diaz was more than a game opponent and continued to slip punches through the guard of Cerrone almost at will.
After a first round that was clearly won by Nate Diaz, Cerrone implemented a game plan of leg kicks that caused Diaz to be put on his butt multiple times from leg sweeps.
"I knew that [leg sweeps were] making me look bad," Diaz said in the post fight press conference."I just tried to get back up and do what I had to do."
(CONTINUED)... GIFS included
Diaz held his own and continued to pepper the head and body of Cerrone who seemed to lack any head movement what so ever.
"I knew he was going to keep fighting after awhile, after I landed some really good shots," Diaz said.
The fight received the Fight of the Night bonus and each fighter was awarded an additional $75,000 to their paycheck for the achievement. The award is the fifth Fight of the Night award for Diaz and the fourth for Cerrone.
Both fighters were very respectful of each other post fight and Cerrone gave credit to Diaz where credit was due.
"This is a show man, that's what we do," Cerrone said at post fight conference. "We talk sh*t then we go in there and back it up."
"Afterwards its like 'Hey man... that was a good fight'."
Contact Johnny:
JohnnyWaugh@SRMMA.COM
Admin: JW
2 comments:
I didn't think Cerrone would fair as poorly as he did. I think his fight plan sucked! When you obviously lose the first round and are getting hammered; it's time to switch things up! He should have chanced getting on top of Diaz after one of the many legs sweeps and knock downs he had. Diaz embarrassed him horribly in the stand up game!
I really agree on him pouncing on Diaz, Yeah Diaz has great jui jitsu but: SO DOES CERRONE, HIS LOSING ALREADY,And the STANDUP ISNT WORKING!!
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