Winner: Nate Diaz – Tap Out (Manny Gamburyan dislocates his shoulder) – Second Round
Manny immediately comes out and goes for a take down. Nate reverses but Manny almost catches him in a guillotine. Diaz almost gets caught but Diaz flips over Manny and is free. Manny pounces and gets on top. Diaz starts to work on Manny for submissions. Diaz works to his feet and Manny clinches his back and attempts a suplex but Diaz defends. Manny holds tight and manages to take Diaz down again. Manny continues his typical strategy of taking Diaz down and laying on top of his opponent and throw moderately tough punches. Diaz lets Manny throw punches to try and set up some arm locks. Both attempts fail and Manny keeps trying to bore Diaz and the audience into submission. Diaz almost gets away but Gamburyan latches on again and the round ends.
The second round starts and Diaz throws a good combo and Manny goes for another take down. In the process of the take down Manny Gamburyan dislocates his shoulder and Diaz wins the fight.
Winer: Nate Diaz
The first round starts and Gray is trying to take Nate down with his superior wrestling. Nate goes to the mat but almost catches Maynard in an arm lock. Gray narrowly escapes and then lands some major blows in transition opening up a cut on Diaz’s face. Both fighters are really active. Maynard keeps throwing huge bombs and Nate tries to use his excellent Jiu Jitsu to catch Maynard in a quick submission. The fight continues at a blazing pace with Maynard dropping bombs and Diaz almost catching Gray in submission after submission. The rounds comes to end and Diaz is bleeding badly.
Despite the heavy punches Nate took in the last round he came out looking the aggressor. Maynard returned with some heavy punches and locked up Diaz. Nate is dragged to the ground and Maynard almost slithers into a mount. Before he can sink in on top Diaz sneaks his knees up and rolls Maynard. Diaz gets on top and starts raining down punches. Gray covers a bit and attempts to get to his feet but Diaz capitalizes and gets Maynard into a guillotine to end the fight and take the win.
Winner: Manny Gamburyan
In the first round Manny came out on fire. Matt Wiman made attempt after attempt to take Manny down but was thwarted. Then surprisingly Manny started to take Wiman down and dominate. While in the mix Wiman got a cut near his eye. Luckily it was on the side and didn’t affect his vision. The round ended with Manny dominating Wiman and proving that his heart can overcome his size.
The second round started the same way the first ended. Manny got quick take down and burned half the round before Herb Dean made them stand up. Wiman landed a good punch and then made a weak attempt at a take down. In the process of being taken down Manny almost got Wiman in an arm lock, but Wiman came out of it on his back and almost got him in a rear naked choke, but Manny squirmed out of it and nearly landed in an arm bar. Wiman lost it and Manny finished the round pounding Wiman. After the round was over Manny won by a unanimous decision.
Winner: Nate Diaz
As I thought, Nate Diaz came out on top, but was very surprised to see Nate Diaz get dominated by Hill early. Diaz was so focused on taking Cory Hill down and getting a leg lock that he ate some punches and gave Hill the confidence to use his wrestling take down skills. Hill he took Diaz down in the middle of the round but his inexperience was the beginning of the end.
Once on the ground Hill couldn’t figure out how to center himself. Diaz, who has excellent Jiu Jitsu like his brother Nick Diaz, rotated his hips and used his flexibility to flip his legs over Cory’s shoulders. Initially it looked like he was going to go for a shoulder lock, but eventually was able to pull Cory into a triangle choke. Cory almost pulled out but Diaz pulled Cory’s head down and forced Hill’s tap shortly after.
Who we want to win: Nate Diaz
Who we think will win: Nate Diaz
I am big fan of the Diaz brothers. I was disappointed to see Nick Diaz struggle a little bit in his last couple of fights in the UFC, but his huge win over Gomi in PRIDE was really awesome to see. The same attitude and fighting ability comes through with Nick’s younger brother, Nate Diaz. Cory Hill being such an inexperienced fighter is going to get overwhelmed by Diaz. I believe that Hill will get submitted in the second round.
Who we want to win: Matt Wiman
Who we think will win: Matt Wiman
As long as Matt Wiman can keep his head and stay focused he will be able to beat Manny. Wiman’s only fight in the UFC is a loss to Spencer Fisher. It was a very exciting fight and Matt Wiman was probably beating Fisher until he decided to put his hands up for the crowd. When he did that Spencer Fisher came in with a huge flying knee to Wiman’s forehead that put him to sleep. Spencer has good stand up and is a stronger fighter than Manny. Gamburyan is no slouch himself. He is small but tough and has good blood running through his veins seeing that Karo Parysian is his cousin. Manny could pull this fight off, but only if Wiman has a mental lapse like he did against Fisher.
