Following an early knockdown at the hands of Melvin Guillard in the UFC Fight Night 19 headliner, Nate Diaz took advantage of his first opportunity on the ground, forcing Guillard to tap to a guillotine choke in the second-round of the main event.
The finish capped off the Spike TV-televised card, which took place at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Guillard dominated the opening round against Diaz with powerful standup, as he knocked The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner to the ground in the opening seconds of the bout but refused to follow him down to the canvas for a possible finish out of respect for his ground game. Diaz returned to his feet and recovered, but Guillard finished the round strong with more accurate and powerful striking.
Looking to continue his gameplan and keep the fight standing, Guillard kept the fight on the feet early in the second frame, but fell victim to one of Diaz’s well-known guillotines midway through the round and was forced to quickly tap to the choke.
Diaz improves to 11-4 in rebounding from back-to-back losses to Clay Guida and Joe Stevenson, while the loss drops Guillard to 22-8-2, with all but one of his losses coming by way of submission, and snaps “The Young Assassin’s” three-fight winning streak.
In the UFN 19 co-headliner, Gray Maynard cemented his status as a lightweight contender and remained undefeated by edging Roger Huerta via split decision. Huerta, fighting for the first time in over a year in what was likely to be his final UFC fight for the indefinite future, didn’t go down easy in the final fight on his current UFC deal, as he traded shots with Maynard for much of the first two rounds. In the third, Maynard finally took the fight to the canvas where he secured the win with a near-fight-ending kimura. After the final horn sounded, the judges declared Maynard the winner by scores of 28-29, 30-27, and 30-27.
Maynard improves to 8-0 on his career with his sixth-straight UFC victory, while Huerta falls to 19-3-1 after dropping back-to-back fights to Kenny Florian and Maynard on his way out of the UFC.
In other main card action, former WEC welterweight champ Carlos Condit won his first UFC bout by taking a split decision over Jake Ellenberger in a tight battle, while Nate Quarry topped Tim Credeur by unanimous decision in an exciting slugfest that kicked off the night’s broadcast.
Brian Stann, Mike Pyle, CB Dollaway, Jeremy Stephens, Mike Pierce, and Ryan Jensen were victorious on the UFN 19 preliminary card, while a lightweight matchup between Phillipe Nover and Sam Stout was scratched from the event after Nover suffered a seizure backstage.
The official results for UFC Fight Night 19 were:
- Nate Diaz def. Melvin Guillard via submission (guillotine) — Round 2, 2:13
- Gray Maynard def. Roger Huerta via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
- Carlos Condit def. Jake Ellenberger via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Nate Quarry def. Tim Credeur via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)
- Brian Stann def. Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Mike Pyle def. Chris Wilson via submission (guillotine) — Round 3, 2:15
- C.B. Dollaway def. Jay Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jeremy Stephens def. Justin Buchholz via TKO (cut) — Round 1, 3:32
- Mike Pierce def. Brock Larson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Ryan Jensen def. Steven Steinbeiss via submission (guillotine) — Round 1, 3:56
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Pictured: Nate Diaz
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good night of fights the maynard huerta fight annoyed me a little but oh well nate vs tim was amazing
what annoyed you about Maynard / Huerta judging or the fight?
UFN 19 initial impressions :
- Carlos Condit didn’t look as impressive as he should fighting a last-minute replacement and UFC newcomer.
- leaving the outcome of a fight to the judges is never in anyone’s best interest.
- I REALLY wish I could have seen Brian Stann beat Steve Cantwell.
- Brock Larson.
What happened, dude?
- CB Dolloway, if you aren’t going to win by Peruvian necktie submission, I don’t need to see you fight.
;)
- Nate Quarry. Tim Creduer. Respect.
‘Nuff said.
- Gray Maynard did his followers proud by beating Roger Huerta, but all I could think was, “if this same Maynard steps in with BJ Penn, he won’t last 15 minutes. He keeps his left hand too low, and doesn’t place his legs properly in scrambles to defend against submissions from someone at BJ’s BJJ level.”
- Nate Diaz.
Whatever.
Melvin Guillard handed you a submission win, so I guess you should be congratulated on applying the hold, and SpikeTV should be congratulated for not giving Diaz and mic time and going straight into TUF.
;)
- Joe Rogan, do NOT ever hand your headset over to Kenny Florian again.
He might be Red Bull in the cage, but he’s Nyquil on the mic.
- Really solid night of fights on the free-per-view.
Can’t say that the UFC isn’t giving back to the fans in a tough economy.
Good job mostly all around by all involved.
Stann/Cantwell is on the UFC site for $1.99
http://video.ufc.com/ProductDetail.aspx?detail=true&searchText=Product/@SearchId=%22UFC1033@7671%22
Much obliged for the link, bro.
Is it me, or was Guillard not striking as much as he could of. I kknow he knocked down Diaz and had some good strikes, but I was expecting more. He was retreating alot and backing up. Idk, maybe I need to see it again.
Neither guy looked that sharp IMO.
Maybe their styles sort of clashed, or maybe neither guy is as good as they think they are, its hard to tell.
Guillard lost focus, and got hooked by a Gracie guy.
End of story.
However Nate Diaz SERIOUSLY needs to check himself with all of his talk about “bringin’ an ath whuppin’ to the cage”, because all he really does is embarrass himself when he delivers high end trash talk to back up ANOTHER low rent performance…
Yeah, i’ve only seen him kick one dudes ath. Real tough when you have a lisp! I think he really tries to emulate his brother, nut Nick is just better at the trash talking and backing-it-up stuff. I mean thtuff.
I’m glad you mentioned Kenny. He was just meh commentating, but absolutely horrible doing interviews in the ring. You gotta pump the crowd up a little bit man.
Not sure why they opted for Florian to fill in for Rogan.
I would have preferred Matt Serra if they were intent on having a champion/contender [of sorts] for the main event, and Serra for better or worse is a former TUF winner [which Florian isn't] and a former champion [which Florian isn't yet].
Better yet, Frank Trigg would have worked well here, and would be a nice way to re-introduce him to the UFC fanbase.
Plus he’s ACTUALLY a commentator, and not a fighter with a headset.
I know that Dana White is busy trying to look cool while conquering the world and rocking t-shirts best worn by a man half his age, but if he’d put 10 minutes thought into it and copped one less lap dance from Arianny Celeste, we wouldn’t have been stuck with KenFlo the Human Microphone Stand for 2 hours…
;)
And you say getting lap dances from Ariani like that’s a bad thing… And Kenny did some commentary a while back when Rogan was out for something (no idea what) and wasn’t bad. Maybe he just had a bad night or something.
Florian is ok at best when it comes to commentating, but the interviews…BAH! He bombed imho.
In Condit’s defense, sometimes, the fights that are taken at the last minute are possibly the hardest ones because you literally don’t know what you’re getting until a few days before the fight. Add onto that the fact that unless your last name is Miller (the other usual candidate for a last-minute replacement), there is probably very little to no film to watch to get a good idea of what you’re facing. Condit got a bit over-run in the first round, but then took control at the end. If Condit has a camp knowing who he was fighting, he probably would have fared better.
With that having been said, though, Ellenberger has absolutely earned himself another shot at the Octogon, a la Tim Boetsch. Hope he makes the best of it. Sometimes, you find gems in the unlikeliest places.
Truth.
Fuck that really sucks stout didnt get to kick nover’s ass. I trained with sam stout was was really looking forward to that fight.
i agree.. matty?
I totally remember why I dislike Maynard now. Oh and why I liked Huerta so much. Horrible decision. Should’ve been 29-28 Huerta. And I agree with whoever said it above, Maynard against Penn/Sanchez would be a joke. There’s less competition for Penn at LW than Silva at MW. No one close to on his level. Quarry is awesome, but enough can’t be said for Creduer, Wow! Good night of free fights.
Yeah,I agree about the Maynard/Huerta fight.The two judges that scored it 30/27 need to get slapped.
Correction.
Anyone who scored that fight 30-27 deserves to get not just slapped,
but d!ck-slapped,and preferably in front of their friends and family…;)
Just wow~ FR702
Decent fights last night.
Nate Quarry vs Tim Credeur
These guys are fucking tough dude! What a war and awesome display of respect, honor and sportsmanship! Awesome fight and two great guys.
Huerta vs Maynard
I have to admit. Maynard’s hands were fast and accurate and he looked good last night, Huerta honestly pissed me off because he looked way to catious and gave maynard way too much respect and didn’t engage enough and that was one of the reasons he lost the fight.
I like huerta but he needs to seriously decide wether he’s going to go to hollywood or completely refocus as a fighter because if he’s not in 100% in fighting that he won’t get far.
Maynard didn’t look nearly as good as everyone makes him out to be but showed potential to improve his overall game. He’s tough and will undoubtebly be a contender @ lw.
Condit vs Ellenberger
Ellenberger was vert impressive on his feet and with his wrestling. That’s a strong kid who has all the tools to complete his game and kick some ass @ ww.
Condit was another guy who I was dissapointed with. If you’re getting you ass kicked on your feet then take it to the ground where you clearly have the advantage dude! He can certainly take a punch though! I’m glad he won because i know he’s better than how he looked last night. We can’t always have a perfect fight.
Guillard vs Diaz
This fight was a joke and I dont see either fighter accomplishing anything relevant in the lw division. I admit I gave guillard too much credit before the fight and I honestly believed he had the potential to be dangerous but I was clearly wrong. He basically danced around with nate and then said “here dude take my head and choke me out”.
No personal attacks. – Justin
Nate Quarry vs Tim Creudeur was a super sick fight that i feel is a canidate for fight of the year. Both guys just displayed awesome heart and a true warrior’s spirit. Man this fight was non stop action and both guys deserve a great amount of respect.
Gray Maynard did not impress me at all. He had trouble against a rusty 13 month layoff Huerta. AND all you Chronicals Of Maynardia fans OVER_RATE the he11 out of Maynard. Once Maynard realized that he could not keep up with Huerta’s striking which rocked Maynard a few times, Maynard did what all wrestlers do when they realize they can’t strike and that’s take the fight to the ground. Huerta did really well for such a long layoff but couldn’t pull it off. Maynard didn’t impress me at all, the dude is a decent fighter but not even close to what all his fans make him out to be, the dude has a lot of work to do if he is to ever compete for a title shot because the way he looked last night someone like Diego Sanchez and BJ Penn would destroy him.
Melvin Guillard messed up bad, he looked like he wasn;t taking the fight serious and didn;t realy do much. Nate Diaz wasn;t any better, i hiope that Guillard learns his lesson next time because this has ahppened to him too many times for him not be careful.
Ae=wesome fights though.
-carls dude i got my Jardine Avatar like you requested….i’m a man of my word you won the bet so i’ll have this avatar for 2 weeks. :)
oh come on mk4, You talk up huerta so much before the fight but then when maynard loses all of a sudden you critize maynard saying that he had trouble against a rusty 13 month layoff Huerta…what happened to your great roger huerta having so much heart that he would overwelm maynard……and the strikes when you say rocked maynard i disagree completly, i actually agree with what josh gross said on sherdog which was that huertas strike where more annoying than devastating……..and are you kidding me maynard didnt impress you…he beat imo the best huerta wheve ever seen…not only that but almost submited him…not bad for someone i believe everyone even you said had “no submission skills at all”…not only that but he changed up his gameplan in round two to addapt to huerta’s fighting style and starting cathcing him with his timing and then came out round 3 and dominated him the whole round standing and on the ground
so people may say maynard didnt show any reason of how he can beat bj penn….and with that I say i totally disagree because really guys huerta is different than bj……huerta is a larger fighter and a way better wrestler….I think given a while to train for the winner maybe can easily put up the best fight against bj…..and if diego does somehow beat bj…thenmaynard will easily dominate him with his wrestling….. I MEAN COME ON MK4…..DIEGO GOT DOMINATED ON THE GROUND BY CLAY GUIDA WHO IS A LESSER GRAY MAYNARD IN EVERY AREA OF THE GAME………….GRAY WOULD BULLY DIEGO EASILY THE FACT THAT YOU THINK DIEGO WOULD DESTROY HIM IS RIDICULOUS…..DIEGO SHOULD MORE WEAKNESS AGAINST GUIDA THAN STRENGTH …..HE SHOWED THAT HE CAN STILL BE DOMINATED EASILY BY WRESTLERS…GRAY > DIEGO ANYTIME, ANY PLACE…..I REALLY JUST THINK YOUR BEING A SORE LOSER MK4 SO YOUR TRYING TO BAD MOUTH MAYNARD AND MAKE HIS WIN SEEM LESS EXTRAVIGANT, ONLY SO YOU DONT HAVE TO ADMIT YOU WHERE WRONG…MAYNARD CLEARLY WON ROUNDS 2 & 3 AGAINST HUERTA COMING RIGHT AT HIM THE WHOLE FIGHT SOMETHING EVEN KENNY FLORIAN COULDNT DO….KENNY USED MACHIDAS STYLE OF FIGHTING TO BEAT HUERTA MAYNARD HAD THE BALLS TO GO HEADS TO HEAD WITH HUERTA AND WON THE FIGHT …GET OVER IT MK4 YOU WHERE WRONG AND THE MAYNARDIANS WHERE RIGHT …YOU LOSE THIS TIME!
Wow. Did you mean to sound like a petulant child, angry over his spilled milk there?
gunsliger,
dude not to contradict myself but here it is in more detail,
i think Maynard has a world of potential and HAS improved his striking BUT based on what you and carls made him seem like he didn’t live up the hype you guys built for him.
I like Maynard even though i was rooting for Huerta, Maynard won and that’s that i will not hate on his win because the dude is undefeated. I honestly still don’t see what you guys see when you talk about Maynard.
I will not hate on Maynard because he is very talented and a class act dude, BUT come on Gun, Huerta’s whole arm was gonna break, Maynard had him locked in a Kymoura(don’t know if i spelled that right) and Huerta DID NOT TAP,THAT’S ALL HEART DUDE so why are you hating? AND that was NOT the BEST Huerta ever are you kidding me?
Gunslinger-although I disagree with your post,it makes me think that maybe Maynard vs Guida might be an interesting fight.
Seriosly wah wah, I dont think guida dominated diego on the ground at all since the carpenter was getting cut with elbows the entire time. By all means good job by maynard, but i was kind of hoping huerta would win by maynard knocking himself out with his own slam. Huerta looked a little skinnier than his last couple of fights and it looked like he had no power. Still props to gray for standing up for a change.
lol
I gotta say, Gun said most of what I was thinking. Im a big Huerta and Maynard fan, so I wasn’t sure who I was going for. I finally chose Maynard cause he’s undefeated and such. I did however realize that Maynard will have a TOUGH fight when he fights BJ (and yes, I do think he is next in line.) He looked sharp against Huerta but not as imppressive as i’ve seen him before. Huerta pressured him well and landed good strikes that would of hurt lesser opponents.
Diego and Guida…Ditto on what Gun said.
dude guillard was saying he wanted a top 5 contender in lw…
all i have to say is have fun spending the rest of your career on the prelim card.
yoyoma,
dude did you have something to say about me since justin censored you for a personal attack? I’d love to hear it!