Nice win for Diaz. Gray really needs to work his submission defense. If he wasn't significantly stronger than Nate, that fight would've ended by armbar or kimura in the first minute. There was submission after submission available, but Nate wasn't strong enough to pull it off. He's going to have the same problem with Manny, who is just as stout as Gray. I really wish we could've seen Gray/Manny and Diaz/Lauzon. Hindsight is always 20/20, but those are the matchups I would've liked to have seen. But, I'm sure Dana was planning (hoping) on a Diaz/Lauzon final. It sucked watching Manny LnP himself to victory. I really hope Diaz can pull it off and beat Manny or we're going to have another "wet blanket" TUF champ.
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