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Nate Diaz sets CompuStrike record

Nate Diaz put on quite possibly the best performance of his career last night at UFC 141, defeating Donald Cerrone…

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Chris Palmquist
December 31, 2011 · 1 min read

Nate Diaz put on quite possibly the best performance of his career last night at UFC 141, defeating Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision after three rounds thanks to relentless, laser-like striking, accurate enough to set a CompuStrike record for a three round mixed martial arts fight.

Diaz landed an astounding 82 percent of his strikes, connecting on 258 out of 314 punches. After plenty of pre-fight trash talk from both competitors, the fight, unsurprisingly, never hit the ground.

By contrast, Cerrone — who is one of the better strikers in the UFC lightweight division and who possesses a kickboxing record of 28-0-1 — only landed 33 percent of his strikes as he landed only 66 out of 200 attempted strikes.

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