“Ultimate Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer” is going down in Omaha as wespeak. But since it’s airing on tape-delay in most of the country,there might be some spoilers after the jump; feel free to come backwhen it’s 8 p.m. in your time zone. And please leave plenty o’commentsnow that leaving comments on this site isn’t such a pain in the ass.Click the “More” link when you’re mentally prepared, and refresh thepage every few minutes to get all the latest from the Omaha CivicCenter.

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We open with a black and white shot of Evan Tanner, former UFCchampion, with the tribute “You’ll be missed.” Keep him in mind tonight…

Some misguided fan proudly displays a “Dana White for President” sign, while — holy shit Joe Rogan hasn’t shaved in like 12 days!

Hometown boy of all hometown boys Houston Alexander is up first.Time to represent Omaha’s vibrant local ass-beating scene. Eric Schaferwill be playing the role of bad guy.

At 8:12, Bruce Buffer finally tells us that we are live. Schafer is booed hard right off the bat, obviously.

Round 1: Houston clinches at his first opportunity and slamstwo big knees into Schafer’s face. They scramble to the ground, butAlexander wisely gets up when the finish doesn’t present itself.Schafer rushes in to clinch against the fence, and Houston reverseshim. Schafer shoots again, and Alexander stuffs and clinches. They boththrow knees and Houston separates. Schafer again with the takedownattempt and he gets it. Schafer passes to side control. Houston rollsout and Schafer tries for a guillotine. Houston escapes but Schafergets the mount and starts throwing punches. Big elbows from Schafer.Alexander gives up his back briefly, then jerks around frantically toavoid blows. Schafer locks on an arm-triangle from the top and Houstontaps with 9 seconds left. NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Houston sucks on an oxygen mask. He, and the fans in attendance, arestunned. Joe Rogan asks Schafer to take us through the Star Wars: TheForce Unleashed Replay. Ouch. Schafer dedicates his performance to EvanTanner and they still boo him.

Ed Herman vs. Alan Belcher
Belcher is booed just because the fans are still pissed and need to booat somebody. They dig Ed Herman, though. And Dan Miragliotta is back.
Round 1: Ed Herman tries for a takedown after getting his eyegrazed by Belcher’s fingers. They clinch against the cage and areseparated by Big Dan. Belcher’s striking is looking sharp early; he’slanding some nice leg and body kicks. Herman’s got nothin’ yet. Belcherlands a hard leg kick, and Herman grabs it and hauls him against thefence. Belcher reverses and starts throwing knees. Big Dan separatesthem again, a bit too early this time. Herman lands a solid right, butBelcher grabs him and works his clinch again. Herman scores a takedownand piles Herman against the fence, looking for a darce choke. Belchergets up and Herman bulls him back to the ground, looking for anothersubmission. Belcher gets up as the round ends.

Round 2: Belcher’s lip is bloodied. He sticks Herman with asharp jab, then throws it again. Herman lands a couple punches of hisown. Herman rushes in with a hook to the body and an elbow to the face.Belcher nails Herman with a nasty overhand right and clinches with himagainst the cage. They break. Herman looks a bit slowed down now.Belcher with a hard leg kick, then a body kick that’s caught. Hermantakes Belcher down and works some short strikes from the top. Belchertries to push Herman off, but Herman sticks on him. Belcher climbs tohis feet. Belcher takes his eyes off Herman to draw him in then lands asuperman punch. The bell rings as he loads up another one.

Round 3: Herman shoots and is stuffed. Belcher lands a cleanright hand. Herman lands one of his own. Belcher popping the jab, thenlands a body kick while his corner screams “no kicks Alan!” Hermanclinches and they’re separated before anyone can get hurt. Goodstraight right from Belcher. Then a spinning backfist that grazesHerman, who responds by shooting. He clinches Belcher against the fencethen gets the takedown and falls into half-guard. Herman nearly trapsBelcher’s arm with his knee. Belcher gets to his feet, then throws ahead kick and a right hook. Herman scores another takedown and gets themount. Belcher nearly rolls into a rear-naked choke. Herman throws somefists into Belcher’s face from the top as the fight comes to an end.Very close fight. Will the judges give it to Belcher’s striking orHerman’s takedowns?

The scores: 29-28 Belcher, 29-28 Herman, 29-28 Belcher. The Talent gets the split. Happy birthday Alan’s mom.

Apparently, on the season premiere of Manswers (11 p.m. on Spike), they’re going to tell you what the #1 sex injury in America is. Pulled groin, maybe?

Mac Danzig vs. Clay Guida
Round 1: Danzig rushes in with a punch combo but doesn’t land.Danzig with a head kick; he wants to come out as the aggressor. Guidalands two leg kicks. Danzig misses a kick and almost gets taken down.Danzig clinches with Guida against the cage. They separate, and Danzigpops him with a punch, then a body kick. Danzig rushes forward withmore punches and a kick but Guida grabs him and takes him down. Theyscramble and Danzig almost sets up a kimura. Danzig gets up, escapingdamage on the ground. Danzig picks Guida up and slams him hard. Danzigthinking about a guillotine from the bottom. Danzig gets up, getsslammed again. This aint looking good. Danzig looks for a gogoplata fora second. Guida slugging the body and head on the ground. Danzig triesto get to his feet again and the bell rings.

Round 2: Guida with a sharp leg kick. Then a body kick.Danzig leaps in with a front kick to the face, but Guida punches himback and takes him down. As before, Danzig has no problem getting up.Now it’s Guidsa rushing in with punches. Guida shoots and pulls Danzigdown against the fence. Danzig gets to his feet and lands a right hand.Guida with another takedown, and Danzig’s out quickly. Danzig tries toshoot and throws a knee in the clinch. Guida takes Danzig’s back andgets a takedown. Guida nearly gets an arm in for a rear-naked choke.And the bell. Guida is dominating. Danzig needs to wake up and makesomething happen.

Round 3: Danzig gets a punch combo, but Guida shoots andpushes him against the fence. Danzig gets an arm around Guida’s neck,but loses it. Danzig lands some punches in the clinch, then he shoots,takes Guida down and grabs his arm. Guida escapes and goes back tobulling him against the cage. Danzig is sucking air. Guida takesDanzig’s back and hangs on tight. Guida takes Danzig down and gets ontop, but Danzig gets up. Guida seems happy just to clinch out theround. He takes Danzig down yet again and punches caveman-style as theround ends. Should be a unanimous decision for Guida.

During the fight, Mike mentioned that The Ultimate Fighter 9 will be U.S. vs. U.K.

30-27, and 29-28 twice, all for Clay Guida. Yep. Dude hugged Danzig to death.

Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer
Joe Rogan says that Josh Neer has had over 100 amateur fights. But thatcounts bare-knuckle backyard boxing. And kickboxing smokers. And flagfootball games. Neer comes out to a seriously fruity-ass homo-rockballad. No offense. Nate Diaz punches himself in the face repeatedly ashe walks out to the cage. Brother Nick, as always, got his back. Natewarms up in the cage by throwing air-haymakers. A sign of things tocome? Fowlkes writes: “Word is Arianny is working through the flutonight. What a trooper.”

Round 1: Neer gets a leg kick in right away, throws somepunches and clinches. He quickly takes Diaz down and looks for a darcechoke. He switches to a guillotine but gives it up. Diaz tries to getup and Neer stuffs him back down. Diaz gets up again and Neer sticks onhis back. Diaz reverses and tries for his own takedown. They’re upafter a brief ground scramble. Diaz throwing punches in bunches, withNeer’s back against the fence. The momentum seems to have turned inNate’s favor. Nate gets a huge judo throw and slams Neer on his back.Diaz goes to half guard and slugs Neer in the face. Then again from astanding position. Diaz dives back in, fakes the kneebar and takesNeer’s back looking for a choke. Neer spins out as the bell rings.

Round 2: Nate throwing hands to start the frame. Neer scoopshim up and puts him on the ground. Diaz pops up and takes Neer down.Neer gets in a stiff upkick. Diaz is lured back down and Neer brieflythreatens Diaz’s arm. Good upkick to the body from Neer, who then getsup and takes Diaz down. Neer takes Diaz’s back, looking for the choke.Diaz pops out, scrambles, and almost sets up a triangle. Diaz tryingfor an armbar, and Neer gets to his feet. Diaz shoots for Neer’s legs,pulls him back down. Neer dives in with an axe kick and an elbow. Diazgets back to his feet, throwing strikes in the clinch. Somewhere, ahorn sounds.

Round 3: Diaz comes out swinging. Neer lands a push kick.Diaz goes for the takedown, but Neer takes his back. Diaz reverses andtakes Neer down. Neer lands a sharp elbow from the bottom. Diazsmothers Neer when he gets up and winds up on Neer’s back. Diaz movesto the mount but Neer gets out of it and kicks Diaz off of him. Neerhas done a great job of avoiding damage on his back. Neer tries for thearmbar but Neer gets up and grabs onto Diaz’s arm. Diaz with anotherjudo toss in the last ten seconds and he finishes the round throwingdown punches.

The scores for the main event: 29-28 Neer, 29-28 Diaz, and 29-28 Diaz. This split decision
Nate Diaz’s “motherfucker” is bleeped in the post-fight interview, butthey miss his “shit.” While giving Neer his props, Diaz says somethingabout how jiu-jitsu black belts need to learn how to box, then says“some people” need to stop being bitches and fight his brother. Come onNate, secrets are no fun!

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