UFC Fight Night 19: Nate Quarry Edges Tim Credeur With Big Right Hands

Middleweight “Rock” Nathan Quarry (12-3) won a three-round decision over “Crazy” Timothy Credeur (12-2) by judges’ scores of 29-28 twice and a ridiculous 29-27 at UFC Fight Night 19 in Oklahoma City Wednesday night.

After the victory, Quarry described his strategy as, “Simple.  Go and fight!”

But, after a tentative kickoff for both fighters, it was Credeur who landed several right body kicks and dodged most of Quarry’s jabs and straights to Credeur’s body.  Late in the round, Credeur staggered and finally dropped Quarry with a straight left,

Credeur said, “A lot of people call me a jiu-jitsu guy and I wanted to come out here and show I’m a lot more than that.”

Credeur hopped on Quarry’s back and sank a rear naked choke after the knock down, but Quarry rolled to full guard, bloody dripping from his nose.  Credeur obviously won the first round.

Again, Credeur batted Quarry around with a pair of hooks to begin round two, but ran smack-dab into a Quarry right hand as Quarry retreated.  Quarry cranked right hands from top position, but Credeur’s active guard blunted much of Quarry’s power and limited the damage done.

In the third, Credeur backed Quarry up with a straight right and left body kick, but Quarry jawed Credeur with a right hook.  Quarry had his right hand dialed in the entire final round, but Credeur walked through several flush shots.  Finally, Credeur pulled guard to avoid Quarry’s barrage, then rolled to an attempted heel hook.  But, Quarry rolled free to half mount and pummelled Credeur’s body.  Referee Herb Dean stood the fighters near the end of the round, but the exhausted warriors did little damage to each other in fight’s final moments.

After the loss was announced, Credeur promised, “‘Crazy’ Tim is coming back, baby!”