Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Easily one of the best fights of the year. One of the best rounds I've ever seen. That was phenomenal.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Diaz put it on Daley with a combination of punches at the end. Daley thew Diaz off and then fell over like a drunk.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Today Dana White said Nick Diaz could be one of the biggest names in MMA, making million like the UFC stars, if he would act more professional and stop being angry at everyone all the time. Personally I like Nick being Nick.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Stand up war? Nick Diaz wins the striking 61% to 47%. Paul Daley unsuccessfully attempts two take-downs, Diaz attempts none.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Melendez and Diaz looked awesome tonight. That camp is doing a great, great job. Got to think Jake Shields will be completely ready for GSP.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Commentators joking about UFC vs. Strikeforce fights. Thought there might be a Hendo vs. Fedor announcement but no bones.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Great show. Slick submission by Aoki, big knockouts for Melendez and Diaz, and a hard fought battle between Jardine and Mousasi. And it all went down in just 100 minutes.
OFFICIAL MAIN CARD RESULTS Champ Nick Diaz def. Paul Daley via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 4:57 - to retain Strikeforce welterweight title Champ Gilbert Melendez def. Tatsuya Kawajiri via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 3:14 - to retain Strikeforce lightweight title Gegard Mousasi and Keith Jardine fight to a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28) Shinya Aoki def. Lyle Beerbohm via submission (neck crank) - Round 1, 1:32 OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS Robert Peralta def. Hiroyuki Takaya via split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29) Virgil Swicker def. Brett Albee via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:46 Joe Duarte def. Saad Awad via submission (armbar) - Round 2, 2:45 Herman Terrado de. A.J. Matthews via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:16 Rolando Perez def. Edgar Cardenas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Casey Ryan def. Paul Song via submission (triangle choke) - Round 1, 1:39
Cesar Gracie has definitely got shit on lock, I still think Shields gets embarrassed though. I don't think Diaz will make the jump to UFC 170 anytime soon, Shields is in that division and his bro is also in that division, he'd have other options but I can see him flipping out if DFW puts the pressure on him to fight one of those guys.
Yeah Diaz is making good money, 150k per fight, and is a champ--why move? The only reason would be to fight GSP.
I thought that was so weird when it was happening during the fight. Daley was good enough to push Diaz away and then the next second he was on the ground.