Strikeforce Live Blog: Herschel Walker vs. Scott Carson Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Herschel Walker vs. Scott Carson, a heavyweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Walker (1-0) made his MMA debut one year ago, stopping …

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SAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Herschel Walker vs. Scott Carson, a heavyweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Walker (1-0) made his MMA debut one year ago, stopping Greg Nagy with strikes in the third round. Carson (4-1) suffered a first-round KO loss last June.

The live blog is below.

Strikeforce Live Blog: Jacare Souza vs. Robbie Lawler Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Jacare Souza vs. Robbie Lawler, a middleweight championship bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Souza (13-2), who won the title by beating …

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SAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Jacare Souza vs. Robbie Lawler, a middleweight championship bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Souza (13-2), who won the title by beating Tim Kennedy, is making his first title defense. Lawler (20-6) last month scored a 50-second knockout over Matt Lindland.

The live blog is below.

Strikeforce Live Blog: Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista Cyborg Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista Cyborg Santos, a welterweight championship bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Diaz (23-7) is making his second S…

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SAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista Cyborg Santos, a welterweight championship bout on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

Diaz (23-7) is making his second Strikeforce title defense. Cyborg (18-13), 1-1 in Strikeforce, is coming off a TKO win over DREAM champion Marius Zaromskis.

The live blog is below.

At 48, Herschel Walker Says He’s ‘Still a Young Fighter, Still Getting Better’

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE, Calif. – Herschel Walker will never become an MMA champion. But as he showed at the HP Pavilion on Saturday night, he’s no pushover either.

The 48-year-old former NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner only neede…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Herschel Walker will never become an MMA champion. But as he showed at the HP Pavilion on Saturday night, he’s no pushover either.

The 48-year-old former NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner only needed a kick in the face to get his motor started against an unheralded, hand-picked opponent. Then the man who’s been everything from an Olympic bobsledder to a would-be track star rolled right over the unknown Scott Carson (4-2) at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.

“I’m still a young fighter, still getting better,” Walker said in the post-fight press conference. “Scott is young too, so it ain’t like I did anything special. One thing I want to do is get back into AKA, get back into training, and just see where it goes from there.”

Nick Diaz’s Willingness to Brawl Is Fun, but Is It Smart?

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE, Calif. — Nick Diaz doesn’t like getting hit in the face, he says. It’s dangerous. It’s painful. And when done by a guy like Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos, it’s just not much fun.

That’s why it’s a little surprising, af…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nick Diaz doesn’t like getting hit in the face, he says. It’s dangerous. It’s painful. And when done by a guy like Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos, it’s just not much fun.

That’s why it’s a little surprising, after seeing how easily he dispatched of Santos once the fight hit the mat, that he’s willing to do it so often.

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg Undercard Live Blog: Moore-Coy, Stack-Hill, More

Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for all the untelevised preliminary bouts on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

A total of nine bouts are scheduled for the undercard.

The live blog …

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SAN JOSE – This is the Strikeforce live blog for all the untelevised preliminary bouts on tonight’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg event from the HP Pavilion.

A total of nine bouts are scheduled for the undercard.

The live blog is below.