Author: John Morgan [kingofabuelos]

At 46 years old, multiple-time UFC champion Randy Couture is used to answering questions about his age. How could he
not be? It comes up every time he fights.

But with Couture set to face the “equally experienced” 45-year-old Mark
Coleman, could this be the one time Couture can
dodge the questions? Hardly.

“There’s almost 100 years between us,” Couture recently told
MMAjunkie.com. “I’m sure one of the old-age
factions out there is going to get behind this fight. Maybe the Depends group. My buddies here say we should move it to Caesar’s and call it
the ‘Geezers at Caesar’s.’

For as much praise as new Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz
(21-7 MMA, 3-0 SF) receives for his grappling prowess, it’s his
voluminous striking attack that has led to his most recent surge in
popularity.

Never was that more evident than in this past Saturday’s “Strikeforce:
Miami” main event, where Diaz defeated DREAM champ and vaunted striker
Marius Zaromskis at his own game.

Now the question for Diaz becomes, “What’s next?” And the scrappy Californian isn’t afraid to ask for the best.

“Strikeforce: Miami” is in the books, and the action-packed evening was the source of many discussion topics.

Are Bobby Lashley and Herschel Walker legitimate mixed martial artists?
What’s next for the biggest star in women’s mixed martial arts? Is
Strikeforce emerging as a legitimate contender for the UFC’s crown?

This week’s edition of The Sunday Junkie, MMAjunkie.com’s weekly
reader-feedback feature, touched on all of these topics and more, but
the winning entry, from Andrew “vice” Walter, argued that new welterweight
champion Nick Diaz is rapidly establishing himself as one of the sport’s most complete fighters.

SUNRISE, Fla. – So much for the headkick.

Despite the fearsome striking attack that Lithuanian slugger Marius Zaromskis brought to the cage with submission ace Nick Diaz,
it was the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu product that utilized a stand-up
strategy en route to capturing Strikeforce’s vacant welterweight title.

The bout capped off an action-packed night of fights at
Saturday night’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event at the BankAtlantic Center
in Sunrise, Fla. 
The main card aired on Showtime.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Strikeforce welterweight Jay Hieron may have (once
again) earned his shot at a 170-pound title fight, but he hardly
impressed en route to booking his appointment.

Hieron earned a rather one-sided unanimous-decision win over
fellow contender Joe Riggs in a 15-minute affair that did little to
excite the fans in attendance.

The bout served as the featured preliminary card fight of
Saturday night’s “Strikeforce: Miami” event at the BankAtlantic Center
in Sunrise, Fla., which preceded the night’s Showtime-broadcast main
card.

UFC lightweight Dan Lauzon (12-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) will try for a third time to earn his first victory in the UFC.

And he’ll do it in a familiar location.

Lauzon today announced via Twitter that he’ll fight on May 29 in Las
Vegas – the same city in which he’s fought for the UFC twice before –
at an as yet unannounced event that is expected to be titled UFC 114.