Filed under: Strikeforce
On Saturday night, Strikeforce embarks upon its first major event since the Zuffa purchase, and there are no shortage of questions, predictions and observations to mull over as we wait to see what we’re in for. Without further delay…
I. If Nick Diaz wins, he could be the solution to the UFC’s GSP problem. And by problem, I mean the good kind, the kind that comes when you have a champion who is too dominant, and for whom there are never enough credible challengers. Not to look past Jake Shields (okay, I’m kind of looking past Jake Shields), but Diaz has the skills and the personality (in his own way) to make the welterweight division look like it still has a mountain or two left for the champ to climb — if he’s not already set on blowing up to middleweight and challenging Anderson Silva, which sounds like a bad deal from the start. But first, Diaz has to get past Paul Daley. Then he has to ‘play the game’ to Dana White’s satisfaction, which mostly means refraining from non-sanctioned combat on live TV or in hospital hallways. It doesn’t sound so difficult when you phrase it like that, and yet…