(Photo courtesy of Esther Lin for Strikeforce)
British welterweight Paul “Semtex” Daley slugged it out with Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz Saturday night in the evenings main event. Daley came up short losing with just seconds left on the clock as the referee stepped in to stop the fight.
“Semtex” posted this notice on his Facebook page […]
(Photo courtesy of Esther Lin for Strikeforce)
British welterweight Paul “Semtex” Daley slugged it out with Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz Saturday night in the evenings main event. Daley came up short losing with just seconds left on the clock as the referee stepped in to stop the fight.
“Semtex” posted this notice on his Facebook page after the bout expressing his disappointment at the defeat, saying that the stoppage was too early.
Is in good health. Some u win, some u lose. A little frustrating, I made mistakes I told myself I wouldn’t do. A little to rushed. Think the stoppage was early, especially with so little time left in the round. Now some timw off, a few holidays and some downtime. See what’s next. Team Semtex all day. Love u all….still, including the… HATERS. Mwah. www.semtex.tv
UFC President Dana White was in San Diego attending Saturday nights Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley event, going so far as to sport a Strikeforce t-shirt. White paused for this photo with Heavyweight Grand Prix fighter Fabricio Werdum and Kings MMA trainer Rafael Cordeiro.
White seemed pretty impressed with the San Diego event posting this message […]
UFC President Dana White was in San Diego attending Saturday nights Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley event, going so far as to sport a Strikeforce t-shirt. White paused for this photo with Heavyweight Grand Prix fighter Fabricio Werdum and Kings MMA trainer Rafael Cordeiro.
White seemed pretty impressed with the San Diego event posting this message on Twitter (@danawhite)
Video and images from Friday afternoon’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley weigh-ins at the Crown Plaza hotel in San Diego, California.
If you’ve watched video from UFC weigh-ins before, you’ll see the hand of Zuffa at this press conference also. Several familiar faces can be seen floating around, including former WEC exec Reed Harris, who now […]
Video and images from Friday afternoon’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley weigh-ins at the Crown Plaza hotel in San Diego, California.
If you’ve watched video from UFC weigh-ins before, you’ll see the hand of Zuffa at this press conference also. Several familiar faces can be seen floating around, including former WEC exec Reed Harris, who now works for the UFC.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Antônio Rodrigo “Big Nog” Nogueira says fellow Black House teammate Anderson “The Spider” Silva (28-4) will meet Japanese fighter Yushin “Thunder” Okami (26-5) at the upcoming UFC Rio event in August.
Nogueira spoke with Tatame.com about the potential title fight recently.
The upcoming event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil marks the UFC’s first […]
Former UFC heavyweight champion Antônio Rodrigo “Big Nog” Nogueira says fellow Black House teammate Anderson “The Spider” Silva (28-4) will meet Japanese fighter Yushin “Thunder” Okami (26-5) at the upcoming UFC Rio event in August.
Nogueira spoke with Tatame.com about the potential title fight recently.
The upcoming event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil marks the UFC’s first visit since 1998 when the promotion ran UFC Ultimate Brazil in São Paulo. UFC: Rio does not have an official name but is expected to take place on August 27 at the HSBC Arena and should feature a stacked card of Brazilian fighters.
Both men have met once before back in January 2006 at a Rumble on the Rock 8 event in Honolulu, Hawaii. The bout ended in a disqualification loss for Silva, the last loss on his record, after he delivered an illegal upkick to Okami in the first round. The kick left “Thunder” unconscious and unable to continue the bout. Now both men will earn a second chance to finish what they started over five years ago.
Here is a GIF of that upckick by Silva on Okami.
Silva will look to extend his record of title defenses to nine when he meets Okami and his current win streak to fifteen. He is coming off an eight title defense last February after knocking out fellow Brazilian Vitor Belfort in the first round with a front kick at UFC 126. Silva earned the “Knockout of the Night” bonus for that victory, his second set of bonuses after being awarded the “Fight of the Night” and Submission of the Night” bonuses after submitting Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 in August of 2010.
Okami has won his last three fights, including six of seven bouts. He’s fought three times for #1 contender status and only walked away victorious once, that being his last bout against Nate Marquardt. He earned a unanimous decision over “The Great” at UFC 122, while losing decisions to Chael Sonnen at UFC 104, and to Rich Franklin at UFC 72 in title eliminator matches. “Thunder’s” previous two victories before his win over Marquardt include a split decision win over Mark Munoz at UFC on Versus 2, and a TKO victory against Lucio Linhares at UFC Fight Night 21.
Strikeforce fighters Fedor Emelianenko and Gegard Mousasi dropped by Bert Kops gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands to do some wrestling with the legendary trainer. To checkout the full gallery of photos visit MixFight.nl.
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Strikeforce fighters Fedor Emelianenko and Gegard Mousasi dropped by Bert Kops gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands to do some wrestling with the legendary trainer. To checkout the full gallery of photos visit MixFight.nl.
