Filed under: StrikeforceThe first Strikeforce event of 2011 takes place on Friday in Tennessee, and it’s a Challengers card that has a good array of young talent and five fights on Showtime that should do a lot to identify some of the up-and-coming con…
The first Strikeforce event of 2011 takes place on Friday in Tennessee, and it’s a Challengers card that has a good array of young talent and five fights on Showtime that should do a lot to identify some of the up-and-coming contenders on the Strikeforce roster.
What: Strikeforce Nashville Challengers: Woodley vs Saffiedine
When: Friday, the Showtime broadcast begins at 11 PM ET
Filed under: StrikeforceStrikeforce will kick off its 2011 with a Strikeforce Challengers fight card on Jan. 7 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.
The event, to air live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET, will be headlined by two of Stri…
Strikeforce will kick off its 2011 with a Strikeforce Challengers fight card on Jan. 7 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.
The event, to air live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET, will be headlined by two of Strikeforce’s top welterweight prospects, Tyron Woodley (7-0) and Tarec Saffiedine (10-2).
Filed under: StrikeforceNick Diaz is one of Strikeforce’s most recognizable fighters, and he’s the unquestioned star of the welterweight division. But does Strikeforce have anyone to challenge him at 170 pounds?
Nick Diaz is one of Strikeforce’s most recognizable fighters, and he’s the unquestioned star of the welterweight division. But does Strikeforce have anyone to challenge him at 170 pounds?
That’s one of the big questions for Strikeforce in 2011. Some people think Diaz is one of the truly elite welterweights in all of MMA, while others think it’s impossible to say that because he hasn’t really been tested in Strikeforce. Actually, both might be right.
So can someone test Diaz in the next year? We take a look at the state of the Strikeforce welterweight division below.
Filed under: StrikeforceI can’t help but think that maybe, as a child, Nick Diaz saw one too many after-school specials about bullying and came away with the wrong message. Somehow, somewhere in the spooky corridors of his mind, the notion took route t…
I can’t help but think that maybe, as a child, Nick Diaz saw one too many after-school specials about bullying and came away with the wrong message. Somehow, somewhere in the spooky corridors of his mind, the notion took route that you can’t allow yourself to respect anyone until after you’ve beaten them in a fight.
For instance, look at the way he was immediately capable of acting like a civil human being to KJ Noons after winning Saturday night’s bout. The same was true when he fought Frank Shamrock. Before that fight he wouldn’t even shake Shamrock’s hand, opting instead to give him the finger when Frank offered (though in fairness, in certain parts of Stockton the bird is one of those all-purpose gestures).
My point is, if the only way Diaz can treat someone with the respect he’d like for himself is to beat them up, he should probably go ahead and get in the cage with Jason “Mayhem” Miller. This stuff about throwing water bottles at him in the hallway of the HP Pavillion and trying to fight him when neither of them is getting paid, that’s bush league stuff. Not only is it unprofessional, it’s financially unsound.
Filed under: StrikeforceThis is the Diaz vs. KJ Noons 2 live blog for Tyron Woodley vs. Andre Galvao, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce card from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Woodley has yet to lose in his MMA career, posting a 6-0 r…
Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsOne of the best prospects in mixed martial arts got one of his best victories on Saturday night in San Jose, as former NCAA All-American wrestler Tyron Woodley dominated Andre Galvao, winning an easy first-round TKO victor…
One of the best prospects in mixed martial arts got one of his best victories on Saturday night in San Jose, as former NCAA All-American wrestler Tyron Woodley dominated Andre Galvao, winning an easy first-round TKO victory.
Galvao went for an early takedown in the first round but Woodley made him pay for it, sprawling to avoid going down and landing several punches to the side of Galvao’s head. That’s pretty much all the fight consisted of: Galvao shooting for takedowns, Woodley hurting him with punches, and Galvao being unable to do anything about it until referee Josh Rosenthal stepped in and stopped it.