Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley April 9th, 2011 Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA Showtime (10.00pm EST) Main Card Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz (c) vs. Paul Daley Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Keith Jardine Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm Preliminary Card Featherweight bout: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Robert Peralta Heavyweight bout: Brett Albee vs. Virgil Zwicker Lightweight bout: Joe Duarte vs. Saad Awad Welterweight bout: Herman Terrado vs. AJ Matthews Featherweight bout: Rolando Perez vs. Edgar Cardenas Middleweight bout: Casey Ryan vs. Paul Song
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) wow, this looks like it could be a sick card, it's already pretty damn good.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) DFW told Ariel Helwani that Paul Daley has a contract and it would be smart for him to honour it. However it seems Daley is intent on dicktucking a second time to avoid Nick Diaz.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Three weeks away and still only four fights announced. Business as usual at Strikeforce--truth.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) [video=youtube;cmJPnMBzuPQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmJPnMBzuPQ[/video]
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Dunno why Strikeforce took the other one down... [video=youtube;VnaTOXhjwP4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnaTOXhjwP4[/video]
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Mike Kyle broke his hand in training. Strikeforce scrambling for a replacement fighter. You would think they'd have a few guys on call in case of something like this, right?
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Rumour had Cheick Kongo stepping in but now that is getting shot down.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Keith "Suicide by MMA" Jardine will replace Mike Kyle vs. Gegard Mousasi. Nice knowing you, Keith.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Good Lord, I hope they're bringing out a gurney to the cage with Keith.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) It's Tuesday and the fight card is already finalized. In fact I think it was finalized last week. Pretty good for Strikeforce. Usually we don't know all the fights until the weigh-ins. Paul Daley's going to get boxed up and tapped; can't wait to see it.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Name-dropper Franklin McNeill has picked Jardine to beat Mousasi. Stranger things have happened but Jardine (4-7 since 2007) beating Mousasi (15-1 in same time period, plus two wins in K-1) would be a MASSIVE upset. BetUS has Mousasi as a conservative 4-to-1 favourite. I would have stretched out the line more than that but I'm not an oddsmaker.
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Main Card Nick Diaz (169.8) vs. Paul Daley (169.5) Gilbert Melendez (154.8) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (154.2) Gegard Mousasi (205.5) vs. Keith Jardine (205) Shinya Aoki (155) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (155.5) Preliminary Card Hiroyuki Takaya (144.5) vs. Robert Peralta (144.5) Brett Albee (218.5) vs. Virgil Zwicker (222.5) Joe Duarte (155.5) vs. Saad Awad (155.5) Herman Terrado (170.5) vs. AJ Matthews (171) Rolando Perez (140) vs. Edgar Cardenas (139) Casey Ryan (185) vs. Paul Song (184.4)
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) [video=youtube;CUPfQT4Dty0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUPfQT4Dty0[/video]
Re: Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (Apr. 9th) Two things I am hoping for, that I remember to watch this thing tonight, and that Shinya Aoki fucks up fancy pants.