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Post subject: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:00 am |
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. The event is expected to take place on April 9, 2011 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.
Official Fight Card
Main Card
* Welterweight Championship bout: United States Nick Diaz (c) vs. England Paul Daley * Lightweight Championship bout: United States Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri * Light Heavyweight bout: Netherlands Gegard Mousasi vs. United States Keith Jardine * Lightweight bout: Japan Shinya Aoki vs. United States Lyle Beerbohm
Preliminary Card
* Featherweight bout: Japan Hiroyuki Takaya vs. United States Robert Peralta * Heavyweight bout: United States Brett Albee vs. United States Virgil Zwicker * Lightweight bout: Guam Joe Duarte vs. United States Saad Awad * Welterweight bout: United States Herman Terrado vs. United States AJ Matthews * Featherweight bout: United States Rolando Perez vs. United States Edgar Cardenas * Middleweight bout: United States Casey Ryan vs. United States Paul Song
Background
This will be the first "Arena Series" event under Zuffa management.
This event was originally expected to feature Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers, the two remaining quarter-final fights in the Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament. Both the event and the fights were listed on Strikeforce's official site. However, on March 2, 2011, Scott Coker confirmed the bouts were being moved to the Strikeforce event to be held in Dallas, Texas on June 18th.
KJ Noons was expected to make his return to lightweight on this card. However, a bout did not materialize.
Mike Kyle was scheduled to face Gegard Mousasi. However, on March 31, 2011, it was announced Kyle had to withdraw from the bout due to a broken hand. Keith Jardine has agreed to step in on one week's notice to fight Mousasi.
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Favorite Fighters: Alistair Overeem, Kenny Florian, KJ Noons, Miguel Torres, Brian Stann, Donald Cerrone, Carlos Condit, Shane Carwin.
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:01 am |
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Should be 2 great title fights can't wait.
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Favorite Fighters: Alistair Overeem, Kenny Florian, KJ Noons, Miguel Torres, Brian Stann, Donald Cerrone, Carlos Condit, Shane Carwin.
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:47 am |
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Diaz, Daley, Aoki, Mousasi... some hot names on this card already. Yeah it's shaping up nicely! 
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:38 am |
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Event poster added to first post.
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:28 am |
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agreed... this is looking like it will be an awesome night of fights... 
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:17 am |
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updated.
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Favorite Fighters: Alistair Overeem, Kenny Florian, KJ Noons, Miguel Torres, Brian Stann, Donald Cerrone, Carlos Condit, Shane Carwin.
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:06 pm |
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DREAM just released a promo for Aoki/Kawajiri/Takaya. It's really sad and a bit haunting. They're trying to make the best of a bad situation. Everyone should see it:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcdo8uswKgY[/youtube]
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:08 pm |
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Japan promos are always sick.
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Favorite Fighters: Alistair Overeem, Kenny Florian, KJ Noons, Miguel Torres, Brian Stann, Donald Cerrone, Carlos Condit, Shane Carwin.
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Post subject: Re: [Event] Strikeforce - Diaz vs Daley - April 9 Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:52 pm |
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Updated the fightcard. Seems finalized now.
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