Nick Diaz, Cris Cyborg, and Hershel Walker Official for Jan 30th Strikeforce Event in Florida:
STRIKEFORCE: JANUARY 30, 2010
BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida
-Cris "Cyborg" Santos (8-1) vs. Marloes Coenen (17-3)
-Nick Diaz (20-7)
-Jay Hieron (18-4)
-Herschel Walker (0-0)
-K.J. Noons (7-2)
-Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro (20-3)
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its obvious that they just quickly photoshopped melendez and thompson in.
kinda looks lame now.. I liked the earlier one a lottttttt better.
by Anton Tabuena on Dec 4, 2009 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
Latest Herschel Walker Interview
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports-headlines/ci_13921669

“I wouldn’t have gotten into this if I didn’t know I could do it,” said Walker, a fifth-degree black belt in tae kwon do. “I can fight.”
Walker added that he doesn’t need more money or publicity. But he does need competition.
That’s why he now is spending his days sweating with other MMA fighters at San Jose’s American Kickboxing Academy, which has become a hub for the emerging sport. One grueling session this week saw him repeatedly punching and kicking a heavy bag, then grappling with rising heavyweight star Cain Velasquez, who is 20 years his junior.
Although there are hints of his age in his facial features, Walker looks just as athletic as when he was a workhorse running back who retired as the NFL’s No. 2 combined-yardage leader — right down to a sculpted physique featuring washboard abs.
“I understand why people would hear that he wants to fight and say, ‘Yeah, right,’ " said American
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Kickboxing Academy head trainer Javier Mendez. “But he’s not a 47-year-old man. He’s got the body of a 20-year-old. He’s absolutely ripped. He’s not normal. He’s one of a kind.”
I'd much rather see
Diaz/ Hieron for the WW strap. KJ is a natural LW, and there’s no way in hell Diaz could ever make 155. A catchweight fight makes no sense.
The time for a Diaz/ Noons rematch has past, it’s all but irrelevant now.
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by ElliotMatheny on Dec 4, 2009 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Looks like it could be another great card, but I hate how Strikeforce is announcing the fighters but not the fights until only a month before the show. Anyway make is Nick Diaz vs. Hieron for the WW belt and K.J. Noons vs. Vitor Ribeiro for the #1 contender and I’ll be happy.
And isn’t Marius Zaromskis and Evangelista Santos supposed to be on this card?
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by Anthony Pace on Dec 4, 2009 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
I am more excited to see...
Shaolin then Walker!!!!!!
Akiyama and Maia to WW!!
Badr Hari is about to win a GP this weekend!!
Front and center on the poster, his first fight coming on a regular Strikeforce card rather than a Challengers card, champions and other highly skilled martial artists taking a backseat to the neophyte with a big name.
Herschel is getting the Kimbo treatment.
I’m sure Nick & Jake are experiencing deja vu all over again.
by Steve4192 on Dec 4, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Hopefully Herschel in the center of those two very talented fighters, doesn't mean that he will headline..
that would be a slap on their faces. haha. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Dec 4, 2009 7:52 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Doubt it. The title of the event is Cyborg vs Coenen, I believe. Nick Diaz would most likely be the co-main event. This is just their prelim poster.
http://www.mmarising.com/news/2009/11/26/cyborg-vs-coenen-likely-to-headline-in-january/
Looks like they’re keeping Diaz away from Cali
by The Bronzeville Bully on Dec 5, 2009 8:04 AM EST reply actions




























