Cageside Seats rounds up pre-fight interviews for this weekend's Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley event, which features Nick Diaz defending the Strikeforce welterweight title against the heavy handed Paul Daley. See what some of the biggest names on the card had to say about their upcoming fight!
Dream Featherweight Champion Hiroyuki "Streetfight Bancho" Takaya will indeed participate in the April 9th Strikeforce event, reports Nightmare of Battle this morning. He will be taking on Robert Peralta, a local San Diego fighter with a 13-3 career record who has mostly fought in the Gladiator Challenge promotion. He is on a 6 fight winning streak. Takaya (15-8-1) won the Dream FW title by winning a decision over Bibiano Fernandes at the Dynamite show on New Years Eve. He is joining fellow top Japanese fighters Shinya Aoki and Tatsuya Kawajiri on the card.
A review of some more of the best MMA techniques of 2010.
Fans of big-time lightweight action are in the midst of a delightful August. In just two days at UFC 118, #1 Frank Edgar will rematch #2 B.J. Penn. It's a rematch of their controversial first bout at UFC 112 when Edgar stole the title in a close decision.
Lesnar vs. Carwin in Natural Born Comics by manabelldo Lots more on his blog, including Aoki/Kawajiri and Akiyama/Leben. (At the bottom of each post is a link to English text.) HT: gryphonjapan
At UFC 118 in August, we'll see if #1 Frank Edgar's win over #2 B.J. Penn at UFC 112 was a fluke or a precedent.
HDNet provides video of Kawajiri vs. Aoki
WKR's Post-DREAM.15 Thoughts
