» Fighter: Nick Diaz

After Strikeforce welterweight champion “Diablo” Nick Diaz (21-8) TKO’d DREAM welterweight champion “Whitemare” Marius Zaromskis (11-3) at Strikeforce in Miami last Saturday, he called out Fighters.com and UFC welterweight champion “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (19-2).

Read More About Strikeforce’s Nick Diaz Whips Marius Zaromskis, Calls Out UFC Champ Georges St. Pierre. Whoa……

For years I’ve listened to MMA fans spout hateful, irrational conspiracy theories about UFC President Dana White.  White is certainly not above criticism, and you’ll read some of the most biting criticism of White here at Fighters.com.  (Other MMA media outlets wouldn’t dare risking their credentials with Zuffa by criticizing White.  That’s a little something you might not have known…)  But, a lot of the criticism has been just ridiculous, including accusations of thrown fights and paid-off referees.

Scott Coker and his promotion, Strikeforce, have been regarded as a fairer organization for fighters, perhaps justifiably so.

Read More About Where’s your Outrage at Strikeforce and Scott Coker Over Jay Hieron?…

Strikeforce put on the first show of this year last night and there were highs and lows plus some shocking revelations post-fight. I will start with the high points of the night first which leads me to the showdown between “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (17-5) and Melvin Manhoef (23-6-1).

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Last night Strikeforce: Miami took place and the main event was a fight for the vacant welterweight title. “Whitemare” Marius Zaromskis (11-3) stepped inside the cage to fight “Diablo” Nick Diaz (21-8) in what was a highly anticipated match.

Marius became the DREAM welterweight champ after winning the 2009 welterweight Gran Prix and was looking to become the first fighter to hold titles in Japan and in the United States. The only thing standing between him and that distinction was a 5 inch reach advantage that Diaz had in his favor.

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Strikeforce welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz (20-8) and heavyweight prospect “Dominator” Bobby Lashley (4-0) both made weight for their respective fights at Strikeforce in Miami January 30.

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Nick Diaz (20-8) and DREAM welterweight champion “Whitemare” Marius Zaromskis (12-2) will matchup for the Strikeforce welterweight title in Miami January 30, according to MMA Weekly.

Read More About Nick Diaz Versus Marius Zaromskis For Strikefore 170-Pound Title, And DREAM’s Title Too…

Strikeforce welterweight contender “Diablo” Nick Diaz (20-8) skipped a mandatory California State Athletic Commission pre-fight drug screening Friday for his title fight versus “Thoroughbred” Jay Hieron (14-4) at Strikeforce in San Jose 15 August.

Maybe it was scheduled at 4:20 PM?

A card-carrying medical marijuana toker, Diaz was popped for marijuana use by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after tapping “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi (28-6) in a gogoplata at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas in February 2007.

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Xtreme Couture welterweight “Thoroughbred” Jay Hieron (14-4) has signed with San Jose-based MMA promoter Strikeforce following the disintegration of Affliction and will fight Nick Diaz (20-8) for the promotion’s first welterweight title, according to multiple sources.

Former IFL titlist Hieron knocked out recent DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix finalist Jason High (6-1) in 1:04 at Affliction in Anaheim last January. He was scheduled to fight former EliteXC title challenger “Semtex” Paul Daley (18-9-2) at Affliction in Anaheim 1 August.

Diaz tapped former EliteXC middleweight title challenger “Hands of Steel” Scott Smith (15-7) in a rear naked choke at Strikeforce in St. Louis last June. He was originally scheduled to rematch “Diesel” Joe Riggs (30-11) for the Strikeforce title until Riggs pulled out with an injury.

ProElite, Inc. has cancelled it’s 8 November EliteXC MMA event, ceased operations, and filed for bankruptcy, according to numerous reports.

ProElite, Inc. is the parent company of the EliteXC promotion that is nationally broadcast in the States on CBS, as well as owner of the MMA brands King of the Cage, CageRage, ICON, and Spirit MC.

ProElite’s website is functioning and has no mention of the company’s bankruptcy.

However, Gracie Fighter, the website of EliteXC fighter Nick Diaz’s  (18-7) manager, Cesar Gracie, posted Monday evening, “We are confirming that EliteXC has folded.”

The cancelled event was to have taken place in Reno and aired on Showtime featuring title fights in two weight divisions.

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Fighters.com’s third-ranked lightweight Eddie Alvarez (15-1) expects to face Nick Diaz (18-7) for EliteXC’s vacant 160-pound title 8 November, reported MMA Weekly Thursday.

“I’ll be fighting Nick Diaz, we’re about 90-something percent positive I’ll be fighting Nick Diaz for the EliteXC title at 160 (pounds),” Alvarez said.

“Nick’s a great opponent, he poses a lot of threats. Very good striking, as well as good jiu-jitsu, so he’s been in the game a while, he’s a pure fighter and I like that.”

Alvarez added, “[Diaz] gets a lot of bad rap from a lot of people with his attitude, but deep down he likes to fight, he enjoys to fight and I consider myself the same kind of person. I enjoy to fight, my heart’s in this.”

The title is currently vacant after the belt was stripped recently from “King Karl” Karl James Noons (7-2).

Alvarez most recently participated in DREAM’s Lightweight Grand Prix in July, winning a spot in the final with a first-round TKO of “Crusher” Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-5-2), only to withdraw due to injury.

Diaz is coming off three TKO wins, most recently over “Wildman” Thomas Denny (26-17) in the second round in July.