This Saturday, live from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California, the first major Strikeforce production under the Zuffa umbrella will take place. Headlined by not one, but two, title fights and featuring some of the biggest names in the company, Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley is finalized and will go down in just over 48 hours. After a few fights had been scrapped and shuffled around, let’s take a look at the final card and break it down.
Kawajiri is a monster of a fighter at lightweight; a large grappler with excellent composure and ring-savvy who brings a unique brand of ground control and slick guard passes to the mat, coupled with peppering, rapid ground and pound that leaves his opponents frustrated and in a “survival” mindset.
With the disaster in Japan and the hard time the citizens of Japan are currently dealing with DREAM has put out a promo video with the message of “Let us entertain you!” Japanese born fighters Tatsuya Kawajiri, Shinya Aoki and Hiroyuki Takaya will all be fighting on this Saturdays Strikeforce card.
It seems like in today’s MMA scene, there are televised fights weekly. Whether on Versus, Spike, Showtime, HDNet, ION TV or Facebook, there is a fight to watch on any given Friday or Saturday night. Here are the fights you need to focus on for the month of April. Get out your pencil and put these fights on your April to do list.
Check out the promo video for the April 9th Strikeforce event from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. Headlined by two title fights that will feature Nick Diaz defending his welterweight title for the third time against Paul Daley and the lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez taking on Tatsuya Kawajiri.
Not waiting for Tatsuya Kawajiri to possibly come to Strikeforce next year, Josh Thomson is heading to Japan to face him on New Years Eve. In this video Thomsom talk Kawajiri, MMA rankings, training, his career as an MMA fighter, and the importance of oppurtunities.
If you were lucky enough to be there or if you have HDNet crazy enough to stay up all night you got to see Dream 15
UFC on FOX 7: Henderson vs. Melendez Weigh-in Pictures
Due to a previously scheduled Arena Football game at the HP Pavilion, today’s UFC on FOX 7 weigh-ins were held less than a mile away at the California Theater. The small theater was completely filled with cheering fans and all the fighters they came to see made weight.
The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale Weigh-in Pictures
Amidst everything else going on, the UFC has themselves a busy day today with the UFC on FX 6 taking place in Australia and The Ultimate Fighter 16 finale weigh-ins. All 24 fighters made weight today for tomorrow’s event that will crown The Ultimate Fighter 16 welterweight winner.
UFC on FUEL TV 4 Weigh-in Results and Photos
SAN JOSE, Cal. – Still recovering from Saturday’s UFC 148, MMAValor.com was inside the HP Pavilion for today’s UFC on FUEL TV 4 weigh-ins. A few of the fighters would need to step onto the scale behind a towel but all 22 fighters on the UFC on FUEL TV 4 fight card made weight.
TUF Live Finale Live Results and Event Pictures
The long grind of the first live version of The Ultimate Fighter ends tonight at the TUF Live Finale in Las Vegas. Featuring 12 of the 16 TUF Live contestants, the 10 bout card will be headlined by an important match-up in the welterweight division between Jake Ellenberger and Martin Kampmann.
TUF Live Finale Weigh-in Results and Pictures
All the fighters for tomorrow’s TUF Live Finale were on weight as they stepped onto the scales inside the Pearl at the Palms. The 20 fighters, including 12 of the 16 TUF Live fighters will begin entering the Octagon tomorrow starting at 2:45pm PT / 5:45pm ET.
