The Aftermath Of Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz
by Kelvin Hunt on Apr 12, 2009 9:53 PM EDT
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PrintFirst of all, I want to thank those of you that chose to represent and spend your time here in my absence. I just got home from the beach about an hour ago, and just watched the Shamrock/Diaz fight from last night. I have to say that the fight went pretty much the way I thought it would, except I didn't think Diaz would be able to finish Shamrock. He did. I made the case for Nick Diaz, and pretty much hit it on the button with each bullet. I thought it was a relatively easy fight to predict, but I suppose some people can get caught up in the hype that Shamrock promotes himself with. The fact of the matter is Frank Shamrock got exposed last night. He's been handpicking opponents since coming back to fight Caesar Gracie in 2006. Gracie had never had a professional fight, and Phil Baroni was pretty much a one dimensional brawler. Cung Le is pretty one dimensional as well. However to his credit, Shamrock has been pretty open about who he wants to fight. Which is whoever can help him promote the fight he partakes in.
I think Shamrock has come to the end of his road, that is unless Strikeforce handpicks his opponents from now on. He looked awful in the fight against Diaz. As I pointed out, the injuries have taken their toll on him in terms of his ground game. He exploded once to be able to get up off his back, but other than that, Diaz passed his guard with NO resistance whatsoever. I mean Nick Diaz is LEGIT on the ground, but it was like he was passing my guard when watching the fight...lol.
I think Nick Diaz could simply take Frank Shamrock's slot in terms of Strikeforce's next 'superstar' if you will. He has the skills, and definitely has the ability to promote the fights. I'd like to see him face either Cung Le or Robbie Lawler next.
Also, since I missed the event as it went down...feel free to give me your thoughts on this fight and the event as a whole.
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I thought the event overall was good.
Grim/Humphrey was sloppy but entertaining. Humphrey has one hell of a chin. Get that guy an CAT Scan.
To say that Cyborg/Akano was one-sided would be an understatement. Even if Cyborg had made weight, Akano would have had no chance. She was fighting way above her natural weight and had no business being in the cage with Cyborg. Hopefully we will see Cyborg/Carano next, that is as long as there are no fight hindering “girl problems” and Carano ends her hold out and finally sings.
Radach/Smith was a great fight. Next time I will think twice before choosing anyone over Scott Smith. IMO, Radach had the first 2 rounds wrapped up. It was a great TKO.
Melendez/Damm was no surprise. I thought it would go to a decision.
Diaz/Shamrock was surprising to me. I wasn’t surprised that Diaz won, being that I picked him to win. What surprised me was the dominance Diaz showed as well as how easily he win. I thought Frank had more fight in him than that.
Overall I thought it was a great night as far as the fights go. No commercials is always a plus too. I only wish they would come up with a better team to call the fights.
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I like Gus, Renallo…not so much. Pat was ok I guess. My main beef is with Mauro, for some reason I just don’t like him. Just because he has a lot of exp doesn’t mean he’s good, cough*Goldy*cough! Ughh! Gus as the main announcer is great though, good job on the post-fight interviews as well.
The whole show was great minus the entrance ramp/pyro and cgi meat training dummy…thingies. The whole show came off very well polished IMO. I felt like I was watching a proffesional sports program where as in UFC I feel as though I’m watching a Hardcore fight show (which I still love) but SF just felt different. Pretty cool intro package they came up with too.
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Finally, some good competition to UFC that isn’t going away anytime soon! :) I knew there was a reason I didn’t cancel Showtime. And In TEH HDeeeez! :D
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by xFenixKnightx on Apr 13, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think it’s too fair to say that Shamrock is DONE done. Sure, he’ll have opponents that aren’t that big, but let’s not take too much away from him in the Diaz fight. Word on the street is he came in with some messed up ribs, which the long reach and body blows od Diaz were certainly exploiting. Having not had busted-ass ribs myself I’m not certain, but I’ve got a pretty strong feeling that it would limit your reach, thus making the reach differential even greater than it already was. This isn’t to take anything away from Diaz, even though I dislike him so much, as he fought the fight he needed to in order to win… the dirty SOB.
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Good stuff guys….and about Shamrock being done…he hasn’t looked impressive in any of his fights…save the KO of Gracie…but I spoke on that already. He’s sorely one dimensional now and in the grand scheme of things…he can’t really headline any shows(unless it’s in San Jose), who’s left for him to fight?
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I hear the criticism of Strikeforce’s show, but to be honest, I thought they did a fantastic job. I loved all of the fights (except for Cyborg) and was pleased with the quality of the show as well. I am really looking forward to their next show and especially looking forward to the next Nick Diaz fight!
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Even though I love Torres, I thought Smith/Radach was a bit more entertaining and it has my vote for FOTY so far. Great heart on the part of Smith.
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by xFenixKnightx on Apr 13, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I betted on Diaz and predicted Shamrock – it was win/win for me (although I’ll go for $ over success in the fantasy league any day of the week).
Bloody hell.
i didn’t realize that frank was such a shot fighter until sat night. not that i though he was a world beater, but nick hadn’t looked so great himself either over the last year and a 1/2(or at least since the gomi fight) that fight reminded me alot of delahoya/paqiaou, where 1 fighter seemingly got old overnight, but nick was no manny. his boxing was sloppy, he didn’t even have to defend the takedown and he was pretty much just toying with frank. i didn’t see where diaz did anything special myself either, but just show up. i too would like to see him fight a lawler or at least someone who can fight back (lol). but he will probably end up fighting le, another overated fighter, who is is 35-36 years old and will not have been in a fight longer than shamrock had been. the radach/smith was a great fight, entertainment wise. i had radach by 2nd rnd tko and he could have had it if he wouldn’t have went for that stupid guillotine. oh well, i was gald for scott in the end though.
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