Report: Strikeforce: "Jake Shields vs. Robbie Lawler" Just Got An Upgrade
by Kelvin Hunt on Apr 27, 2009 6:08 PM EDT
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According to Carmichael Dave:
The Strikeforce June 6th card featuring Robbie Lawler vs Jake Shields just got a major dose of Northern California flair.
Scott Smith of Elk Grove, CA is set to fight Stockton’s Nick Diaz, at a catch-weight of 180 pounds.
As it turns out, Smith’s now legendary 3 round war with Benji Radach was just a preamble to what may turn out to be the fight of his life. Diaz is coming off a fight with Frank Shamrock that paled in comparison to the Smith/Radach war. Diaz was never in trouble, and barely broke a sweat.
Also added to the card, Brett Rogers and Alistair Overeem with fight for the Stikeforce heavyweight title.
Oh son! I'm all kinds of excited for this event now. Anytime Nick Diaz gets added to the fight card it's a good thing, then they are going to put Alistair Overeem on it too? Although I've heard that the Rogers/Overeem bout isn't confirmed just yet. This event is scheduled to be on Showtime. I wonder why they are not saving these for the CBS events? Anyways, give me your thoughts on this.
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Plus this date is my daughters 1st b-day :) This day will be all kinds of awesomeness.
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tought fight for smith. radach nearly put him away, but was a bit too tentative to do it. i think Diaz will not make the same mistake.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Apr 27, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions
I heard they could want to matchup the winners of this fight and the Phil Baroni/Joe Riggs fight….
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Yea, it just all depends on who wins and who takes the L…Diaz/Riggs have bad blood/history nahmean. Diaz/Lawler have history as well. However, I don’t know if they’d do Lawler/Smith 3 though nahmean?
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The world is not ready for three fights between Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith in less than 18 months.
by Matt Bishop on Apr 27, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Any word yet on if the Overeem/Rogers fight has been finalized? Damn I hope thats on there! Either way with Diaz its a pretty good fix for not having Babalu on there.
Strikeforce = All kinds of awesomeness!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
In my opinion...
…this ranks with UFC 100, maybe even a bit better since Scott Smith vs Diaz, and Overeem vs Rogers are both GUARENTEED to be knock-down-drag-out slobbernockers. I am totally stoked.
BTW, the Smith/Radik fight was so far the fight of the year in my book.
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