Diaz vacates SF title; is a UFC fighter now

http://www.mmamania.com/2011/6/9/2216213/nick-diaz-vacates-strikeforce-welterweight-title-for-georges-st

He can head back to SF if he wants at some point, but he gave up the strap to come fight GSP and obviously would probably prefer the bigger fights in the UFC from now on

This rumored Daley-Woodley fight in July for the vacant title?

A 4 man tourney would be more ideal. Scaffadine/Cyborg winner in it, with Daley and Woodley and another anybody they can manage to find.

Still like to know what Showtime is getting out of this...it has to be something.

jon fitch

GDPofDRC wrote:

jon fitch

What would Showtime get out of that?

softcore porn for women and queers

bobbitt15 wrote:

softcore porn for women and queers

+1

lol...Showtime gets Jake Shields back.

Showtimes biggest ratings draw for their former biggest ratings disaster.

You might think the joke is on Fitch but realy it's looking like the joke is on Showtime.

Diaz was two fights into his multi year contract he signed with sf in January. Didn't last long, but the real gold to mine is at HW.

Bloody Elbow Top 25 WW

1 Georges St. Pierre 100 UFC 1
2 Jon Fitch 95 UFC 2
3 Jake Shields 90 UFC 3
4 Thiago Alves 85 UFC 4
5 Josh Koscheck 82 UFC 5
6 Nick Diaz 79 Strikeforce 6
7 B.J. Penn 78 UFC 7
8 Carlos Condit 70 UFC 8
9 Diego Sanchez 61 UFC 9
10 Paul Daley 47 Strikeforce 10
11 Martin Kampmann 46 UFC 11
12 Matt Hughes 41 UFC 12
13 Anthony Johnson 35 UFC 13
14 Mike Pyle 32 UFC 14
15 Paulo Thiago 29 UFC 17
16 Ben Askren 29 Bellator 16
17 Jay Hieron 28 Bellator 14
18 Dong Hyun Kim 26 UFC 18
19 Jake Ellenberger 25 UFC 20
20 Dan Hardy 22 UFC 20
21 John Hathaway 22 UFC 19
22 Chris Lytle 21 UFC 22
23 Rick Story 18 UFC 23
24 Brian Ebersole 14 UFC 26
25 Siyar Bahadurzada Ultimate Glory 24

Now take a wild guess at how many Diaz has beaten?

Only one, Daley.

But you say Diaz beat KJ, who was a former LW champion

Bloody Elbow Top 25 LW

1 Frankie Edgar 99 UFC 1
2 Gray Maynard 94 UFC 2
3 Gilbert Melendez 93 Strikeforce 3
4 Shinya Aoki 82 Strikeforce 4
5 Eddie Alvarez 78 Bellator 5
6 Jim Miller 78 UFC 6
7 Kenny Florian 66 UFC 7
8 Anthony Pettis 55 UFC 9
8 Tatsuya Kawajiri 55 Strikeforce 8
10 Sean Sherk 51 UFC 10
11 Melvin Guillard 49 UFC 11
12 B.J. Penn 39 UFC 12
13 Clay Guida 37 UFC 13
14 George Sotiropoulos 34 UFC 14
15 Dennis Siver 34 UFC 15
16 Ben Henderson 27 UFC 18
17 Takanori Gomi 26 UFC 16
18 Evan Dunham 25 UFC 17
19 Mac Danzig 17 UFC 21
19 Gleison Tibau 17 UFC 25
21 Josh Thomson 15 K-1 19
22 Mizuto Hirota 14 K-1 29
23 Nik Lentz 14 UFC 20
24 Gesias Cavalcante 13 Strikeforce 27
25 Jadamba Narantungalag 13 WVR 21

Yeah... Noons isn't in the top 25 here.

But but but Diaz fought some at higher weight right?

Bloody Elbow Top 25 MW

1 Anderson Silva 100 UFC 1
2 Yushin Okami 91 UFC 2
3 Chael Sonnen 89 UFC 3
4 Demian Maia 81 UFC 4
5 Nate Marquardt 78 UFC 6
6 Ronaldo Souza 77 Strikeforce 5
7 Vitor Belfort 69 UFC 7
8 Jorge Santiago 59 UFC 8
9 Michael Bisping 58 UFC 9
10 Hector Lombard 46 Bellator 11
11 Wanderlei Silva 44 UFC 10
12 Robbie Lawler 39 Strikeforce 12
13 Alan Belcher 32 UFC 17
14 Brian Stann 30 UFC 14
15 Mamed Khalidov 28 KSW 15
16 Jake Shields 28 UFC 13
17 Chris Leben 24 UFC 18
18 Tim Kennedy 22 Strikeforce 16
19 Mark Munoz 21 UFC 24
20 Rousimar Palhares 21 UFC 21
20 Yoshihiro Akiyama 21 UFC 23
22 Thales Leites 17 Superior Challenge 20
23 Dan Henderson 16 Strikeforce 19
24 Jason Miller 16 UFC 22
25 Chris Weidman 16 UFC 27

If you take a closer look Shamrock hadn't fought in 3 years and isn't anywhere close to the top 25, Scott Smith is a WW now and once again not close to the top 25, and lets not forget Diaz DUCKED MILLER who's ranked at 24.

Diaz was rewarded for bitching about being poor and ghetto, making a name for himself talking shit to everyone, and fighting so so competition in a brawling style.

This is a little nitpicky, but Shamrock fought Le a year before Diaz. Not very active, but not three years.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Bloody

Diaz was rewarded for bitching about being poor and ghetto, making a name for himself talking shit to everyone, and fighting so so competition in a brawling style.

lol nice stuff. Diaz is worthy enough for a shot at this point I still say.

He beat Gomi

bobbitt15 wrote:

He beat Gomi

Only because he got stoned before the fight.

He tranes to not feel pain, he was unstoppable.

I've been thinking about going to the UFC Gym in Concord to trane UFC for realz...but i don't want to go there and find out i'm not a fuckin fighter.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

This is a little nitpicky, but Shamrock fought Le a year before Diaz. Not very active, but not three years.

Ahh you are correct. It was 3 years before that fight then.

If they have any intention of keeping SF around in the future, send over a bunch of WWs, UFC has plenty of everything in every division.

I am sure tons of fighters would be cool with moving over if they get to be on the main card and compete for titles where in the UFC they'd struggle to get out of the pack. Mick Swick SF WW champ 2012!

I hope, I mean go look through the UFC roster, they could really even out the overall talent in SF.

bobbitt15 wrote:

This rumored Daley-Woodley fight in July for the vacant title?

Ugh, Showtime's WW division is weak.

I would like to see Anthony Pettis pack on the 15lbs and go compete for the WW title in SF. The guy is a champ, but wont be in the UFC because of dominant wrestlers.

Also, I think it would be interesting if Nate Diaz made the crossover to compete for his brothers recently vacated title.

this move is a sign that Strikeforce will stick around.

Quote :

Earlier today MMA Junkie Radio announced that Diaz will be making one million dollars plus $2 per pay-per-view purchase. It was not immediately known if that amount is per fight or over the course of the entire contract. If it was one million over the course of the contract, Diaz would make approximately $100,000 - $150,000 per fight.

http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Details-emerge-on-the-contract-signed-by-Nick-Diaz.html

That is an insane amount of dough either way.