Strikeforce – Diaz vs Cyborg, was held by Strikeforce on January 29, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States.
Nick Diaz and Cyborg put on an exciting striking clinic for the Strikeforce welterweight crown.
Cyborg chopped away at Diaz’s legs for the first couple minutes of the first round and Diaz retaliated with with some crisp and accurate punches. Cyborg looked somewhat winded going back to his corner while Nick’s superior conditioning clearly obvious as he walked back to his corner.
The second round went much the same way as the first, with Cyborg landing some crunching leg kicks and punches while Diaz landed a few more of his accurate jabs and straight right hands.
Cyborg took Diaz down with thirty seconds to go in the round and left him self open to a nice technical armbar from Nick which won him the fight and retaining the welterweight title.
Here are the rest of the results for the card…
Main card
- Diaz defeats Santos via submission (armbar) at 4:50 of round 2 to retain the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.
- Souza defeated Lawler via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:00 of round 3 to retain the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship.
- Walker defeated Carson via TKO (strikes) at 3:13 of round 1.
- Gracie defeated Prangley via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:19 of round 1.
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- Moore defeated Coy via KO (punches) at 0:25 of round 2.
- Hill defeated Stack via submission (triangle choke) of 1:02 in round 1.
- Keslar defeated Lawson via submission (armbar) of 1:57 of round 1.
- de Randamie defeated Webber via KO (knee) at 4:25 of round 1.
- Terry defeated Gamaza via TKO (strikes) at 3:26 of round 1.
- Castillo defeated Gellner via TKO (strikes) at 3:57 of round 2.
Preliminary card
- Dariano defeated Perez via unanimous decision.
- Ricky Jackson defeated Niko Jackson via unanimous decision.
- Safiari defeated Bracamonte via unanimous decision.
