This Saturday’s Strikeforce card is the promise of plenty of great fights. Fans of Jiu-Jitsu in an MMA context can look forward to wins from Nick Diaz, Shinya Aoki and Gilbert Melendez. Japan’s Aoki will be looking to show off his snazzy ground game, while Diaz will be looking to shut up British brawler Paul Daley.
Check out the complete card of the first Strikeforce event under Zuffa management:
Strikeforce – Diaz vs Daley
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, California
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley
Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Gegard Mousasi vs. Keith Jardine
Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm
Preliminaries
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Robert Peralta
Brett Albee vs. Virgil Zwicker
Joe Duarte vs. Saad Awad
Herman Terrado vs. AJ Matthews
Rolando Perez vs. Edgar Cardenas
Casey Ryan vs. Paul Song