Strikeforce: Miami - 10 Things We Learned
by E. Spencer Kyte on January 31, 2010
the Air Tonight" in The Hangover, isn't the star of the best Nintendo game not named Tecmo Bowl, and was never married to Head of the Class star Robin Givens.

Dear Frank Shamrock - if Nick Diaz's punches don't hurt and only confuse you, why did you fold up like a cheap tent when those non-hurtful punches kept connecting with various parts of your body? Additionally, turning around six minutes later to sing the praises of Diaz, his boxing prowess and how he hurt Zaromskis is just plain redonkulous. As are your braces. I'm all for good teeth, but c'mon.

9. Team Cesar Gracie Has 3 Champions

Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez and now Nick Diaz all have championship gold around their waist.

For all the accolades we bestow upon teams like Greg Jackson's crew, ATT, and even Black House, this is the most titles under one roof in quite some time, and makes me think back to the days of Miletich Fighting Systems stomping the hell out of everyone in the UFC.

For all those people who want to say, "Yeah, but it's three Strikeforce titles," name a single squad in the UFC with three titles in their possession. You can't.

Give "The Scrap Pack" credit - they deserve it.

10. Strikeforce is Improving, But Still Have a Long Way to Go

Outside of the Hieron - Riggs fight, does anyone care what happened on the undercard?

Isn't there someone in the production booth who can figure out when to accurately cut to the fighter being introduced, instead of going a minute early every time and letting us see them standing there awkwardly waiting to hear their name?

Herschel Walker was just the biggest draw on your first event of 2010.

Jimmy Lennon Jr. made no mention of "Cyborg" being the Women's 145-pound champ when she walked to the ring looking like a dude... and a douchey dude who wears sunglasses indoors at that.

Maybe I just missed it because I was tweeting like a madman (@ESpencerKyte), but I didn't see the customary "wrap the belt around the waist of the new champion" moment when Diaz was announced as the winner. Showing the new champ with his belt is kind of important.

Although, Strikeforce seems to be okay with Alistair Overeem keeping the heavyweight title far from sight in Japan or Holland or wherever, so maybe they just don't care if you see the belt or not.

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 |  (28) Comments D_V: I don't know if Diaz is better than Dan Hornbuckle. Black belts in intensity FTMFW. hieron is a boring fighter too so he doesn't really deserve main card space. The Hitman: very good article. i agree wih all of it. i will never forget that lawler fight JujitsWho: I disagree with a few things in this article Diaz would have trouble with ALL the WWs you listed. All of those fighters have legit shots at beating him...especially Daly, Hardy and Swick. Thiago, Kampmann, and Condit would make life difficult for him also and could pull out wins as well Gracie does have 3 champions.......but look where. Really the only one of those that should count is Gilberts and even his isn't that impressive. I guess a title is nice, but lets face it, Strikeforces' Divs are about as deep as the shallow end of the kiddie pool.....so being better than MAYBE one other guy that has a remote chance of beating you isn't that impressive to me. Bottom line is that Sheilds, Diaz, and Melendez all get mauled by the the top 5 in their respective Divs. in the UFC mma3dge: agree IwishIwasMMA: Yeah Cesar Gracie has three champions... one in Diaz who has yet to beat a top ten WW to my knowledge... another who is a MW champion and is about to get STEAMROLLED by Dan Henderson.. and Gilbert Melendez who will more than likely get mauled by Aoki or Alvarez if that fight does happen... I feel like Gracies camp has a lot of champions, but the champions of nothing is all they truly are. LexTalionis: i learned that i should stay off the internet if i want to watch it the following night, of course i knew this before but i was weak willed. Can't wait for SF to start showing live events over here JujitsWho: Yeah....its pretty sad when your sole attempt to be femine is wearing a pink T-Shirt
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