The Zuffa era of Strikeforce begins with a bang this Saturday night as the promotion puts on one of its most stacked cards to date. Featuring two title fights, a light heavyweight bout with title implications and a lightweight bout between name fighters, Strikeforce: Daley vs. Diaz has a little something for everyone. 

Let's take a look at the action.

Shinya Aoki (26-5 1 NC) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (16-1)

Shinya Aoki's last legitimate mixed martial arts fight was a victory over Yokthai Sithoar, but that's not entirely accurate. At Dynamite!! 2010 Aoki faced off against Yuichio Nagashima in a hybrid K-1/MMA bout. The first round was slated to take place under K-1 rules while the second was suppose to be contested under MMA rules. Aoki produced a laughable affair in the first frame, constantly clinching and purposely falling down to waste time. He survived until the second, where many assumed he would take Nagashima down and submit him almost instantly. Instead Aoki ate a knee to the face on a takedown attempt and was brutally knocked out. 

Aoki lost a lot of respect from a large segment of the mixed martial arts community after the pitiful display. It just went to further drive home the point that his striking is almost non-existent. Aoki is a one-trick pony of the highest order. If he isn't able to work his dizzying array of submissions, then he has little chance of winning the fight. 

Beerbohm is trying to rebound from his first professional defeat against Pat Healy. Beerbohm is an above average wrestler with a good work ethic. He is content to engage in a striking battle, but prefers to control where the fight takes place with his wrestling. Beerbohm's grappling is a work in progress outside of his wrestling. In his last fight, we saw him get bullied and outgrappled by the larger and more experienced Healy. 

Beerbohm should be able to take Aoki down when he wants to, but that probably isn't the smartest game plan. If he keeps the fight standing, and uses sprawl and brawl effectively, he could definitely win this fight. Melendez used this plan perfectly when he met Aoki, laying down a five round beating on the submission wizard.

Of course, Beerbohm isn't close to Melendez in terms of skill. I expect Beerbohm to rough up Aoki in the early going, only to have the Japanese veteran get the fight to the ground at some point during the contest. Once it gets there, Aoki will lock up one of his patented submissions and finish the fight. Aoki by submission.

Gegard Mousasi (30-3-1) vs. Keith Jardine (17-9-1)

Mousasi is one of the most dangerous fighters in the game, regardless of where the fight goes. He has the striking to give most opponents fits on the feet, his Jiu-Jitsu is capable enough of submitting most fighters and his Judo black belt gives him an upper hand in most clinch battles. The lone weakness of the Armenian born, Dutch trained fighter is his wrestling. We saw in his title fight against Muhammed Lawal that Mousasi has a ways to go in takedown defense. Lawal is an exceptional wrestler, so take no credit away from him, but Mousasi needs to improve in that area. Outside of the Lawal fight, Mousasi had been on a tear. The former Strikeforce champion defeated notables like Hector Lombard, Denis Kang, Melvin Manhoef, Ronaldo Souza, Renato Sobral and many more. 

While Mousasi has...