"Strikeforce in Miami" - 1/30/10 - put all updates here!!!

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"Strikeforce in Miami"
January 30, 2010
BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida


Main Card
-Nick Diaz vs. Marius Zaromskis
-Cris "Cyborg" Santos vs Marloes Coenen
-Robbie Lawler vs. Melvin Manhoef
-Herschel Walker vs. Greg Nagy
-Bobby Lashley vs. Wes Sims

Prelims
-Jay Hieron vs. Joe Riggs
-Pablo Alfonso vs. Marcos da Matta
-Sabah Homasi vs. John Kelly
-David Gomez vs. Craig Oxley
-David Zitnick vs. Michael Byrnes
-Ryan Keenan vs. Hayder Hassan

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Strikeforce: Miami now has a main event.

MMAWeekly.com has learned that Nick Diaz and Marius Zaromskis have verbally agreed to a welterweight battle in the Jan. 30 event’s top slot, set for the BankAtlantic Arena in Sunrise, Fla. The two will fight for the promotion’s vacant welterweight belt.

Hell ya! This one is fight of the year material.

[Lil P]

Its pretty funny this card is called strikeforce in Miami even though its not even being held in the same county as Miami. Either way a sick main event which almost makes up for Hendo not being on the card...Almost

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Incoming!! Two of the sport’s most devastating knockout artists are preparing to go to war in Miami.

FiveOuncesofPain.com has recently been able to comfirm through sources close to the situation that a middleweight slugfest between Melvin Manhoef and Robbie Lawler is currently on the table, and is expected to take place on the “Strikeforce: Miami” card set for January 30 from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Someone's getting KTFO in this one, and I have a feeling it's not Manhoef.

[brutus]

^I'm a fan of lawler but I have to agree with you here. I hope robbie realizes that to win this he's goign to need to use his gnp all fight. 2 tough fights in a row for lawler.

[Grabaka]

^Yep, Manhoef is an absolute wrecking machine on his feet. Lawler isn't shabby in that department either, but most of the time I see him beat guys standing, it's from an accumulation of shots, rather than one big one. Manhoef can end the thing in one shot.

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Exclusive: Bobby Lashley vs. Shane Del Rosario scrapped from “Strikeforce: Miami”

While TNA wrestling star/mixed martial artist, Bobby Lashley, is still looking likely to make his Strikeforce promotional debut on the “Strikeforce: Miami” card slated for January 30, undefeated Muay Thai wrecking machine Shane Del Rosario will not be the hulking heavyweight’s first opponent.

Previous rumors of the possibility of the two fast rising prospects facing off during the card that will take place from Sunrise, Florida were widespread in recent weeks after a big “TBA” was listed as Lashley’s opponent for the upcoming event, but FiveOuncesofPain.com has recently been able to confirm through Del Rosario himself that the bout between the two will in fact, not be happening.

Not on January 30 at least.

However, according to Del Rosario the rumors were much more than pure gossip as the bout was absolutely on the table. As a matter of fact, not only was the match-up on the table, it was actually agreed to by both sides at one point according to Shane.

“They asked me if I wanted to do it and I said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it for sure’,” explained Del Rosario. “Then they’re like, “Alright, well we’ll get back to you”, and they got back to me and it was a no.

“But it did seem like it was going to happen at first so I was really excited. But I kind of had it in the back of my mind that it wasn’t really a good decision for his camp. They said that he already said yes and they said , “Well it’s up to you”, so we were like, ‘Alright, let’s do this!’. I don’t know if they didn’t really expect for us to say that, but you know, whatever.

“He’s a very athletic guy, so I’m sure if he’s doing well we might meet again some other time.”

With that out of the way, Shane is currently free to set his sights on a return to Strikeforce in March, as the California based knockout specialist went on to further confirm to 5 Oz. that fellow slugger Lavar Johnson is being looked at as a possible opponent for his March return.

Del Rosario currently sports an unblemished record of 9-0 with not a single one of his nine victories making it to the judges scorecards. With 7 knockouts and 2 submissions, Shane left a huge exclamation mark in his Strikeforce debut against Brandon Cash “Money”, as the former US WBC Muay Thai champion managed to gather his senses after being leveled at the hands of Money to hit the massive brawler in a grizzly omoplata Five Ounces deemed to be the third nastiest submission of 2009.

Lashley is still expected to compete at “Strikeforce: Miami”, but no opponent has been named for him at this time.

Also expected to make his promotional debut on the card will be former decorated NFL running back, Herschel Walker, who’s opponent is also expected to be announced in the coming days.

Stay tuned to 5 Oz. as we continue to keep you up to date on any further developments stemming from this card.

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NFL Hall of Fame-worthy running back Herschel Walker is set to make his mixed martial arts debut against Greg Nagy at Strikeforce: "Miami" at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., on Jan. 30, 2010.

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It would make for an interesting night is Walker actually does a decent job. If he wins the fight, then people are going to loose their ****.

[brutus]

heiron vs riggs shoudl be on the main card over herschel walker and whoever it is that is going to beat him.

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^Agreed. Definitely more worthy, but more people will tune in to see Hershcel. It's all about the chedda'.

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Bobby Lashy vs. Yohan Banks added to the main card.

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FiveOuncesofPain.com has been informed by sources close to one of the fighters involved with the bout that Jimmy Ambriz ( 14-12-1) has been selected to fight Bobby Lashley at “Strikeforce: Miami”

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With just over a week to go until Strikeforce hits Miami for their next event, former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley finally has an opponent. Former "Ultimate Fighter" and UFC veteran, Wes Sims, has been tapped to step in and face Lashley in a heavyweight bout on the main card.

Strikeforce official, Mike Afromowitz, confirmed the bout to MMAWeekly.com on Friday saying the fight has been finalized for next Saturday's card.