Nick Diaz vs k.j. optional title fight official, serves as Oct. 9 strike force headliner

As expected strike force welterweight world champion Nick Diaz (Losman MMA, 3-0-SF) and k.j. Optional (10-2 MMA, 2-0-SF) 9 event at HP Pavilion, San Jose, California fight a Oct.

Strike force spokesman Mike Afromowitz today confirmed with the Championship bout with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and said it will serve as a night main event.

The rematch, the three years in the making, airs as part of the night Showtime aired.

Tickets for the event, the a co headline between strike force women welterweight champion Sarah Kaufman and Challenger Marloes Coenen, are now on sale for strike force Insider.

Already reported MMAjunkie.com Diaz vs was optional in the process is finalisiert.Fakultativ got the slot after Middleweight Champion Jason "Mayhem" Miller, welterweight Joe Riggs and one may soon to exit Jay Hieron as potential opponents were excluded.

Optionally set up to fight for the title, after scoring a second-round TKO of Jorge Gurgel this past weekend at "strike force: Houston."The victory was optional sixth straight going back to 2007, the year the he Nick Diaz most upset "EliteXC: renegade."Optionally, who also a boxer, smash Diaz and many face offers physicians, cuts the ringside to stop the bout after the first round promoted.

EliteXC were partly due to the contract between optional and defunct promotion to book officials never able, the rematch.Optional with Strikefore signed earlier this year, launched the wheels in motion.

But not that keep Diaz, optionally on a June 2008 event in Hawaii, faced if winner against separate fighter registered both fighters.

"Nick has no class, he is a bum, a piece [expletive], and he and his team ignored my family and I with their gestures and trash talk and tried bands my struggle,"declared optional, whose stock was almost beats with Diaz's."

Since joining strike force, Conor Heun defeated optional (split decision) and throat on light and now moves to apply to welterweight Diaz.

Diaz brings a seven fight win strips his own in the strike force Kampf.Nach victories over Frank Shamrock (179 pounds), Scott Smith (180 pounds) and Marius Zaromskis (for the welterweight title), he went to Japan and submitted at may's DREAM Hayato Sakurai. 14 Ereignis.Diaz, suspending it hassle from Oct. 9 will end his role in the April television transmitted CBS strike force now finds his 12th victory in 13 fighting.

For the latest on the "strike force: Diaz vs. optional," stay tuned to the MMA rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

(Pictured: k.j. optional)

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Falling action: Best and worst of strike force challengers 10

Usually MMA would if I watch on TV I fights threat to break a bathroom in a fight for fear of a missing something important. But the strike force 135 pounds women tournament and his three-minute rounds last night, I felt like I always only a particularly long sneezing way of missing the entire fight.

Not that I not the thinking behind the abbreviated tournament seizures verstehen.Wenn you twice in the span of an hour to fight guess maybe can a trip is more dock as entry.

That is unless you negate to a decision lose much time, because you got twice depreciated and it was to do something else, that could.Then you probably feel like you got screwed and also probably don't feel like you, to the treadmill then hit, just so you a complete workout in can get.

But the pinch on my Teil.Wir is all relatively petty fights were still treated to an interesting night, and at women's tournament brought a level of tension, we not always on challengers cards sehen.Wenn only we had get to see only a little more of it.

Now to the last night winners, losers, and everything in between of strike force challengers 10.

Biggest winners: Miesha Tate
Won the tournament belt (by the way, this is kinda funny, isn't it? how about a trophy or a medal or something?) with two solid performances that really showed how much you in the last year or so is improved. The adjustments that were between the first and second round against Akano evidence for a mature fighter who learn is how to find and exploit weaknesses your opponents.Are too bad we probably have at least six months wait to get another crack at the 135-pound title.What should a young fighter in the meantime do to stay sharp and earn their living?

Biggest loser: referee Ron mation
Normally I try to help people that cool to have the name the sound when you say that it really fast all together (I can not the only one who thinks 'Ronmation' sounds like a century - metal processing - technology), but this guy seems hardly qualified to per fighting referee. Up not fighters because you are bored or to get the audience restless obsolete.you up you certainly if a fighter in a dominant position is set of the message should follow perhaps a line of work where you can through the power of your awesome name get alone.I might suggest directed by adult movies?

The most delusional: Joe Riggs
Passed before this fight 'Diesel', the female fighters over lack of exposure, complain should not because the men are the main attraction.This made it sadly ironic that his main event bout against Louis Taylor felt like such anti climactic subsequently after women Turnier.Die of much experienced Riggs received we all expected to win it, then strike force called welterweight champ Nick Diaz for a good Maßnahme.Sorry, but even if you hit a few years back, being 1-1 in your last two you for an immediate title fight it by decision, the shots did not qualify.

Most likely to for his father on the phone be mistaken: Ryan Couture
When you hear the younger speech Couture, it can be no doubt that is his father.He has inherited Randy's speaking Cadence and its something unpleasant intensity, but it's far too early to say whether it is intended for the same athletic size.Don't get me wrong, is a template victory in the first minute debut per never bad Sache.Aber reasons the perspective, let us remember that he did it against an opponent, the 2-4 come in this bout war.Das best, what, we can do at this point for young Couture, it as any other fighter behandeln.vielleicht he grow into something big, and maybe will he know we certainly nicht.Bis, let's just see if we him to call Chuck Liddell late at night and pretend to be Randy.

Most impressive in defeat: Hitomi Akano
First of all we can all agree that "Girlfight Monster" is not the best of all time, at least in the top five nickname? Gute.Zweitens, Akano's toughness and strength, even in defeat, never fail, a strong impression to machen.Das was the case last tournament of night tournament battle as was as "Cyborg" Santos in match race, both fought so physically tilt it easy a Japanese "Super Hulk" would be can. who fights Akano, you know you are in work, don't give up for a night of Real.Sie and again can not questions for much more than that to unten.Sie.

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