All Entries Tagged With: "Jay Hieron"
Strikeforce: Miami Preview and Predictions
Strikeforce: Miami should garner quite a bit of attention, though not necessarily for the right reasons. One of the best fights on the card, a welterweight showdown between Jay Hieron and Joe Riggs, isn’t even scheduled to appear on the main card. However, Strikeforce is putting fights featuring former NFL running back Herschel Walker and [...]
Nick Diaz vs. Jay Hieron fight will happen ‘before end of the year’
Even though Nick Diaz put Strikeforce in a tough spot by not taking his CSAC mandated drug test and thereby getting removed from his scheduled Strikeforce welterweight title fight with Jay Hieron, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says Diaz will return to the cage sooner rather than later. During last night’s post-fight press conference, Coker said that [...]
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg analysis and predictions
Fabricio Werdum vs. Mike Kyle: This will be Werdum’s first fight since a KO loss to Junior Dos Santos ended his UFC career. He’s 11-4-1 overall and has beaten fighters such as Gabriel Gonzaga (twice), Alistair Overeem and Brandon Vera during his career. Werdum is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, though his striking [...]
Nick Diaz off Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg card
Nick Diaz has been forced off the August 15th Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg card because he was unable to obtain a fight license from the California State Athletic Commission. Diaz missed his pre-fight drug test on August 7th, and didn’t show on August 10th after the Commission allowed him another chance. Diaz, who openly talks [...]
Nick Diaz vs. Jay Hieron set for Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
After Joe Riggs had to pull out of the Strikeforce welterweight title fight with Nick Diaz at August 15th’s Strikeforce event, there was much speculation as to who Diaz’s new opponent would be. Today it was announced that former Affliction fighter Jay Hieron would take Riggs’ place against Diaz.
Hieron had been scheduled to fight Paul [...]
