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Nick Diaz
fights for the first STRIKEFORCE welterweight championship bout in
history
The 26 year old Diaz
(20-7), a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and native
of Stockton, Calif, will take on DREAM welterweight (170 pounds)
champ
Zaromskis (13-3) in the main event and first STRIKEFORCE
welterweight
championship bout in history. Diaz, who will put a five fight win
streak
on the line, is making his first start since he submitted
hard-hitting
Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith on June 6, 2009. The highly explosive,
29
year old Zaromskis, who hails from Siauliai, Lithuania, has won his
last
three fights on first-round knockouts via head kick.
STRIKEFORCE 145-pound women's champion Cyborg (8-1) will defend her
crown against submission expert Coenen (17-3). Cyborg made history
on
Aug. 15, 2009 when the 24-year-old native of Brazil stopped
superstar
Gina Carano with a punishing barrage of strikes in the first round
of
their meeting to become the first-ever STRIKEFORCE women's champion.
The
long-awaited showdown between Carano and Cyborg also marked the
first
women's main event in the history of any major MMA promotion. The
28-year-old Coenen, a member of Holland's Team Golden Glory and
mixed
martial artist since the age of 14, made a successful STRIKEFORCE
debut
and avenged one of her three career defeats by overpowering and
submitting Roxanne Modafferi with an armbar in the first round
(1:05) on
November 7, 2009.
Also on the STRIKEFORCE: MIAMI card,
football
legend Herschel Walker will make his professional MMA debut as he
begins
the next stage of his athletic career. Undefeated heavyweight Bobby
Lashley (4-0) will face an opponent to be announced.
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