Comments on: Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith to be added to June 6 Strikeforce event http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/27/nick-diaz-vs-scott-smith-to-be-added-to-june-6-strikeforce-event/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: madiq http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/27/nick-diaz-vs-scott-smith-to-be-added-to-june-6-strikeforce-event/comment-page-1/#comment-69918 madiq Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:41:10 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=14023#comment-69918 Nick Diaz is an entertaining fighter, as well as an engaging personality, but I would like to see fights that impact a weight division's hierarchy. This problem is particularly acute in Strikeforce, where their Middleweight Champion is pursuing other interests, and there's no Welterweight Champion to speak of. Scott Smith, by virtue of the clear loss to Lawler, isn't in the Middleweight title picture, and Diaz has more than enough potential opponents at 170, if he chooses to fight there...despite the fact that his teammate Jake Shields has nearly cleaned out the division. Last month, Nick made himself a star, and Scott Smith, despite being part of an entertaining scrap, proved himself to be a limited fighter with a helluva knockout punch. His ceiling isn't what Nick's is, and as such, risking their new star getting knocked out fighting up in weight, but getting no closer to any potential title opportunities, doesn't seem to be the best use of their assets. Nick Diaz vs. Nick Thompson helps us figure out where Diaz fits at 170, and he probably wins that fight. Scott Smith vs. another middleweight banger lets them use the Action Fighter in an entertaining slugfest, and helps to build the winner's resume. Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith has limited upside potential, with a large amount of downside risk. Tell me, does knocking out Nick Diaz do more for Scott Smith than knocking out Benji Radach did? And does beating Scott Smith mean that Nick is a near Top 10 welterweight or middleweight? In a vacuum, sure the fight can be entertaining and relatively harmless. But Strikeforce should be trying to multiply its stars, not diminish them, and this fight doesn't, in my opinion, capitalize on the momentum of either fighter's win. Nick Diaz is an entertaining fighter, as well as an engaging personality, but I would like to see fights that impact a weight division’s hierarchy. This problem is particularly acute in Strikeforce, where their Middleweight Champion is pursuing other interests, and there’s no Welterweight Champion to speak of. Scott Smith, by virtue of the clear loss to Lawler, isn’t in the Middleweight title picture, and Diaz has more than enough potential opponents at 170, if he chooses to fight there…despite the fact that his teammate Jake Shields has nearly cleaned out the division.

Last month, Nick made himself a star, and Scott Smith, despite being part of an entertaining scrap, proved himself to be a limited fighter with a helluva knockout punch. His ceiling isn’t what Nick’s is, and as such, risking their new star getting knocked out fighting up in weight, but getting no closer to any potential title opportunities, doesn’t seem to be the best use of their assets.

Nick Diaz vs. Nick Thompson helps us figure out where Diaz fits at 170, and he probably wins that fight. Scott Smith vs. another middleweight banger lets them use the Action Fighter in an entertaining slugfest, and helps to build the winner’s resume. Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith has limited upside potential, with a large amount of downside risk.

Tell me, does knocking out Nick Diaz do more for Scott Smith than knocking out Benji Radach did? And does beating Scott Smith mean that Nick is a near Top 10 welterweight or middleweight?

In a vacuum, sure the fight can be entertaining and relatively harmless. But Strikeforce should be trying to multiply its stars, not diminish them, and this fight doesn’t, in my opinion, capitalize on the momentum of either fighter’s win.

]]> By: meatloaf http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/27/nick-diaz-vs-scott-smith-to-be-added-to-june-6-strikeforce-event/comment-page-1/#comment-69870 meatloaf Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:50:52 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=14023#comment-69870 How the hell can anyone say they REALLY dislike this match up? And then to suggest a Nick Diaz vs. Nick Thompson fight is better is just asinine. If you REALLY feel that this fight sucks you might want to ask yourself do I really like this sport? How the hell can anyone say they REALLY dislike this match up? And then to suggest a Nick Diaz vs. Nick Thompson fight is better is just asinine.

If you REALLY feel that this fight sucks you might want to ask yourself do I really like this sport?

]]> By: Hohlraum http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/27/nick-diaz-vs-scott-smith-to-be-added-to-june-6-strikeforce-event/comment-page-1/#comment-69862 Hohlraum Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:35:49 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=14023#comment-69862 Speak for yourself. I'm gunna be at this show and these are two of my favorite fighters. CAN NOT WAIT. So awesome. Speak for yourself. I’m gunna be at this show and these are two of my favorite fighters. CAN NOT WAIT. So awesome.

]]> By: madiq http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/27/nick-diaz-vs-scott-smith-to-be-added-to-june-6-strikeforce-event/comment-page-1/#comment-69855 madiq Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:45:36 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=14023#comment-69855 I REALLY dislike this fight. Diaz needs to be fighting at 170, against someone like Paul Daley or Nick Thompson, and Scott Smith should be slugging it out with Joey Villasenor. I REALLY dislike this fight. Diaz needs to be fighting at 170, against someone like Paul Daley or Nick Thompson, and Scott Smith should be slugging it out with Joey Villasenor.

]]> By: ekc http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/27/nick-diaz-vs-scott-smith-to-be-added-to-june-6-strikeforce-event/comment-page-1/#comment-69853 ekc Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:16:30 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=14023#comment-69853 what? that is just a weird fight that no one was asking for. what? that is just a weird fight that no one was asking for.

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