Nick Diaz pulled from Dream 3
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- May
- 6
Looks like Gary Shaw has pulled Nick Diaz from Dream 3; Diaz was scheduled to oppose Marcelo Garcia.
According to GracieFighter.com:
Nick Diaz’s Dream bout is very much in jeopardy. Diaz was given the go ahead by EliteXC for a April 29th fight against Marcelo Garcia in Dream, however when that fight was scrapped, Dream decided to instead have Diaz fight on their May 11th show. Unfortunately no one at Dream shared this information with EliteXC and EliteXC President, Gary Shaw, only learned of the change via the internet 2 days ago.With Diaz having been scheduled to fight in Hawaii on June 14th, Shaw finds the new May 11th date perilously close to the Showtime card and has therefore nixed Diaz’s participation on the Dream card. Unless Shaw has a change of heart this fight will be a no go.
I was pretty excited to See Diaz fight in Japan again. The Japanese brand of MMA suits Diaz’s fighting style better. Since Japanese MMA dows not allow elbows to a downed opponent, Diaz has the advantage of working the submission game to his advantage and Nick Diaz has submissions for days. if you don’t believe me, just ask Takanori Gomi. Nick Diaz utterly dismantled the Japanese fighter at Pride 33, and Gomi eventually fell victim to a Nick Diaz gogoplata, a submission rarely seen in mixed martial arts.
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on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 12:30 pm by Larry Vollmer.
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