Hieron/Diaz Added, Toughill and Thomson Dropped from 8/15 Strikeforce Card
Jake Rossen Jul 31, 2009
According to Fanhouse, a welterweight title bout of excessive
randomness between Nick Diaz and
Jay
Hieron has been added to Strikeforce’s August 15 card in San
Jose, California.
Diaz was originally slated to fight Joe Riggs; Riggs pulled out citing an allergic reaction to medication. Hieron, you may recall, was part of the Hindenburg “Affliction: Trilogy” card that was TKOed last week via massive ineptitude. The Xtreme Couture fighter hasn’t lost in two years.
The card will have to make do with one less title bout, as Josh Thomson’s defense against Gilbert Melendez has been postponed -- for the second time -- due to injury. Melendez will face Mitsuhiro Ishida instead, in what should be a compelling sequel to their 2007 bout.
Fanhouse also reports that female combatant Erin Toughill, once believed to be competing on the same card, will instead be used as a break-glass emergency replacement in the event Gina Carano or Cristiane Santos suffer an injury. Being employed as a precautionary measure in this economy? Not too bad.
Diaz was originally slated to fight Joe Riggs; Riggs pulled out citing an allergic reaction to medication. Hieron, you may recall, was part of the Hindenburg “Affliction: Trilogy” card that was TKOed last week via massive ineptitude. The Xtreme Couture fighter hasn’t lost in two years.
The card will have to make do with one less title bout, as Josh Thomson’s defense against Gilbert Melendez has been postponed -- for the second time -- due to injury. Melendez will face Mitsuhiro Ishida instead, in what should be a compelling sequel to their 2007 bout.
Fanhouse also reports that female combatant Erin Toughill, once believed to be competing on the same card, will instead be used as a break-glass emergency replacement in the event Gina Carano or Cristiane Santos suffer an injury. Being employed as a precautionary measure in this economy? Not too bad.
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