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Just because there were no major screw-ups during Saturday’s Strikeforce show, doesn’t mean they didn’t get a couple of minor details wrong. Case in point: the CompuStrike numbers that came back after the Diaz vs. Noons main event. Was anybody else shocked to learn that KJ Noons actually outstruck Nick Diaz 310-194, and landed a full 51% of his strikes? It seemed to us that Diaz was controlling the standup exchanges pretty clearly. As it turns out, CompuStrike incorrectly reported the strike totals from the fight, due to a "glitch" in their system; the real totals are above. There, now you can rest easily knowing that the decision was fair and your eyes did not deceive you.
Now, moving onto judging errors…
If you’re as brain-dead as most MMA judges, it can be hard to add up five numbers in a short amount of time. That’s why judge Steve Morrow returned his odd 49-47 total for Diaz vs. Noons, when he clearly meant to give it a 49-46. Props to MiddleEasy for the find. Thankfully, Morrow’s poor addition skills didn’t affect the outcome of the fight.
In a related story, the judge who scored Josh Thomson vs. Gesias Cavalcante a 30-27 in favor of Thomson was some ditzy broad named Susan Thomas-Gitlin.
And finally, Nick Diaz and Jason "Mayhem" Miller almost hosted a sequel to their Strikeforce: Nashville brawl on Saturday, as the two fighters got into an altercation backstage. According to one account of the incident:
After the Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II card, Nick Diaz was walking in the hallway of the HP Pavilion to attend the post-fight press conference. Simultaneously, the guys at Showtime were ushering Mayhem Miller out of the post-fight press conference in order to prevent another Strikeforce: Tennessee. From what I was told, Mayhem was supposed to exit out of the post-fight press conference doors and take a right, while Nick Diaz was going to enter the room in the opposite direction. In short, both fighters would have never crossed paths if this initial plan actually worked, however things sort of ‘screwed up’.
As Mayhem Miller was walking down the corridor, he abruptly turned around and walked the other way. As the two were approaching each other, things seemed to be somewhat civil. Out of nowhere, Nick Diaz launched a water bottle directly at Mayhem’s face — almost at point-blank range. It hit Mayhem directly in the face, water exploded everywhere and Miller looked stunned. Security got in-between the two and Nick Diaz held his arms up and said ‘Come on you fat [expletive]!’. He then tried shoving the security away to get close to Mayhem while screaming ‘Let’s do it right now!’. Nick Diaz managed to get within swinging distance, and then more security jumped in and held back Nick and finally got him to walk in the opposite direction, towards the post-fight press conference room.
After Scott Coker was informed of the scuffle, he told reporters:
"It’s not hard to promote that fight. But we’ll see if they really want to do fight in the cage. It’s one thing to have them bump in to each other in the hallway and call each other names. But if they really want to fight in the cage, if anybody can put it together, we can put it together."
We’re going to hold you to that, Scott…
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