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What up, guys? I just got back from shooting some footage at the Strikeforce press conference, which I’ll be sharing with you on Monday. The basic gist of the Q+A session was: Joe Riggs and Scott Smith had to go to the hospital after their fights, Andrei Arlovski just didn’t feel like sticking around, Jake Shields has made up his mind that he’s not going to give Joe Riggs the time of day, Nick Diaz doesn’t consider Cung Le to be an important opponent, and Brett Rogers is just gonna keep doin’ work. (Direct quote.) Plus, Brett Rogers told me the secret to his KO power, I chatted with Gilbert Melendez about his preparation for his rematch with Josh Thomson, and Nick Diaz provided me with an exclusive rant. In the meantime, video of the Rogers/Arlovski knockout is above, and video of the Diaz/Smith scrap is after the jump. Talk soon…
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Second: What people don't understand about Nick Diaz's punches are that they do the EXACT same amount of damage as a heavy shot. Let me explain. Small, pitter patter punches snap the head around just as much as heavy shots, the difference is you can throw 4 or 5 of those pitter patter shots in the same amount of time as 2 of those wallowing haymakers. And scientific studies have shown that less powerful, but repeated shots to the head are just as capable of knocking someone out as heavy, lumbering blows.
tl;dr: Big John is the fucking man, Nick Diaz's pitter patter punches are just as effective, if not more so than heavier punches.