Nick Diaz Beats the “Whitemare”

Zaromskis (l) and Diaz (r)

Did anyone see Strikeforce last night?  It seems they keep changing the distribution.  It was on CBS, and now it’s on Showtime.  Maybe the title fights go on cable?

Anyway, Nick Diaz had a fight against the Dream champion Marius Zaromskis, who calls himself the “Whitemare.”  The winner would become the new Strikeforce Champion.  If Zaromskis won, he would be the first man ever to hold championships from both a Japanese and an American MMA organization.

Luckily, Nick Diaz knocked out “the Whitemare” in the very first round.  After pushing him against the cage and delivering a brutal number of knees to the thigh, Diaz used his height advantage to pepper the Whitemare with punches until the Whitemare went down.

I haven’t followed the career of either Diaz or Zaromskis, but I know that I’d be a bit uncomfortable having an MMA champion who calls himself “the Whitemare.”  I realize the dude is from Lithuania, but still.  Good work, Nick Diaz.