{"id":1084,"date":"2009-07-07T19:28:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T23:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2009-07-07T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T23:28:26","slug":"rematch-of-heated-ufc-fight-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/07\/07\/rematch-of-heated-ufc-fight-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Rematch of Heated UFC Fight Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strikeforce confirmed that its anticipated &#8220;Carano vs. Cyborg&#8221; event will feature a rematch between two former UFC fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Now official for the show is a bout between Nick Diaz and Joe Riggs to determine the Strikeforce Welterweight Champion.  Diaz has become the promotion&#8217;s star with dominant victories over Frank Shamrock and Scott Smith, while Riggs is coming off two consecutive Strikeforce victories.<\/p>\n<p>The two last fought at the UFC 57 card in 2006.  Riggs pulled out the unanimous decision, but the fight did not end in the Octagon&#8211;reports emerged that the two had a heated confrontation at the hospital following the event.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz-Riggs brings a fourth title fight to the event.  Gina Carano vs. Cristiane &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Santos is for the women&#8217;s title, while Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez square off for lightweight gold and Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum battle for the heavyweight prize.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=nick diaz&#038;iid=4544869\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/4\/4\/c\/3\/PicImg_MMA_APR_11_0381.JPG?adImageId=1823881&#038;imageId=4544869\" width=\"320\" height=\"479\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"MMA: APR 11 Strikeforce - Shamrock v Diaz\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rematch of Heated UFC Fight Confirmed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strikeforce confirmed that its anticipated &quot;Carano vs. Cyborg&quot; event will feature a rematch between two former UFC fighters. 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