I think so. good recap of fantanstic Strikeforce card here. http://strikeforce.com/media/2010/10/diaz-vs-noons-ii-recap/ ps how do u enbed Vids
Didn't enjoy it that much to be honest, horrible striking a lot like Lytle vs Serra. Lytle is probably the only one I'd like to see in a pure stand up fight. Not the best but one i can think of I really enjoyed: Healy Vs Thomson
Alright fight but not even close to FOTY. My list would include Korean Zombie vs Leonard Garcia, Varner vs Cerrone II, Brilz vs Lil Nog, Condit vs MacDonald, Cro Cop vs Barry, Lesnar vs Carwin, Leben vs Akiyama, Sherk vs Dunham.
Don't think so....this one was a contender though.... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0DsKbA71A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0DsKbA71A[/ame]
It's funny how subjective fights are, I've watched the Diaz Noons fight five times, with lots of slow moing of the action. I never normally do that. I thought both these fighters were displaying exceptional talent. Diaz put on a masterclass of zero telegraphed punching. I think the guy might have learning difficulties but I think he is an absolute genius in the cage. Nothing like Lytle vs Serra or Leben Akiyama or the Korean zombie. These fights to me can be summed up as, one, the human punchbag, two previous steroid cheat edges the fight with cardio, three human zombie walks through punches swinging leather. I didn't learn anything from these fights, exciting though they were to watch.
Good post. I watched Diaz-Noons agian last week and was somewhat impressed with Diaz's boxing technique. Normally he stands in the southpaw stance, blocks punches with his face, throws only arm punches designed to wear guys down. In this fight he kept his hands up more, used more intelligent footwork, was jabbing ALOT and even threw some sick counter right hands. Im sure he understood Noons was difficult to take down and that ugly but usually effective boxing stance he uses in other fights would not work vs Noons (it didnt last time) and figured lets fight a bit more smart. Im sure working with Andre Ward another versatile boxer was helpfull.
