Strike Force CBS special ends with wild Nick Diaz-Jason "Mayhem" Miller post-fight brawl, embarrasses the MMA industry
by David Bixenspan on Apr 18, 2010 12:30 AM EDT
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It's not really clear why it heated up so fast, but Nick Diaz (cornering Jake Shields) and Jason "Mayhem" Miller (cornering Dan Henderson) just got into a wild brawl in the cage after the Shields-Henderson main event. Mayhem got in Shields' face, then Shields pushed him, so Diaz jumped in beat the hell out of Mayhem while Gus Johnson, after bizarrely trying to excuse the spectacle as a minor "boys will be boys" moment, nearly had an aneurysm screaming "Gentleman, please! We are on national television!" Diaz and other Cesar Gracie Team members were soccer kicking Miller in an ugly sight as the cage quickly filled up.
The Diaz brothers made things worse with a Facebook post:
For those that people think this shit's a game. Mayhem Millet trying to steal Jake's spotlight? Walk up on our camp like that? The clown got beat down.
Dana White tweeted a smiley face after the brawl, while Miller, seemingly finding humor his instigation of one of the worst things to happen to MMA, just said "Whoops."
At WatchKalibRun, Zak Woods has more photos up of Johnson looking like he was about to cry.
The Yahoo story has a pretty ugly photo of the brawl.
Video of the brawl:
An animated GIF of the brawl is available for internet meme purposes after the jump.
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mma came from pro wrestling
and in fact, the roots of modern mma are the same as the roots of pro wrestling.
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A cynical pro wrestling interpretation
Miller disrespected the boys by deviating from post match Shields interview script. ;-)
by Keith Harris on Apr 18, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Huh?
No it didn’t you idiot… the roots came from the fighting arts in Japan and blended with the ju jitsu form Brazil in the 50s. Even if it was born out of a tea party somewhere the two sports have nothing in common so stop trying to macho up your pathetic wrestling fetish ….
I'm afraid you're arguing with the wrong guy here kid
Ever heard of Maeda, the guy who taught the Gracies jiu jitsu? Ever wonder what he was doing in Brazil? turns out he followed the pro wrestling circuit all the way there.
Ever hear of Pancrase? Shooto? Those were the first MMA orgs in Japan — they were founded by Pro Wrestlers wanting to try the sport for real. Study up son, before you argue with Kid Nate on these topics.
Follow me on Twitter @KidNate
KidNate, I think I’ll just take the time to say that your MMA History Series on BloodyElbow was really awesome and does a great job covering the connection between pro wrestling and MMA for those not familiar with it.
by RagingNoodles on Apr 18, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Dave Meltzer unsurprisingly compared this to Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1979 with Gus Johnson as Gordon Solie.
Haha.
I wonder if this means the end of CBS Saturday Night Fights. I wonder what CBS is more pissed off about, this brawl or the 50 minutes it went over the timeslot. Too bad this is taking away from Shields’ upsetting Henderson in an impressive ground performance.
Strik Froce WOW
Frist OF all Strik Force Have street fighters not professional Jumping One Guy Kicking him on the ground Assaulting him. I was A Fan of Strike Froce Not anymore. Nick Diaz Trying to steal Cemera Time by getting into a brawl. Thats Why UFC is NO 1 and they have awsome managment. strik froce if any of you guys can read this if i was the owner of strike force i would hold Nick Diaz and the guys they jumped Mayhem. And if CBS can Read this I would Drope Strike Froce forever they cant control there fighters.
Brawls like these are why people compare MMA to Pro Wrestling
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Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
that what dum
that could of did it for strikforce all becouse of one dum guy bull beat down got beat down
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