Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Zaromskis1/30/10 - Miami, FLCompuStrike AnalysisPrevious FightsDiaz-Smith |
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Striking-machine Diaz returns to the welterweight division vs. head kick specialist Zaromskis, who is making his U.S. debut. Diaz is a better than 2-1 favorite. Both fighters have won five straight.
In his last outing, June 6 vs. Scott Smith, Diaz set CompuStrike records for total strikes thrown and landed in a round, when he went 125 of 221 in round two, enroute to a third round submission win via rear naked choke (1:41). Overall, Diaz landed 207 of 397 total strikes (52%), including 192 of 371 (52%) arm strikes. The overwhelmed Smith managed to land just 31 of 93 total strikes.
Two month earlier, Diaz landed 129 of 297 total strikes (43%) before scoring a second round ko (3:37) over veteran Frank Shamrock. Diaz went 78 of 200 (39%) in arm strikes to just 24 of 56 (43%) for Shamrock.
In July of ’08, Diaz landed 93 of 156 total strikes (60%) , including 88 of 148 (59%) arm strikes before koing Thomas Denny at :30 of round two.
In his wins over Smith, Shamrock and Denny, Diaz has landed 429 of 850 total strikes (51%). Of those 429 total strikes landed, 358 were arm strikes, throwing 719 (50%). So, 84% of his landed strikes were arm strikes and 85% of his total strikes thrown were arm strikes. The elapsed time of the three Diaz wins was 21 minutes, 10 seconds. That means Diaz landed 17 arm strikes per minute, throwing 34 per minute. Overall, Diaz landed 20 total strikes per minute, throwing 45 per minute. That’s the equilavent of a boxer landing 60 punches in a round, while throwing 135. The CompuBox average for punches landed/thrown in a round is 20/60, so Diaz is landing three times the CompuBox average.
In October, Zaromskis, the Dream welterweight champion, needed just :19 and six landed strikes to do away with M-1 Challenge veteran Myeon Ho Bae in a non-title fight. After absorbing a right hook, Zaromskis, nicknamed “The Whitemare”, landed a perfectly place leg kick that dropped the Korean. “The Whitemare” closed the show with is customary back flip.
Three months earlier, Zaromskis, a decided underdog, won The Dream 10 tournament with two spectacular knockouts, both courtesy of leg kicks. He ko’d Japanese favorite Hayato Sakurai at 4:03 of round one, not before they exchanged viciously. Zaromskis landed 31 of 71 total strikes (22 arm strikes) to 24 of 52 (46%) for Sakurai.
In the finale, a jab, straight right and a patented leg kick ko’d American Jason High at 2:22 of round one. Zaromskis landed 10 of 21 total strikes. All three Zaromskis ko’s charted by CompuStrike occurred with leg kicks- two with the left, the other with the right.
