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STRIKEFORCE QUOTABLES: DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis believes he can handle Nick Diaz's reach at Strikeforce: Miami
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Jan 30, 2010 - 4:33:05 PM

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Nick [Diaz] obviously has a reach advantage because he’s taller. But, I don’t feel like the height difference is so drastic between the two of us to really worry about it too much. Of course, I’m concerned about the reach and I have some plans to address that. It’s not like I’m five-foot-six and he’s six-foot-nine. I think it’s something I can handle... I’ve prepared as well as I can on the ground because Nick has a superior ground game. But this is MMA, this is not kickboxing. I train in all of it. I train in grappling, the fighting, the wrestling, the same for all fighters... As far as how the fight will go or what I’ll be able to do, I don’t want to predict that. We’ll just have to see it in the ring."

-DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis discusses tonight's bout with Nick Diaz on Strikeforce: Miami on Showtime during a media conference call.

Penick's Analysis: Zaromskis is going to need this confidence tonight in what is a very tough opponent in Diaz. We really haven't seen a whole lot of Zaromskis' game yet, as he really has only burst onto the consciousness of most fans from his head kick KO's in DREAM last year. How his ground game holds up against Diaz is the main mystery coming into tonight's fight, and how he handles the reach advantage will be his key to success tonight.

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