Dream. 14: Diaz submits Sakurai

Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz managed to beat MMA legend Hayato Sakurai in a bouth at the Dream.14 event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, last night.

Diaz won the fight in the first round when he forced Sakurai to tap out from an armbar.

Full Dream. 14 results:

Nick Diaz def. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai by first-round armbar submission
Ralek Gracie def. Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision
Hiroyuki Takaya def. Joachim Hansen by first-round KO
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto def. Federico Lopez by first-round KO
Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura def. Hideo Tokoro by first-round TKO
Kazuyuki Miyata def. Takafumi Otsuka by split decision
Kenji Osawa def. Yoshiro Maeda by split decision
Ikuhisa Minowa def. Imani Lee by first-round choke submission