Strikeforce: “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” is set for tonight (Saturday, March 29) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
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Strikeforce: “Shamrock vs. Cung Le” quick results:
- Jesse Jones (2-0) defeats Jesse Gillespie (1-1) via TKO/strikes (0:35 R1)
- Darren Uyenoyama (4-1) defeats Anthony Figueroa (4-2) via submission/guillotine choke (1:27 R1)
- Tiki Ghosn (10-7) defeats Luke Stewart (5-1) via unanimous decision
- Billy Evangelista (6-0) defeats Marlon Sims (3-3) via KO (0:49 R3)
- Joey Villasenor (25-6) defeats Ryan Jensen (11-4) via KO (4:45 R1)
- Wayne Cole (11-6) defeats Mike Kyle (9-6-1) via submission/armbar (0:42 R1)
- Gilbert Melendez (14-1) defeats Gabe Lemley (11-7) via TKO/strikes (2:18 R2)
- Drew Fickett (32-5) defeats Jae Suk Lim (9-4) via submission/guillotine choke (1:14 R1)
- Cung Le (6-0) defeats Frank Shamrock (24-9-1) via TKO/Doctor stoppage
Strikeforce: “Shamrock vs Cung Le” main event results and live commentary:
Round one: Villasenor jabs. Jensen answers. Jensen misses a kick. Villasenor ties him up. Jensen falls to the mat and pulls guard. Lots of squirming but no action. Villasenor grabs the cage. No action. Crowd rains down boos. Yamasaki just standing and staring. Villasenor postures up and lands a punch. Jensen gets to his feet. Stinging left drops Jensen who quickly recovers and answers with a combo that backs Villasenor up. Both fighters going for broke. Crushing right from Villasenor KO’s Jensen into a lifeless heap.
Final result: Joey Villasenor defeats Ryan Jensen via KO (4:45 R1)
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Round one: They meet in the center and briefly exchange but Cole quickly tosses Kyle to the mat. Cole in side control and leaps into an armbar. Kyle has nowhere to go and taps.
Final result: Wayne Cole defeats Mike Kyle via submission/armbar (0:42 R1)
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Kimbo Slice makes a guest appearance in the center of the ring to a standing ovation. That ovation quickly goes to uncomfortable silence when Kimbo mistakenly thinks he’s in San Francisco. Goldberg gives a tepid interview and sends him on his way. No announcement from Kimbo about his next opponent just a quick cameo for a cheap pop (as Mick Foley would say).
Round one: Lemley stalks and lands a jab. Melendez answers with a hook that stuns him. Melendez with a huge takedown. Lemley tries for the guillotine but Melendez escapes. Melendez postures up and Lemley tries to triangle him so Melendez plops down into guard. Lemley again looks for the triangle and Melendez goes north south and back again. Lemley avoiding the mount.  Melendez gets some room and does some punching. Back into guard. Hammer fists score for Melendez. Back into guard and Melendez again lands with strikes from the top. Lemley is cut. Melendez is pouring it on. Herb Dean letting it go. Lemley seconds away from being stopped and gets saved by the bell.
Round two: They trade on their feet and Lemley eats a HUGE right. And another. Melendez takes him down. Lemley in guard. Lemley taking punishment. Melendez to side control and fires at will. Lemley’s face looks like corned beef hash. Herb Dean takes his time but eventually stops the punishment.ÂÂ
Final result: Gilbert Melendez defeats Gabe Lemley via TKO/strikes (2:18 R2) to retain the Strikeforce lightweight championship.
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Round one: Fickett charges and they tie up. Lim grabs Fickett’s crank. Center of the cage and Lim eats a left but answers with an uppercut. Fickett with a big takedown. Lim stands straight up into a guillotine. Fickett straddles him and sinks it DEEP. Lim tries for the slam but is too far gone. He falls to the mat and taps.
Final result: Drew Fickett defeats Jae Suk Lim via submission/guillotine choke (1:14 R1)
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After the fight Jake Shields gets called into the ring by a zealous Goldberg and they announce the Drew Fickett/Jake Shields fight for June 14. Both fighters talk tough about the contest but Fickett goes a little too far and predicts it will end in death by rear naked choke. To be sure everyone takes him seriously he then screams “ONE OF US WILL DIE!” Good stuff.
Round one: An exchange of kicks opens the bout. Frank catches a spinning back kick and grabs Le’s waist. Cung escapes and lands a combo. Stinging jab by Frank.  More kicks and a Le combo lands. Frank looks to shoot but decides against it. Punches and kicks are flying! Both fighters look crisp. Frank brings the heat and Le answers. Le’s speed is unbelievable. A spinning roundhouse by Le gets caught by Frank who dumps him to the cage. Le is bleeding from the mouth courtesy of a Shamrock knee. More exchanges and Frank looks like he’s getting the better of them. Round ends with Shamrock taunting Le.
Round two: A Le kick sends Shammy’s mouthpiece flying. The pace slows but Le is starting to get the better of the striking. Le lands a right hook. Frank answers with a combo. Le finding his range with the kicks. Frank is taking punishment. Every exchange sees Le get sharper. Frank refuses to shoot. A Le kick deadens Shamrock’s leg. Round ends with Le pushing the pace.
Round three: Le stiffens Shamrock with a liver kick. Then a combo for Le. Frank is getting owned on his feet. Le sweeps Frank off his feet who crashes to the mat. Frank is in trouble. Out of nowhere Shammy lands a huge right. Le is staggered. Frank attacks with a flurry. Shammy pouring it on. Le is in danger but fights back and lands a devastating body kick. Then a tremendous kick to the jaw. Frank is rocked. Le on the verge of ending it as time expires.
Round four: Frank Shamrock is unable to answer the bell. Cung Le is declared the winner by TKO.
Final result: Cung Le defeats Frank Shamrock via TKO/Doctor Stoppage to win the Strikeforce middleweight championship.
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Shammy reports to the crowd of 16,326 that he suffered a broken arm and could not continue.
129 Comments »
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Good fight, atleast Cung Le isn’t taking easier fights like Kimbo.
[quote comment=”393613″]1[/quote]
One what?
bronze medal. go frank
Shamrock vs. Le is gonna be like “BLADOW, how you like me now?” and I’m gonna be all like “YYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH BBBBBOOOOOOYYYYYYY!!!!!!! Cheers!
shields fickett fight was cancelled.
[quote comment=”393627″]shields fickett fight was cancelled.[/quote]
little late bud
[quote comment=”393630″][quote comment=”393627″]shields fickett fight was cancelled.[/quote]
little late bud[/quote]
Yeah I figured it out right after I hit enter.
The closer we get, the more I can see Frank Shamrock’s point of view on this fight. However, I still think Cung Le is going to take this one. It’s certainly his biggest test, and his success in this fight is going to hinge on either Frank Shamrock committing to a stand-up bout, or Cung Le’s ability to avoid the takedown via strikes and throws. Either way, I expect that it will be good.
Cung Le via decision.
Frank by sub 2nd!!!!!!
good to see that tiki won its been awile
I had a dream that Frank Shamrock won the fight via submission in the 2nd round. Well, I thought it said TKO (strikes) in the 2nd rnd but I remember thinking oh he must have had trouble with Cung Lees stand up so he submitted him. So I am pretty sure it was submission. I am just posting this now just i case I am right and no one beleives that i had the dream. Well, heres to hoping!
wow last minute of the jensen fight was nuts great ko
i wanna see if marlon sims can even fight, i think he is pretty tough too bad he got kicked outta the house
Guys has anyone got a live feed? I’m just back from a night out and I desperately want to see this. Anyone watching it? What was that online thing again. The camera thing. Sorry for the bother I’ll go search. It was up the other day if I remember correctly. Btw I’m fcukin’ smashed.
Just looking at Wayne Cole, I was instantly predicting him to win quickly.
Ok. sho.com isn’t working for me. Help. I want to see this live.
Watching this right now I really must say that Mike Goldberg is a fucking dumbass. He has got to be tbe worst commentator for this.
yeah i’d like a live feed too please
What’s going on? There’s no feed up on Sherdog either. Maybe MMA.tv
What a crock of Horse $h!t1!!! If you’re not from the US or Canada the Showtime cage cam doesn’t work!!!
If you guys dont have Showtime you can get it on PPV for 24.95
[quote comment=”393651″]If you guys dont have Showtime you can get it on PPV for 24.95[/quote]
I’ve got a problem. I live in Europe. I can’t get this. Anyone got a live feed? I don’t want to just read the Sherdog PBP.
[quote comment=”393637″]wow last minute of the jensen fight was nuts great ko[/quote]
It was an entertaining fight, but I really didn’t like the look of that second knee Villasenor landed when Jensen was trying to get up after they went to the ground. At the very least, it was an *attempt* at an illegal knee to the head. One of those “Oh, no, of course I wasn’t aiming at his head, I was aiming at his shoulder!” deals… No action from the ref, not a word from the commentators, naturally.
Still, it was a highlight reel KO. “Here, let me do my Nate Quarry impression…”
Why do 50% of my comments get moderated Mania, seriously? Does this go back to the first post I ever made or is just because I’m asking for a feed?
great night of fights so far. gilberts ground and pound is serious that kid can throwdown.wayne coles armbar looked sloppy but effective and fickett looked kinda out of shape but that didnt effect his performance
Wish I had f@@@ing Showtime!!!!
HERE WE GO!!!
Is FJS and Cung on yet? How long?
[quote comment=”393662″]Why do 50% of my comments get moderated Mania, seriously? Does this go back to the first post I ever made or is just because I’m asking for a feed?[/quote]
LOL! 100% of my comments get moderated! For me, it all goes back to some shit I talked about Forrest Griffin, and maybe the fact that I was kicked off of MMAJunkie.
there fighting right now
Could someone tell Frank Shamrock he’s not Jimmy Fallon? I could really do without these motherfuckers mugging for the camera every 5 seconds - don’t high five, finish the damned fight.
What’s happening. Sherdog won’t work for me. Frank won the first round?
what happend to the marlon simms fight?
This is crazy
wtf good fight but sad ending
what happened?
What a terrible way to end the fight with Shamrock just laying on the floor. He was tearing him up all in round three.
le won shamrock unable to anser the bell for round 4 great fight no it was a awsome fight
sims got rescheduled, is supposed to be on after the main event. hmm. we’ll see.
Okay, the latetst I have is that Cung is tooling Frank on the score cards because Frank is keeping it standing.
cung lee vs anderson silva………..
i’m getting moderated. is simms going to be on showtime, does anyone know?
[quote comment=”393679″]what happend to the marlon simms fight?[/quote]
It’s going down after FJS and Cung because of time constraints I believe.
shamrock new he was getting his ass kicked and didn’t want to come back out. that was great. well at least when ken and frank fight now they’ll both be coming off of a loss
Damn man, I knew if Frank would lose it would be by injury.
WTF!!!Arm injury. I have to watch this tomorrow when it gets put up.
Wow I really liked that fight Cung Le got some deadly kicks
Frank gave up because his arm was broken by a kick.
[quote post=”5571″]Final result: Mike Kyle defeats Wayne Cole via submission/armbar (0:42 R1)[/quote]
I think you got the result wrong Mania
Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?
[quote post=”5571″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down? [/quote]
He only seemed too try too take Le down once..i think he was showboating too much,..but it looked too be hard too get inside on Cung Le because of his kicks
I was able to watch alil bit of the fight and Frank was tooling Cung, then the fucking thing froze, so dont know what happened. im sure theyre will be a rematch specially if it ended because of a broken arm.
Man!! Love Cung Le’s style!! Deserves to be champ, for sure!!
[quote comment=”393698″][quote post=”5571″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down? [/quote]
He only seemed too try too take Le down once..i think he was showboating too much,..but it looked too be hard too get inside on Cung Le because of his kicks[/quote]
Wow, so Cung is for real. Cheers for that. Now let’s hope the UFC can pry him away. At least I’ll be able to see him fight live.
“Lim grabs Fickett’s crank.”
Is that legal? Noone wants to see that.
[quote post=”5571″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?
He only seemed too try too take Le down once..i think he was showboating too much,..but it looked too be hard too get inside on Cung Le because of his kicks
Wow, so Cung is for real. Cheers for that. Now let’s hope the UFC can pry him away. At least I’ll be able to see him fight live. [/quote]
It will probally never happen..but who would be up for Chung Le Vs. Anderson Silva ..i know i would
What a great night. Shamrock and Kyle both losing put a huge smile on my face.
Frankie pussied out.
[quote comment=”393687″]cung lee vs anderson silva………..[/quote]
yeah cung le just started man….why kill his career early….so what if he beat frank shamrock?…who is frank shamrock compared to middleweights in ufc or dream?
[quote comment=”393705″][quote post=”5571″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?
He only seemed too try too take Le down once..i think he was showboating too much,..but it looked too be hard too get inside on Cung Le because of his kicks
Wow, so Cung is for real. Cheers for that. Now let’s hope the UFC can pry him away. At least I’ll be able to see him fight live. [/quote]
It will probally never happen..but who would be up for Chung Le Vs. Anderson Silva ..i know i would[/quote]
Yeah it kind of looked like he was hiding the fact that he just couldn’t take Le down or get in close enough to do much. But those were three amazing rounds for a great fight. That event was better than some UFC events have been.
[quote comment=”393705″][quote post=”5571″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?
He only seemed too try too take Le down once..i think he was showboating too much,..but it looked too be hard too get inside on Cung Le because of his kicks
Wow, so Cung is for real. Cheers for that. Now let’s hope the UFC can pry him away. At least I’ll be able to see him fight live. [/quote]
It will probally never happen..but who would be up for Chung Le Vs. Anderson Silva ..i know i would[/quote]
“Chung Le”
I want to watch her fight Silva but how do we get her out of the game?:)
[quote comment=”393708″]Frankie pussied out.[/quote]
That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
this sucks cuz my cable got cut off
what was franks strategy. and you can only block so many kicks before something like that happens
[quote comment=”393708″]Frankie pussied out.[/quote]
I disagree. It looks like he had a serious injury.
[quote comment=”393714″]this sucks cuz my cable got cut off[/quote]
and not to mention my Cardinals got beat by the Tarheels. what a horrible night
So is Frank over the hill, or is Cung that damn good? I can’t judge because I haven’t seen it yet. Opinions please people.
[quote comment=”393698″][quote post=”5571″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down? [/quote]
He only seemed too try too take Le down once..i think he was showboating too much,..but it looked too be hard too get inside on Cung Le because of his kicks[/quote]
Le was two much for Frank toonight. I expect too see a long title reign, like to years or so. He is two talented.
CUng Le took his arm out , and those head kicks were pretty hard … Frank was bleeding from both ears it looked like hah … He had nothing left in that arm and the kick at the buzzer put him on queer street , he wanted too lay down in the corner even before the stoppage … What a beat down , even tho Frank had him rocked a little bit that next kick from Le took what little bit Frank had left out of him ..
Good Fight , I loved it when all his smiles and smartass gestures stopped when he started getting frustrated with Le , classic .. He didnt have a answer too his adomen kicks and couldnt get in close at all ..
[quote comment=”393696″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?[/quote]
He never even tried. Too much ego I figure.
[quote comment=”393718″]So is Frank over the hill, or is Cung that damn good? I can’t judge because I haven’t seen it yet. Opinions please people.[/quote]
To me it seemed like Cung is that damn good his kicks were sick
[quote comment=”393696″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?[/quote]
He kept it standing. One thing I noticed is that Cung dosen’t have alot of power, the damage came with repeated kicks.
Hmm. Gabriel Gonzaga broke Randy Couture’s arm with a kick. Cung Lee broke Frank Shamrock’s arm with a kick.
One fighter pussies out and loses the belt. The other fighter is a true champion and finds a way to triumph.
Even so, it was an exciting fight. Frank should’ve tried to take it to the ground but his ego got the best of him.
How good was Le?? Please inform cuz I didn’t see it.
I wanted to see round four!
[quote comment=”393717″][quote comment=”393714″]this sucks cuz my cable got cut off[/quote]
and not to mention my Cardinals got beat by the Tarheels. what a horrible night[/quote]
Yea like unc winning was a surprise.
[quote comment=”393722″][quote comment=”393718″]So is Frank over the hill, or is Cung that damn good? I can’t judge because I haven’t seen it yet. Opinions please people.[/quote]
To me it seemed like Cung is that damn good his kicks were sick[/quote]
So this really does announce the arrival of a new exciting star on the scene. I’m happy enough with the result. Now only if Cung was 25 eh.
i think frank isn’t completely over the hill nor is le a
GREAT fighter. hes good but not great
[quote comment=”393728″][quote comment=”393722″][quote comment=”393718″]So is Frank over the hill, or is Cung that damn good? I can’t judge because I haven’t seen it yet. Opinions please people.[/quote]
To me it seemed like Cung is that damn good his kicks were sick[/quote]
So this really does announce the arrival of a new exciting star on the scene. I’m happy enough with the result. Now only if Cung was 25 eh.[/quote]
Yeah hes 35…but Randys in his 40s and he does alright for himself
Man Sherdogg$h!t is saying Frank ain’t top 15. Maybe they’re right.
They’re also saying they’re not too impressed with Cung’s kicks (the power of). What?
le is crazy i got the end where lee was yelling and all happy i seen the replay kicks in the head wtf fu*ks up his arm i wana see a Silva vs le i think silva will get that fight but le can still come out on top but ill like to see that war silva win round 2 tko….
Frank’s wife has gone into labour!!! Well actually during the fight. Are you listening to Sherdog Mania?
Silva would kill Le.
Wow, they’re saying the 3rd was round of the year so far. I knew this would deliver.
Anderson still annihilates all.
Frank missed his chances when he had Le hurt, I give props to Le for being up in the fight till the point that Frank couldn’t continue, but he is no great fighter. Someone’s gonna put him down, but I guess not Frank’s injury-ridden ass.
I’m gonna start training MMA.
[quote comment=”393723″][quote comment=”393696″]Someone tell me this, did Frank keep it standing for the spectacle or was he unable to take Le down?[/quote]
He kept it standing. One thing I noticed is that Cung dosen’t have alot of power, the damage came with repeated kicks.[/quote]
Well, think about it. If you try to force too much power to your punch or kicks, your speed will be a lot slower. With an opponent like Frank, you’re get your arms and leg twisted and broken if you’re slow. I think that’s why Cung tries to punch quick and bring his arms back. One is for defense, two, he doesn’t want to have his arm hanging out there with frank on the opposite side.
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