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STRIKEFORCE: “MELENDEZ VS THOMSON” QUICK RESULTS:
Josh Thomson defeats Gilbert Melendez by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) and wins the Strikeforce lightweight title
Miesha Tate defeats Elaina Maxwell by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Light Heavyweight Champion Bobby Southworth defeats Anthony Ruiz by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 50-45)
Jeremiah Metcalf defeats Raymond Daniels via submission (rear naked choke) at :59 of round 2
Billy Evangelista defeats Nam Phan via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Chris Cariaso defeats Anthony Figueroa at 4:34 of the second round by submission (rear naked choke)
Bobby Stack defeats Jose Palacios via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Alexander Trivino defeats Eric Jacob at 37 seconds of round 1 by submission (armbar)
Jorge Interiano defeats Travis Johnson by (T)KO (doctor stoppage) at 3:00 of the 2nd round
Cyrillo Padhillo defeats Jesse Jones via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Bryan Caraway defeats Alvin Cacdac via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:39 of round one
STRIKEFORCE: “MELENDEZ VS THOMSON” LIVE BLOW-BY-BLOW COMMENTARY:
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Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson:
Round one: Jab from Melendez. Leg kick from Thomson. Double jab from the champ. Nice left hook from Melendez and he charges with some jabs and looks for the takedown. Thomson now grabs a leg and gets the takedown. He has half guard against the cage. A couple right hands from Thomson, he stands and throws a couple more. Now back to half guard. Nice knee to the body from Thomson. Thomson working in a few shoulders. Melendez reverses the position and now has the top. Thomson stands and lands a knee and a nice right hand. Back on their feet and Thomson throws a body kick. Leg kick from Thomson and a right hand from Melendez. The round ends with Thomson missing a high kick. I think Thomson took it 10-9.
Round two: Big leg kick from Thomson. Now a body kick and another. big right from Melendez and Thomson smiles. Wild flurry with knees landing from Thomson and punches from the champ. Now clinched against the cage. Melendez lands an elbow and they separate. Straight kick from Thomson and a body kick. Another. Combo from Melendez. Nice jab from Thomson. Two more. Leg kick and a right hand and two knees from Thomson. Melendez now winning some exchanges with boxing. Knee and spinning back kick from Thomson. Nice right hand from Thomson. A right from the champ. Another leg kick from Thomson and more jabs. The round ends with Thomson getting a takedown right at the bell. Another 10-9 round for Josh Thomson.
Round three: Leg kick from Thomson. Another. Nice front kick and big flurry from Thomson. Melendez stays in there and lands some right hands. Both fighters exchanging jabs. Thomson slips but he’s right back up. More jabs from both. Leg kick again from the challenger. Nice combo from Melendez. Body kick from Thomson and a front kick. Leg kick again by Thomson. Another. Big right from Melendez and he gets rushed by Thomson with a knee and some right hands of his own. Another nice right and a big miss with a left from the champ. Thomson shoots and gets the takedown. Thomson has the champ’s back, but Melendez escapes and they’re back to their feet. The bell rings and again I give the round to Thomson 10-9. He’s just doing more than Melendez, and the late takedown didn’t hurt.
Round four: Thomson with a right then left then jabs and Melendez misses a right. Melendez now with a flurry. Thomson with another kick, then another, then another. Another. The kicks are winning him this fight. Straight kick lands for Thomson. Leg kick. Straight kick again. Melendez lands a left hook, countered by another straight kick from the challenger. Another leg kick. Another. Another. Jab from Melendez, then he misses a right hand. He’s having a hard time with Thomson’s movement. Two more kicks from Thomson. A nice right hand from the champ. Body kick from Thomson. Clinch and knee from Thomson. Nice combo with his hands now. Melendez with a one two combo, but Thomson grabs the double leg and gets the takedown. Side control for Thomson. Now he has Melendez’s back, but Melendez stands up. Thomson puts him right back down and has his back again. He’s looking for the rear naked choke and has it. Time is running out, but Melendez escapes some how before the bell rings. Definitely Thomson’s round 10-9.
Round five: Melendez needs a knockout or submission in this round, lets see what happens. Leg kick from Thomson. He ducks a Melendez right hand now and throws another leg kick. Thomson grabs a single leg and pushes Melendez to the cage, now gets it to the mat. Has his back now. Melendez nicely gets up. Front kick from Thomson. Leg kick. Jab and right hand from the champ, but Thomson answers with a leg kick and a right hand of his own. Right hand from Melendez. Straight kick and a clinch from Thomson. Against the cage now both guys are tired. Thomson has his back and Melendez turns. Melendez stalking but can’t catch up to Thomson. Both land shots, but Thomson lands big knee and gets the takedown. Right back up and a straight kick. Thomson shoots and a tired Melendez tries to stay standing. Melendez lands a right hand right before the bell rings. Another round for Thomson 10-9. Great execution by Thomson in this fight and he’s going to be the next Strikeforce lightweight champion.
Final result: Josh Thomson wins the Strikeforce lightweight championship by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
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Meisha Tate vs. Elaina Maxwell:
Round one: Maxwell with a body kick and Tate with some punches. Tate holds on and secures a takedown. Maxwell has full guard. Maxwell looks for a triangle and Tate escapes and looks for mount. She gets in eventually and rains down some punches. Maxwell is looking to slip out from underneath, but Tate holds on and now looks for an armbar. She has it if she can extend it. Maxwell defends and has a scissor lock on Tate’s head. Tate gets her head out and finally extends the arm, but Maxwell gets saved by the bell. It looked like she wanted to tap, but didn’t quite commit to it. Close round, I’ll give it to Tate for the takedown and submission attempt.
Round two: Tate right away with the takedown and into Maxwell’s full guard. Maxwell looking for a gogoplata, but gives up on it. Tate is working to get the mount and gets it. Maxwell is using her long legs to try and push Tate off, but Tate stays mounted and is throwing a lot of punches, but not much behind them. Maxwell now is able to use her legs to reverse the mount into another scissor lock, but Tate escapes and is into side control. The round ends in that position. Again I’ll give it to Tate 10-9 for the takedown and dominating position. It was close again though. Maxwell is resilient. This has been an entertaining fight thus far.
Round three: Tate again immediately locks up and looks for the takedown with a single leg, but Maxwell uses the cage to stay on her feet. Tate stays locked up and holds onto the leg. Not much happening from here. The crowd voices their disapproval with some boos and the ref separates them. Tate shoots again and Maxwell capializes by spinning and taking Tate’s back. Tate looks tired and Maxwell is trying for and armbar. She looks like she could get it if she can extend, but Tate holds on and the fight ends. That was Maxwell’s round 10-9.
Final result: Miesha Tate wins by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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Light Heavyweight Champion Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz:
Round one: Southworth with a nice combo and gets a takedown. He has half guard. Gets side control easily. Ruiz looks to spin out, but Southworth takes his back. Ruiz lands a couple back door punches. Ruiz rotates nicely and quickly into Southworth’s guard. He pushes him against the fence, but Southworth stands right up. Clinch against the cage now on their feet. Southworth with double under hooks. Now gets the single leg and secures another takedown and right back into Ruiz’s half guard. Ruiz spins right into an armbar. Ruiz stacks him up and pulls his arm out. The round ends with Southworth looking for a triangle. Southworth’s round for sure, 10-9.
Round two: Leg kick and big swinging miss from Ruiz. Ruiz rushes in and clinches. Nice right hand and Ruiz gets the takedown. Full guard for Southworth. Southworth tries to get up and Ruiz slams him right back down. Southworth stands and gets a takedown right away of his own. Southworth easily to side control. Ruiz spins and Southworth now has his back. Ruiz reverses and now in Southworth’s guard. Ruiz staying active with punches. Southworth is gasping for air now against the cage. Southworth looks for the triangle now and Ruiz spins giving Southworth the top position again. Ruiz working punches from the bottom. The round ends with Southworth looking for mount. Very close round. Tough to judge. I’ll give it to Ruiz 10-9 for being more aggressive.
Round three: Ruiz charges, grabs a single leg and gets the takedown. Southworth back to his feet, but Ruiz has his back. He spins out and Ruiz looks for a leg. He lets it go and back to the clinch. Southworth now with the single leg, and he gets the takedown. Southworth is staying active now with punches and shoulders and gets full mount. Ruiz spins and gives up his back. Southworth looks for the choke, but Ruiz reverses and gets the top position. Nice punch from the bottom for Southworth. Southworth to his feet again and Ruiz lands a couple knees to the body. Southworth with another takedown. Ruiz grabs a head lock, but Southworth gets throws some body shots and the round ends. I give the round to Southworth because of the takedowns 10-9.
Round four: Ruiz with a big looping miss and Southworth lands a knee. Ruiz clinches and Southworth spins and takes his back. Southworth with the takedown and he has full mount. Ruiz turns and he’s out. Southworth has his back with both fighters on their knees. Ruiz stands. Ruiz is bleeding from his nose. Southworth grabs a leg and gets another takedown. Ruiz turns and stands. Knee from Southworth followed by a left. Nice right now from Southworth and Ruiz shoots and gets the takedown, but Southworth grabs his arm and has a kimura. Ruiz escapes. Ruiz with a couple nice shots from the top. Southworth looking for another kimura. Now he stands up, and takes Ruiz right back down. Southworth is winning this fight with the takedowns. He has side control and the round ends in that position. Again, 10-9 Southworth.
Round five: Ruiz has to know he’s behind. Let’s see if he comes out more aggressive. He misses a big looping right. Now he connects on one, but Southworth again grabs the leg and gets the takedown. Ruiz looking for the guillotine, but Southworth has half guard. Southworth working the ribs with punches and Ruiz lets go of the choke. Southworth right to side control, now north south, now has his back. Ruiz stand up. Southworth again grabs the leg and takes him down. Southworth looks for another kimura, but can’t get it. Southworth with a couple nice shots to Ruiz’s head and he moves to side control. Ruiz turns and gets it back to half guard. There’s been a lot of clinching and both guys look really tired, but Southworth continues to work and has Ruiz’s back again. The fight ends with Southworth half heartedly looking for an armbar. Again 10-9 for Southworth.
Final result: Bobby Southworth retains the Strikeforce light heavyweight title with a unanimous decision (48-47, 50-45, 49-46)
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Jeremiah Metcalf vs. Raymond Daniels:
Round one: Metcalf right away locks him up and pushes him against the cage. Using foot stomps now. Metcalf now gets a takedown and Daniels has guillotine from half guard. Metcalf gets out and is landing punches from half guard. Big punches now from Metcalf and he gets full mount. He postures and is landing big shots. Daniels is in trouble. He tries to buck out and the round ends with Metcalf landing punches from the mount. Big round for Metcalf, he takes it 10-9, maybe even 10-8.
Round two: Big right hand from Metcalf and he gets another clinch and takedown. Full mount right away for Metcalf. Metcalf looks for the side choke, but Daniels blocks him from getting side control. Daniels is eating a lot of punches. Metcalf now looking for a triangle choke, but loses mount in the process. Now he has Daniels back and locks in a deep rear naked choke. Daniels thinks about it for a few seconds and then is forced to tap. Dominating win for Jeremiah Metcalf.
Final result: Jeremiah Metcalf wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 59 seconds of round two
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Billy Evangelista vs. Nam Phan:
Round one: Leg kick from Nam. Nice exchange with punches from both. Evangelista clinches and pushes Nam to the cage. Knees from Evangelista and a takedown. Phan has full guard and Evagelista is landing some punches against the cage from there. Evangelista is really staying active from the top with the strikes. Phan squirms out and back to his feet, but Evangelista secures him and takes him right back down. Same thing happens again right away. Big shots landed from Evangelista. Phan is really being controlled by Evangelista. Nice flurry from Evangelista. Phan looks for a guillotine now, but lets it go. Big strikes from Evangelista. He’s dominating. The round ends with Phan eating more punches. Big round for Evangelista, 10-9.
Round two: Surprisingly Evangelista did a lot more standing up in this round even after such a successful first round with the takedowns and dominating ground and pound. Phan made him pay with some solid combinations and even had Evangelista looking dizzy at one point in the round. This was Nam Phan’s round 10-9.
Round three: This round was very close. Phan was a little better in the stand up. Evangelista was able to take him down a couple times and work some more ground and pound. Both guys looked tired, but Evangelista won a close round I think by being more aggressive and controlling. It was a super close round that could have gone either way.
Final result: Billy Evangelista wins a split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
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Chris Cariaso vs. Anthony Figueroa:
Round one: Figueroa misses a big high kick. Cariaso with some kicks of his own. Figueroa charges and Cariaso capitalizes with a takedown. Cariaso is throwing big punches from top and moves to half guard. Side control now for Cariaso. He lands a knee to the ribs and now has full mount. Figueroa tries desperately to get free, but Cariaso stays on him. Cariaso looks for a Kimura now and Figueroa spins and now has position. He stands and Cariaso slams him right back down. Side control easily again for Cariaso. A couple body elbows and knees from there. Now north south and Cariaso has a head lock looking to lock up a guillotine. He looks for mount and lands in half guard. Back to the feet and a knee right away from Figueroa. The round ends with Cariaso misses a high kick. Big round for Chris Cariaso. I definitely give it to him 10-9.
Round two: Body kick from Cariaso. Cariaso shoots, locks him up and takes him down. He pushes him to the cage and gets half guard easily. Side control now. Into north south and spins, now in full guard. He stands and throws some punches. Now half guard again. Cariaso is putting on a clinic on how to get dominating positions. Full mount now. Looked like he wanted to go for an armbar, now looks for the kimura again. He lets it go and postures and rains down 3 or 4 punches. Figueroa spins and gives up his back. Cariaso is looking for the rear naked and Figueroa spins back around giving up mount again, spins again giving up his back again and Cariaso locks in the rear naked choke this time and Anthony Figueroa has to tap. Dominating win for Chris Cariaso.
Final result: Chris Cariaso via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:34 or round two
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Bobby Stack vs. Jose Palacios:
Round one: Stack with a combination, but misses. They exchange leg kicks now. Another leg kick from Palacios. Stack charges, but Palacios kicks and backs up. Palacios lands a right hand and Stack’s mouthpiece goes flying. The ref stops in momentarily. Now back at it, Stack looks for a high kick and misses. Now Stack shoots for a single and misses. He eats a kick and shoots again, this time successful. In Palacios’ guard now throwing punches. Stack pushes him up against the cage now and Palacios is trying to spin back to the center of the cage. The round ends with Stack in Palacios’ guard not doing much. Close round, Palacios got the better of the exchanges with the kicks, but Stack was more aggressive and got the takedown. I’ll give it to Stack 10-9, but a strong case could certainly be made for Palacios.
Round two: Stack looks for a high kick and eats a right hand. Now Stack shoots and gets the takedown. Butterfly guard for Palacios. Stack pushes him against the cage and Palacios stands up, but Stack slams him right back down. Full guard now for Palacios with Stack throwing punches from the top. Palacios is trying to work the strikes from the bottom now. Palacios is trying to spin and get Stack’s arm, but gives up on it. Stack goes to half guard now. Looks for mount and Palacios tries to reverse it, but Stack grabs his arm and narrowly misses an armbar. Palacios gets half guard as a result and the round ends. Stack again was the aggressor with the takedowns and maintaining top position. I’ll give him this round as well, 10-9.
Round three: They exchange jabs, and Palacios looks for a big roundhouse kick, but misses. Stack shoots again and misses. Now has Palacios’ back on their feet and slams him. On the ground Stack now has full mount and stretches Palacios out trying to get higher up. He’s working punches to Palacios’ body, now postures and rains down 3 or 4 shots to Palcios’ head. Palacios is trying to do whatever he can to get out, but Stack is maintaining mount. Now Palacios escapes and is on Stack’s back. Stack spins, pushes and is in Palacios’ guard. Both guys working punches from here and the round ends. Once again Stack wins the round with position and aggression, 10-9 Stack.
Final result: Bobby Stack wins via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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Chris Bryan Caraway vs. Alvin Cacdac:
Round one: Caraway throws an overhand right and shoots for the double leg. He gets it and is in Cacdac’s half guard. He goes right to side control. Now has Cacdac’s back looking for a choke. Caraway now has a body triangle and is trying to sink in the rear naked. Cacdac tries to spin out and Caraway stays with it. It looks deep now and Cacdac half-heartedly taps out and Herb Dean right on top of it, stops the action at 1:39 of round one.
Final result: Brian Caraway via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:39 of round one
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thank goodness for MMA Mania. I thought this fight was tomorrow.
Props to Mr Nc-17 for predicting that THe punk would win this fight. I honestly did not expect Gilbert to loose. I am shocked. I havent watched the fight because I do not have HdNet. Anyone have a link to where I can watch the fight?
I didnt bet any money on this event because I wasnt sure about any of the fights, but I am shocked that Gilbert lost! Absoutely Shocked!
Was it an exciting fight?
I figured that these guys have trained with each other and that they are good friends, that we should of expected a great fight. But I think in all honesty that Thompson is a top 5 lightweight in the world, and I thought him and his incredible takedowns were going to defeat Gilbert. I’m glad I was right.
JOHN. its on mmascraps.com right now, if your not already watching it.
thanks
JOHN.another website has reported that semmy shilt will fight jerome lebanner tommorrow at the next big k-1 gpx event. i guess that means late tonight i dont know for sure. its sounds like pretty decent fight card though, and i will try and watch it on the same site i watched strikeforce last night. i also want to see the paquio fight as well for free tonight. look up ADAM Gs post down below to find it.
and what happened to cro-cop and lebanner.
last i heard the fight was still on
This sucks, I don’t get HDNet on cable and the channel is not on the list on satellite.
What about internet live streaming? I have only ever watched UFC events this way but Strikeforce might be on? Have you tried alt like Sopcast or TVUplayer?
Yup TVU works thanks a bunch
has the Nam Phan fight happened? It’s on Daniels that seems to be higher up in the show..
http://www.channelsurfing.net/ . . . ENJOY GANGSTA’S!!!
Just scroll down a little bit and it should be on one of those two options for StrikeForce at 7:30 Cali time.
what does the IE only thing mean?
internet explorer
Am guessing Inernet Explorer?
haha I should have known that
HELL YEAH MAN. Since I don’t get HD Net, I really fuckin appreciate it!!!!
Your the man, thanks
Adam G do you post on glasspipes.org?????
Haha is their someone like adamg their too?? I asked him if he posted at sherdog..lmao
Nope, just here.
ADAM G. thanks for the heads-up.i almost forgot about this site. as far as the title fight goes, i think thomson was a little underrated and gilbert alot overrated. i could see any of the middle of the top 10 guys in the ufc giving both of these guys hell. maynard,j-lau and nate diaz could beat both of these guys. i said could not would though. not to mention ken-flo or huerta. niether thomson or melendez could last more than 2 rnds w/ b.j.
Look, I have no problem with women in MMA. Kaitlin Young, Gina Carano, Tara Larosa, and a handful of others are real solid fighters. My problem is the fact that the current trend seems to be putting female fights on main cards just to get them out there, even if the fights are incredibly sub par. Why not just let them fight on the undercard to become stronger fighters, and when that time comes, bring them up to the main card? There are other fights that are more competitive and exciting that can be shown on the main card to help MMA and the fighters themselves.
out of the blue
good f-ing call man
This is totally off the subject but I noticed that the first time BJ licked his gloves after a fight was against Matt Hughes at UFC 46(BJ had a small amount of blood on his gloves from a small cut on Matt’s cheek), NOT against JoeDaddy at UFC 80.. LOL I just rewatched the fight and I was quite amused.
I thought he licked Matt’s blood of his own chin, not his glove? I might be wrong, it was a while ago.
It was off his own chin, but maybe he did it off the gloves also, never did it again til the Stevenson fight though. But i think it was just off the chin from when he kissed Hughes.
You have to watch the moments right after BJ gets up.. It’s very quick and the camera is not fully focusing on Penn.
From the camera angle that was available, it looked like he licked his gloves immediately after submitting him, even prior to the kiss to Matt’s cheek.
I think he even went to lick his gloves the second… oh thats right, he turned to a little girl in the 3rd round, I totally forgot. Sure he’ll move up to 170 and challenge the title, thats the first thing I think about doing after losing 2 in a row in a weight class. As soon as he gets off the immediate hype of being the true LW champ he’ll go back to eating twinkies and “swimming in the ocean” as his lazy-ass cardio. Seriously, BJ will end up hurting himself attempting to kiss his own a$$.
I thought he does like a praying motion to god or Hilo or something, ill watch it again.
The Punk Is dominating.
I know.. Melendez has no answer for him. I’m shocked.
The punk did amazing congrats to him, And ADAM G, thanks, I wouldn’t have watched this unless you put it up.
right on thnx adam for coming through wit the link! stiffler dominated! did thompson just expose melendez game? deng. all 5 rounds. craziness
holy crap. boring to watch. there was 1 good fight all night.
yah, they should go back to doing co-promotions with Elitexc. I don’t think they have enough talent to put on that many fights without having a bunch of boring lnp matches, or fights where one or both fighters gas after 1 round
the ony fights I liked were
Tate vs. Maxwell (women’s fight), which was a bit sloppy but actually had some back and forth wrestling/bjj
Melendez vs. Thomson
good fight, but could have been better if Thompson didn’t totally dominate Melendez
Luckily I always watch 1.5 - 2 hours into a broadcast with my DVR so I can fastforward a lot when I get bored
I agree. Bored out of my mind watching those.
wasnt raymond daniels supposed to be the “next” cunt le. isnt this 2nd straight mma loss by sub. maybee daniels could be the next cunt le if anyone ever decided to put cunt le on his back.
Cung actually has good wrestling, not sure how much this other guy trained outside whatever TMA he came from
Raymond Daniels isnt a true mma fighter yet. Once Daniels works on his takedown defense, he will be tough to beat. If he can get a liddell like sprawl, he will be dangerous against anyone he faces because I doubt that anyone in strikeforec can stand n trade with Daniels.
i hate to admit it, but i have seen the wcl a few times (a few times was all it took to turn me away) and i agree that daniels is the best striker in strikeforce, but he should already be working on his takedown defense cuz of his rep. chuck was a top college wrestler at cal-poly and has perfected his sprawl over many years. so daniels might not survive long enough to get a good enough takedown defense. maybee strikeforce should try and set him up with guys who like to strike and isnt such ba good wrestler a few times until he does develops a good sprawl. he seeems atheletic enough and his reflexes are sharp, i know its not fair to pass judgement so early in his career, but there are so many losses he can take until he ruins his career. ive been hearing that le has a good wrestling background, whats the lowdown on that?
Cung le can wrestle for sure
bW: Takedown defense isnt that hard to improve on. Its actually one of t he easier skills to get better at. Just look at how much better alves and Machida’s takedown defense improved, in a short period of time. If Daniels dedicates himself to the takedown defense improvement and they match him up with strikers for the next few fights, he will have a great chance at becoming a solild middlweight in strikeforce
regular cable sucks
I was really disapointed with these fights. Even with the DVR I feel like I waisted 3 hours of my life. The fights were boring nad dudes just wrestled looking for position but did not go anywhere. I do like the Elitexc shows, they are atleast entertaining.
Did anyone get a chance to watch the last sportfight on HDNET? That was pretty good as well.
Has anyone got the Proelite fight pass and watched all the fights? Is it worth it? Thanks
Who gives two shts about this card?
i cared enough to put that i still dont like bobby southworth, and also that im still blown away he has a belt. thats one tough champ…i think i would leave the title vacant first
Right with you bro…southworth is a BUM..makes the title look like a complete joke.
There wasn’t much talent on this card. Thompson is a good all around fighter. Gilbert should drop down to 145 and pray that Faber goes up to LW. Evangelista and Phan would both get owned by Thompson. Those are probably the only fighters that fought on this card worth mentioning, right now.