Cormier goes for a single leg and finishes it with a nifty trip. Cormier goes for either some sort of leg lock can't quite tell what with a Showtime type standing up directly in front of me.
It's very close, but Cormier slides out of danger. Cormier ends up in Barnett's guard. Rosenthal calls for a standup with 30 seconds left. Very close round, Barnett with a sense of urgency. Round 5: Barnett with a kick to the body. A timeout called as the mat was wet, Rosenthal towels it off and we're back at it. Barnett throws a combo and we've got a positional battle along the fence.
They end up back out in the center. Cormier appears content to simply not lose the fight, Barnett isn't yet doing anything to take it. Crowd gets a bit restless. Cormier with a combo. Barnett with a spinning back first, Cormier scores a takedown and just misses with a slam attempt, as Barnett lands on his feet.
The clinch, Barnett's back to the fence. One minute left. Both guys still standing and clinched. Down to the closing seconds. Cormier avoids contact, too many boos from the crowd at the end for a quality fight.
Strikeforce Barnett vs. Cormier results: Daniel Cormier wins via unanimous decision , , Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. The Brazilian looks for a takedown, but Vallie-Flagg has none of it and lands a nice jab as the fighters separate.
A half-speed takedown attempt by Cavalcante allows Vallie-Flagg to land a knee and take the fight back to the fence. With three minutes left in the fight, Vallie-Flagg lands two elbows and a big front kick to the head of his opponent.
A jab-right hook lands for Vallie-Flagg, who is taking control of this bout and looks to be on his way to a come-from-behind win. Cavalcante lands a straight right, but Vallie-Flagg clinches again and uses the fence to control Cavalcante.
A flying knee puts an exclamation mark on what should be a great comeback victory. Vallie-Flagg defeats Cavalcante by split decision , , Virgil Zwicker pushes forward with hooks and presses the fight to the fence, but Carlos Inocente works his back away from the cage. A looping right hook lands for Zwicker, but Inocente rocks his opponent with a head kick after landing a few leg kicks.
Zwicker smartly takes the fight to the ground, but Inocente quickly reverses positions. Once the fighters work their way back to their feet, Inocente opens up with spinning kicks. A hook to the body and spinning elbow also land for Inocente. Zwicker is hanging tough, but he's taking a lot of damage against this dynamic striker. Another head kick grazes Zwicker, who also eats a knee.
However, Zwicker secures another takedown and survives a wild round. Inocente lands a left hook and tries to land another head kick, but Zwicker catches the leg and takes the fight to the ground. Inocente lands elbows from his back. Inocente sweeps Zwicker and stands. The Brazilian lands a leg kick and feints a knee before attacking Zwickers lead leg with another kick.
Zwicker catches a kick and presses Inocente to the fence, but Inocente ducks under Zwickers arm and secures a takedown. Inocente lets Zwicker stand and lands a spinning backfist, which would put most to sleep, but not Zwicker. With one minute left in the round, Zwicker trips Inocente to the ground, but he's too tired to keep the fight there.
Zwicker tries for another takedown, but Inocente stuffs the attempt. Zwicker catches a kick and lands a punch with his free hand. Inocente clinches, though, and lands a few knees to the body.
Another kick is caught by Zwicker, who lands a right hook. Inocente lands more knees in the clinch and stuffs a Zwicker takedown attempt. The year-old clinches once again and lands a pair of uppercuts to the chin of Zwicker. Finally, the pace is slowing, as these fighters are both exhausted. Zwicker attempts a superman punch and eats a left hook on the way in.
Zwicker walks forward and takes a body kick. With one minute left in the fight, Zwicker pushes the pace again and begins landing. However, Inocente is able to keep distance and lands a flying knee before the fight comes to an end.
The year-old light heavyweights get started by briefly clinching. Gian Villante lands a heavy leg kick and hurts Derek Mehman with a left hand in the clinch. Mehman follows his opponent to the ground and looks to lock up a rear-naked choke, but Mehman recovers and props himself up against the cage.
Mehman works his way to his feet with three minutes left in the round, Villante blocks a pair of left hooks ad answers with a thudding leg kick. Another left kick lands for Villante, who has a decided edge with two minutes left in this frame. Villante blasts Mehman with a jab-straight right combination and clinches along the fence. Mehman separates and checks to see if his nose is broken.
Villante lands a straight right to the body and easily blocks a series of slow combinations from Mulhern. Frustrated with the way things are going on his feet, Mehman looks for a takedown, but Villante easily stuffs the it and keeps the fight standing, where he is clearly the better fighter. Villante lands a jab-inside leg kick combination. Villante continues to easily shut down the telegraphed two-punch combinations of Mehman.
The former Iowa University wrestler needs to switch things up and get this fight to the ground if he wants to avoid a second straight loss. Unfortunately a loss is a loss, so lets hope I can turn this skid around ASAP, lets look at the fights. Potentially Green vs Noons or Fodor, or a potential rematch with Cavalcante to give him the oppurtunity to recover his debut defeat.
Either way Green could move into the title picture with another win or 2. Mulhern picks up a nice win and should get a chance to move up the ranks; Mulhern vs Roger Bowling and Villefort vs Tyler Stinson makes sense at this point. In this scenario, skill trumped heart but there were some tense moments in the second half when Zwicker started to mount his comeback.
Virgil is a scrappy fighter can put on an entertaining fight. Inocente looked good early, but gassed late as we have seen so many debuting fighters do. If Inocente can get his cardio under control he could be another interesting lbs prospect; Inocente vs Trevor Smith, Zwicker vs Yoel Romero. Spang actually attempted the only takedown of the fight which was interesting, see the bet pack below as I felt Spang had some significant value as an underdog.
Burrell is a powerful guy and even though it would appear his striking is his main focus, he should try to work on his ground game. Spang was clearly the superior striker once he got rolling and if he can developing solid takedown defence he can make some waves in the division. Cavalcante will be fighting Gegard Mousasi for the title, but because of what Kyle has done for the organization and the fact that he is clearly the 3 ranked LHW they have Kyle should get a shot at the winner if he can pick up one more win.
The division is so slim though it could be hard to find Mak an appropriate opponent, I know I already mentioned Zwicker in a potential match-up, but Zwicker vs Kyle might work. Cavalcante vs Mousasi for the title. If Melendez stays with Strikeforce the next fight that make sense is against Pat Healy. The title picture is murky, SF needs to give Pat the shot, Thomson vs Jorge Masvidal would be an interesting bout as well and I hope during this time another contender emerges from the list of prospects; Fodor, Wilcox, Green, Vallie-Flagg, or even Ryan Couture.
Final Overturned. Mike Kyle Nah-Shon Burrell Chris Spang Gesias Cavalcante Isaac Vallie-Flagg Virgil Zwicker Guto Inocente Derrick Mehmen Gian Villante Quinn Mulhern Yuri Villefort
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