Strikeforce: Evolution

[DixieDestroyer]

Fyi, here's the card for Strikeforce's Evolution tomorrow night in San Jose, CA (10PM ET on Showtime)...

Main Card

* Middleweight bout: Cung Le vs. Scott Smith
* Lightweight Championship bout: Josh Thomson (c) vs. Gilbert Melendez (ic)
* Middleweight bout: Ronaldo Souza vs. Matt Lindland
* Heavyweight Muhammed Lawal vs. Mike Whitehead

Preliminary Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: Scott Lighty vs. Antwain Britt
* Lightweight bout: Daisuke Nakamura vs. Justin Wilcox
* Featherweight bout: Luis Mendoza vs. Juan Nunez
* Lightweight bout: Alex Trevino vs. Bobby Stack
* Lightweight bout: Alexander Crispim vs. AJ Fonseca

***I'll be pulling for Smith, Thompson, Lindland, Whitehead (vs. afflete Lawal), Lighty (vs. afflete Britt), Wilcox (vs. jap Nakamura), and Stack (vs. mulatto Douglas).

Strikeforce - Evolution

 

[hawkeye]

Strikeforce is a much more pro-black league. Generally they have lower quality white guys against their overhyped black prospects.

 

[Liverlips]

Scott Smith saved what was a bad night for our guys with an incredible KO over Cung Le.

Donald Cerrone also beat a Great Black Dope in the WEC so all in all not too bad a night.

Look for Mo Lawal to be the next great black hype in MMA (along with Jon Jones). I predict both will end up like Kimbo Slice and Brett Rogers - KO'd at the hands of a white man.

 

[hawkeye]

unlike Jon Jones, I am actually not to impressed with King Mo. His strikeing is not very good and While he is a very good wrestler, it seems all the guys he beat are predominatly wrestling specialist. He had a chance to go to UFC but they turned him down, because they didn't like his style.

 

[Deacon]

Josh Thomson (c) vs. Gilbert Melendez was easily FOTN!

I watched the fights live on justin tv and it was a great show. Great job Strikeforce.

 

[White Shogun]

Is there anybody out there with more heart than Smith? I've never seen a guy get beat so bad in fight after fight and then win by some kind of miracle KO at the end. There are few guys out there who I like to watch more than Scott Smith.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Below is the full card results...not a good night for White fighters (save heavy-handed Scott Smith!). ***Here's the Smith KO of Le...

Smith KOs Cung Le

Main Card

* Middleweight bout: Cung Le vs. Scott Smith

Smith defeated Le via KO (punches) at 3:25 of round 3.

* Lightweight Championship unification bout: Josh Thomson (c) vs. Gilbert Melendez (ic)

Melendez defeated Thomson via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) to unify the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.

* Middleweight bout: Ronaldo Souza vs. Matt Lindland

Souza defeated Lindland via submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:18 of round 1.

* Heavyweight bout: Muhammed Lawal vs. Mike Whitehead

Lawal defeated Whitehead via KO (punches) at 3:08 of round 1.

Undercard

* Light Heavyweight bout: Scott Lighty vs. Antwain Britt

Britt defeated Lighty via TKO (Doctor's Stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 1.

* Lightweight bout: Daisuke Nakamura vs. Justin Wilcox

Wilcox defeated Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout: Alexander Crispim vs. AJ Fonseca

Crispim defeated Fonseca via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

***The Bobby Stack vs. David Douglas bout was cancelled. Douglas, who took the fight on a week's notice, reportedly had difficulty with his weight cut and was hospitalized after having issues holding fluids down.

Edited by: DixieDestroyer

 

[guest301]

Is there anybody out there with more heart than Smith? I've never seen a guy get beat so bad in fight after fight and then win by some kind of miracle KO at the end. There are few guys out there who I like to watch more than Scott Smith.

I love watching Scott Smith fights. The guy continually pulls these highlight reel knockouts in MMA's equivalent of the fourth quater with two minutes left and your are down two touchdowns. The man is amazing and glad the guy found a home outside of the UFC to display his talents.