Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the card for tomorrow night's (last) Strikeforce card from OKC...

[h=3]Main card (Showtime)[/h]

• Welterweight Championship bout: Nate Marquardt (c) vs. Tarec Saffiedine[SUP][1][/SUP]
• Heavyweight bout: Daniel Cormier vs. Dion Staring[SUP][1][/SUP]
• Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett vs. Nandor Guelmino[SUP][1][/SUP]
• Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle[SUP][1][/SUP]
• Catchweight (194lbs) bout: Ed Herman vs. Ronaldo Souza[SUP][1][/SUP]

[h=3]Preliminary card (Showtime Extreme)[/h]

• Lightweight bout: Pat Healy vs. Kurt Holobaugh
• Middleweight bout: Roger Gracie vs. Anthony Smith[SUP][/SUP]
• Middleweight bout: Tim Kennedy vs. Trevor Smith[SUP][/SUP]
• Lightweight bout: Ryan Couture vs. K.J. Noons[SUP][/SUP]

[h=3]Preliminary (Unaired)[/h]

• Lightweight bout: Jorge Gurgel vs. Adriano Martins[SUP][/SUP]
• Lightweight bout: Michael Bravo vs. Estevan Payan[SUP][/SUP]

http://www.strikeforce.com/event/SF6


***The Dixie outlaw will be pullin' for Nate the Great, Staring, Barnett, Mousasi, Herman, Healy, Gracie (vs. mulatto "Smiff"), and Kennedy.

 

[Liverlips]

Barnett has the flu but is still fighting!

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Good wins for Gracie, Healy and Kennedy thus far.

Preliminary	Middleweight	Tim Kennedy	def	Trevor Smith	3	1:36	Submission (guillotine choke)
Preliminary	Lightweight	Pat Healy	def	Kurt Holobaugh	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	29-28, 30-27, 30-27
Preliminary	Middleweight	Roger Gracie	def	Anthony Smith	2	3:16	Submission (arm triangle choke)
Preliminary	Lightweight	Adriano Martins	def.	Jorge Gurgel	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	30-27, 29-28, 29-28
Preliminary	Lightweight	Estevan Payan	def.	Michael Bravo	2	4:01	TKO (punches)

 

[Hawkeye2]

These are a pretty one sided matchups. I don't think any upsets are going to happen.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Mousasi by RNC/sub in round 1!

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Babyface "Whipassin" w/ the 1st round sub (via arm triangle).

 

[Liverlips]

Glad to see Barnett win and Gracie getting the caste win!

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Ol' "DC Flab" (all 5'11 of him) gets the easy TKO over tomato can Staring. :bored:

 

[Liverlips]

I still think Barnett could have beat Cormier if he didn't break his hand the first round.

Let's hope he goes to the UFC.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

I still think Barnett could have beat Cormier if he didn't break his hand the first round.

Let's hope he goes to the UFC.

Ditto...on both counts.

 

[Liverlips]

Nate looking tired. I think that weight cut really drains him. He was a big 185 pounder.

 

[Liverlips]

Nate getting handled. If they take him back in the UFC I hope he moves back up to 185.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Yep...Nate needs to stay at middleweight. He's kinda streaky too. He's beaten guys like Yves Edwards, Horn, Kampmann, Maia & Dan Miller, but lost to some guys he's more talented than (Thales Leites & Saffiedine).

 

[Hawkeye2]

Nate has no excuses Saffiedine is one of those guys whose is going to get handled when he goes to UFC. Neither his wrestling or his striking is anything great. Saffiedine is the poor man John Makdessi.

 

[Liverlips]

Anyone see the Couture-Noons fight? Lots of talk as to it being a terrible decision.

Hope both guys get signed to the UFC though.