Strikeforce - Rockhold vs. Kennedy

[DixieDestroyer]

FYI, here's the card for Saturday's Strikeforce event in Portland, OR.

Fight card


Main event


Versus Luke Rockhold

9 - 1 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Tim Kennedy

14 - 3 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)

Match	Fighters
8	Nate Marquardt 31 - 10 - 2	vs	Tyron Woodley 10 - 0 - 0
7	Lorenz Larkin 12 - 0 - 0	vs	Robbie Lawler 19 - 8 - 0
6	Roger Gracie 4 - 1 - 0	vs	Keith Jardine 17 - 10 - 2
5	Jorge Masvidal 22 - 7 - 0	vs	Justin Wilcox 11 - 4 - 0
4	Jason High 15 - 3 - 0	vs	Nate Moore 8 - 2 - 0
3	Ryan Couture 4 - 1 - 0	vs	Joe Duarte 10 - 2 - 0
2	Pat Healy 27 - 16 - 0	vs	Mizuto Hirota 14 - 4 - 1
1	Jordan Mein 24 - 8 - 0	vs	Tyler Stinson 23 - 8 - 0

http://www.sherdog.com/events/Strikeforce-Rockhold-vs-Kennedy-22305


***There's a few caste match-ups on this card, so I'll be pullin' for Marquardt, Lawler, Wilcox, Moore, and Healy.

 

[Liverlips]

Pretty good card as far as Strikeforce goes.

Lots of good caste matches and regular matches as well.

Unfortunately, I think Woodley will lay and pray to a win against Nate, who struggles with "wrasslers" and is moving down to 170 from 185. Nate was a big and thick middleweight so he is losing lots of muscle and will likely gas in the later rounds.

We should win the other caste matches and I think Luke Rockhold will overcome Kennedy.

 

[Liverlips]

Nice win by Ryan Couture.

The kid is nothing like his dad though. 5'10, 155 lbs and little-to-no muscle mass.

 

[Liverlips]

I thought the Asian won, but Pat Healy gets the decision.

 

[Hawkeye2]

I thought Healy won, I gave him the last two rounds. I think this card is very castebias though, as most Strikeforce cards are.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Lawler should be fighting at 170, he is to small for 185.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Larkin got dominated in his last fight. He seems to pad his record with scrubs, alot.

 

[Liverlips]

Anyone with some decent wrestling (that is not Lawlor) will handle Larkin.

Heck, Lawlor almost finished him in the first round.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Jardine should have retired long ago, now he's Shamrocking his career. I can see him in a year or two after his MMA career is over, doing some kind of special rules Boxing/MMA/Wrestling fight.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Ithink they'll keep Jardine around so some black guy could pad his record like they did with Scott Smith.

 

[Liverlips]

I really like Keith but he has nothing left and just never could take a punch.

Great defensive BJJ though.

 

[Liverlips]

Has Jardine ever heard of a double jab?

 

[Hawkeye2]

Jardine is one of those guys who declined with experience. He actually looked like a better fighter when he was on TUF then he does now.

 

[Liverlips]

Why was Jardine showboating the last round? Pretty sad what has become of him.

 

[Liverlips]

Yeah, Keith was close to a title shot a few times. He came within 10-15 seconds of beating Rampage in 2009 and would have likely received a title shot if he had won.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Jardine is 4-9-1 in his last 14 fights, would be 4-10 if not for a point deduction.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Not impressed with Woodley, but he has better wrestling than Nate.

 

[Liverlips]

Yeah, Nate looks really small at 170. I hope he wins but Woodley will likely lay & pray Nate for 5 rounds.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Woodley's mom is annoying. She won't shut-up.

 

[Liverlips]

How annoying is Tyron's big black mammy?

 

[Liverlips]

Great first round by Nate. I hope he ends it in the 2nd as I think he may gas due to the weight cut.

 

[Liverlips]

Round 2 for Nate. Hope he keeps it up.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Great Job by Nate. He shut that woman up.

 

[Liverlips]

Nate leaves Woodley in a heap on the mat!

New welterweight champ!

 

[Hawkeye2]

Other than the third round Nate dominated.