Strikeforce: Evolution, 20/12/09 @ 0300 GMT

AARRRGH · 19-12-2009 5:09pm #1

Main Card
Cung Le (6-0) vs. Scott Smith (17-6)
Josh Thomson (16-2) vs. Gilbert Melendez (16-2)
Ronaldo Souza (10-2) vs. Matt Lindland (21-6)
Muhammed Lawal (5-0) vs. Mike Whitehead (24-7)
Robbie Lawler (16-5) vs. Trevor Prangley

Preliminary Card
Scott Lighty (5-0) vs. Antwain Britt (9-3)
Daisuke Nakamura (20-11) vs. Bryan Travers (13-1)
Luis Mendoza (0-0) vs. Juan Nunez (1-1)
Alex Trevino (4-1) vs. Bobby Stack (6-1)
Alexander Crispim (3-2) vs. AJ Fonseca (4-1)

On tonight @ 3AM.

cardio,shoot me · 19-12-2009 5:31pm

might watch this, probably just get it off a website tomoro morning tho, only fight im interested in is lindlands

markfightie · 19-12-2009 5:48pm

is this on live anywhere?

can you buy a decent stream?

ginoginelli · 19-12-2009 5:53pm

Sweet. I shall be watching this tonight. The streams should be pretty decent, as it is being broadcast on CBS.

Heres my picks.

Cung Le (6-0) vs. Scott Smith (17-6)
Josh Thomson (16-2) vs. Gilbert Melendez (16-2)
Ronaldo Souza (10-2) vs. Matt Lindland (21-6)
Muhammed Lawal (5-0) vs. Mike Whitehead (24-7)

bret69 · 19-12-2009 8:16pm

ginoginelli wrote: »

Sweet. I shall be watching this tonight. The streams should be pretty decent, as it is being broadcast on CBS.

Heres my picks.

Cung Le (6-0) vs. Scott Smith (17-6)
Josh Thomson (16-2) vs. Gilbert Melendez (16-2)
Ronaldo Souza (10-2) vs. Matt Lindland (21-6)
Muhammed Lawal (5-0) vs. Mike Whitehead (24-7)

Ha I have an accumulator on those 4 picks! €94 for a tenner on paddypower. I had a big win on last weeks UFC so another one would be nice just before xmas!

dunkamania · 19-12-2009 9:11pm

WEC is also on tonight

http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=eventdetail.fightCard&eid=2514

Devastator · 20-12-2009 3:23am

where can I watch this?

thanks

pierrot · 20-12-2009 4:14am

http://www.mmaphilippines.net/stream

Devastator · 20-12-2009 4:35am

ginoginelli wrote: »

Sweet. I shall be watching this tonight. The streams should be pretty decent, as it is being broadcast on CBS.

Heres my picks.

Cung Le (6-0) vs. Scott Smith (17-6)
Josh Thomson (16-2) vs. Gilbert Melendez (16-2)
Ronaldo Souza (10-2) vs. Matt Lindland (21-6)
Muhammed Lawal (5-0) vs. Mike Whitehead (24-7)

bret69 wrote: »

Ha I have an accumulator on those 4 picks! €94 for a tenner on paddypower. I had a big win on last weeks UFC so another one would be nice just before xmas!

Lindland beat

pierrot wrote: »

http://www.mmaphilippines.net/stream

thanks

AARRRGH · 20-12-2009 4:37am

Souza looked awesome, I loved his BJJ.

Professey Chin · 20-12-2009 5:01am

We may have a new FOTY contender here :eek:

ginoginelli · 20-12-2009 5:21am

Holy ****!!

Did mma just have its "gatti Ward"!?!

Professey Chin · 20-12-2009 5:22am

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

We may have a new FOTY contender here :eek:

Fcuk this ^^

We just had fight of the year!

Professey Chin · 20-12-2009 5:27am

Lashley is absolutely massive!!!

Professey Chin · 20-12-2009 5:59am

Well fcuk me sideways with a stick :eek:

ginoginelli · 20-12-2009 5:59am

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

pierrot · 20-12-2009 6:11am

That was quite good actually, four really enjoyable fights.

AARRRGH · 20-12-2009 6:11am

Decent show! Gotta say, I like the way Strikeforce doesn't have the childish drama (courtesy of Dana, etc.) that we so often seen with the UFC.

unknown13 · 20-12-2009 6:45am

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

We may have a new FOTY contender here :eek:

It is definite top 3 and alot of people will think its FOTY

TechnoPool · 20-12-2009 1:15pm

everyone right except the le fight!

Fecker lost me 147e!

rovert · 20-12-2009 1:52pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Fcuk this ^^

We just had fight of the year!

Just listening to Dave Meltzer lament the fact that it didnt air on a CBS show as it would have been the talk of the sports world.

ginoginelli · 20-12-2009 3:24pm

Why in hell didnt they air that on cbs?? That show could have skyrocketed them into the forefront of the sportsworld.

Professey Chin · 20-12-2009 3:37pm

Think their CBS contract is only for 3/4 shows a year with Showtime airing the rest.

ta2liam · 20-12-2009 4:30pm

Am i the only 1 happy to Le get KO'd??

ginoginelli · 20-12-2009 5:38pm

I aint anyway. Le is a great fighter to watch..A few great potential matchups have had the wind taken out of their sails now. I hope he bounces back anyway. As he seems like a nice guy, and a good fighter.

Le gave smith too much respect in that fight. He could have put him a way a few times, but his hesitancy cost him.

Credit to Smith though. He is tough as nails and never out of the fight.

bret69 · 20-12-2009 6:09pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Fcuk this ^^

We just had fight of the year!

What fight are you talking about?

unknown13 · 20-12-2009 6:45pm

bret69 wrote: »

What fight are you talking about?

Melendez / Thompson

AARRRGH · 20-12-2009 6:58pm

unknown13 wrote: »

Melendez / Thompson

I didn't think the fight was that good. It was very scrappy with a lot of wild punches. Personally I prefer more skillful, measured performances.

unknown13 · 20-12-2009 7:38pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

I didn't think the fight was that good. It was very scrappy with a lot of wild punches. Personally I prefer more skillful, measured performances.

Yeah, Milendez's striking is very un-orthodox which made it a bit scrappy but the fight was full of energy which I liked

bret69 · 20-12-2009 8:27pm

Anyone know where to see this online?

ginoginelli · 20-12-2009 8:59pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

I didn't think the fight was that good. It was very scrappy with a lot of wild punches. Personally I prefer more skillful, measured performances.

It was more technical than guida/sanchez...

rovert · 20-12-2009 9:32pm

Quandos looked like the ghost of Christmas past with all that make up :eek:

calex71 · 21-12-2009 12:30am

Did any listen to cecil peoples score of the fight ????? 10 points off the other 2 judges

OK result was correct but 10 point vs 3 point difference between other 2 judges :mad:

Will we get black brock v Fedor ??????? Heno seemed to be more into it

TechnoPool · 21-12-2009 12:34am

black brock?

roo1981 · 21-12-2009 12:39am

Great show. All the fights were fairly exciting, Thomson & Melendez is my fight of the year. Strikeforces really growing on me, it reminds me quite a bit of the old Prides production wise. Really liking the no elbows on the ground and the return of the nifty little ref camera.

unknown13 · 21-12-2009 12:43am

Cecil Peoples had the fight 48-47, Melendez and there is no need to complain about the scoring because the fifth could have gone to Thompson because Melendez did nothing other than put on the ground with a punch and let him get back up.

calex71 · 21-12-2009 1:00am

unknown13 wrote: »

Cecil Peoples had the fight 48-47, Melendez and there is no need to complain about the scoring because the fifth could have gone to Thompson because Melendez did nothing other than put on the ground with a punch and let him get back up.

My bad misheard 49-47 at the end there

calex71 · 21-12-2009 1:00am

TechnoPool wrote: »

black brock?

Bobby Lashley

calex71 · 21-12-2009 1:02am

Going forward for strikeforce .... they just need more shows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Professey Chin · 21-12-2009 2:17am

calex71 wrote: »

Going forward for strikeforce .... they just need more shows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im looking forward to Strikeforce as much if not more then a lot of UFC events recently. Januarys event looks great too

This is the lineup wiki have and it seems about right

Strikeforce:Miami wrote:

Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz vs. Marius Zaromskis [2]

Women's Lightweight Championship (145 lb) bout: Cristiane Santos vs. Marloes Coenen [3]

Heavyweight bout: Herschel Walker vs. TBA[1]

Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Joe Riggs [4]

Heavyweight bout: Bobby Lashley vs. Shane DelRosario [5]

Chewabacca · 21-12-2009 7:55am

ginoginelli wrote: »

I aint anyway. Le is a great fighter to watch..A few great potential matchups have had the wind taken out of their sails now. I hope he bounces back anyway. As he seems like a nice guy, and a good fighter.

Le gave smith too much respect in that fight. He could have put him a way a few times, but his hesitancy cost him.

Credit to Smith though. He is tough as nails and never out of the fight.

Personally I'm happy that the hype machine is slay'n, but I can see what you mean. A Hendo fight would be nice because Dan would most likely stand with Cung. Also a Manhoef fight would have been brutal, the one fight that you would have no doubt in your mind that it would end in a KO.

I thought that both fighters fought bad fights personally. Le was obviously not at peak condition as he started to fade towards the end of the fight. Also, a slight breeze to the body could floor Smith so this was an ideal fight for Le.

Also, Smith fought a terrible fight for the first 2 rounds and it was like he'd never seen le fight before. He wouldn't push the pace and constantly let Le control the range. IMO he could have made the fight alot quicker if he was aggresive early and kept Le uncomfortable.

Still, the ending was one of the most dramatic I've seen in quite some time and a great comeback.

Lord Muck · 21-12-2009 10:27am

Very good show.
Smith showed great heart against Le, he took some serious shots in rd 1 and 2. There's definetley room for another organisation other than UFC showing good quality MMA fights. Competition is a good thing. I'm looking forward to the next event.

calex71 · 21-12-2009 1:00pm

Wow I didn't know Marius Zaromskis was lined up to fight Diaz.

That is one ill look forward to. Love too see him take one of those sweet kicks of his to Diaz head. Realistically though I see Diaz winning.

The-Game · 22-12-2009 12:21am

This was an excellent show, and i agree a pity they dont have more CBS coverage as the whole card was fantastic, a must see title match and dominant performances overall, the last few Strikeforce events have surpassed any UFC offerings since 100 imo!

callaway92 · 22-12-2009 12:44am

The-Game wrote: »

This was an excellent show, and i agree a pity they dont have more CBS coverage as the whole card was fantastic, a must see title match and dominant performances overall, the last few Strikeforce events have surpassed any UFC offerings since 100 imo!

lots of injuries and UFC 107 say hello!

AARRRGH · 22-12-2009 4:42am

Strikeforce are proving that you don't need the worlds best fighters to put on an entertaining show.

The-Game · 23-12-2009 7:06pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

Strikeforce are proving that you don't need the worlds best fighters to put on an entertaining show.

Even though they have the best with Fedor

waits for the criticism to come

Strikeforce: Evolution, 20/12/09 @ 0300 GMT

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