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Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2

Strikeforce

October 9th, 2010

HP Pavilion,
San Jose, California, United States 

Nick Diaz VS K.J. Noons

 Winner: Nick Diaz

 

Sarah Kaufman VS Marloes Coenen

 Winner: Marloes Coenen

Tyron Woodley VS Andre Galvao

 

Winner: Tyron Woodley  

 

 Josh Thomson vs. Gesias Cavalcante

Winner: Josh Thomson

 

 

Prediction Record: 2 - 2 

Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2 Preview/Prediction

Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2

Strikeforce

October 9th, 2010

HP Pavilion,
San Jose, California, United States 

Nick Diaz  vs. K.J. Noons*
Sarah Kaufman vs. Marloes Coenen*
Tyron Woodley vs. Andre Galvao*
Josh Thomson vs. Gesias Cavalcante*
Eric Lawson vs. Ron Keslar
James Terry vs. Bret Bergmark
Jess Bouscal vs. Luis Mendoza

*main card*

Nick Diaz VS K.J. Noons

Winner Prediction: KJ Noons

Sarah Kaufman VS Marloes Coenen

 Winner Prediction: Sarah Kaufman

Tyron Woodley VS Andre Galvao

 Winner Prediction: Tyron Woodley

 Josh Thomson vs. Gesias Cavalcante

 Winner Prediction: Josh Thomson

StrikeForce Houston Preview and Predictions

The latest edition of the fight promotion Strikeforce, takes us down to Houston, Texas.With the Light Heavyweight and Middleweight championships on the line, lets dive into some previews and predictions for the main card:

August 21, 2010

Toyota Center,
Houston, Texas, United States

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Tim Kennedy
K.J. Noons vs. Jorge Gurgel
Bobby Lashley vs. Chad Griggs
Daniel Cormier vs. Jason Riley
Andre Galvao vs. Nate Moore
Vinicius Magalhaes vs. Rocky Long
Kier Gooch vs. Adam Schindler
Jose Santibanez vs. Reynaldo Trujillo
Humberto DeLeon vs. Chad Robichaux
Chad Cook vs. Arteneus Young

Bobby Lashley

Lashley comes into this fight undefeated with over Bob Sapp and Wes Sims. His strong wrestling base and large frame allow for good power as well as ground and pound

VS

Chad Griggs

Griggs has a fairly impressive MMA record with only one loss and eight wins, but he does not really hold any victories over notable opponents. Griggs will make his Strikeforce Debut in his fight with Lashley. While Griggs has a big frame, similar to lashley, he lacks a major base, such as Lashley's wrestling.

Analysis: While Lashley has stated recently that he wants to use more stand up in this fight then he has previously done before, if that angle fails him, his superior wrestling and strength will put Griggs away.

Prediction: Bobby Lashley Via 2nd Round TKO

KJ Noons

 Noons has a record of 9-2, with 7 KO/TKO victories, and a notable win over Nate Diaz. Noons supports a boxing skill set and is very smooth and powerful with his technique and can pick apart most fighters.

VS

Jorge Gurgel

Gurgel is coming not only off a loss, but off a almost year long layoff between his last fight. Gurgel has very credible BJJ but lacks wrestling and grappling. Gurgel loves to slug it out despite his BJJ background.

Analysis: KJ Noons has very impressive boxing and should match up well to Gurgel's need to fight a stand up war.

Prediction: KJ Noons by Unanimous Decision

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

Jacare is finally up for the belt in a bout against fellow contender Tim Kennedy. Jacare, has great grappling, judo and submissions. Jacare won 10 of his 12 fights by submission.

VS

Tim Kennedy

Tim Kennedy is coming of a four fight win streak as he fights to win the Middleweight title.He has credible grappling and solid stand up.

Analysis: Kennedy is a solid fighter, but with Jacare's improved striking and great BJJ, he should be able to take the belt home.

Prediction: Jacare Souza by 3rd Round Submission

King Mo

This will be King Mo's first title defense in the Light Heavyweight Division and is undefeated overall.King Mo has incredible wrestling and can take opponents to the mat at will, and also has heavy enough hands to put them away on the ground or mat.

VS

Rafael Cavalcante

Cavalcante comes into the title fight with a two fight win streak. He has won 8 of his 9 victories by way of KO/TKO.His great striking has finished 5 opponents in the first round.

Analysis: Cavalcante is indeed a dangerous striker, but stylistically, this is a horrible match up for him. Not only is King Mo a solid boxer with KO power, but Cavalcante will not be able to defend Mo's take downs. Puncher's chance aside, King Mo retains the belt.

Prediction: King Mo by 3rd Round TKO

Results to follow event

Poor Gegard Mousasi

Mixed Martial Art's pay scales between two fighters competing are sometimes vastly irregular, with the more accomplished or popular fighter sometimes earning a lot more then his opponent.This is apparent in a lot of fights in MMA organizations, both the UFC and outside of it.

For example, in UFC 100 Brock Lesnar with only several fights under his belt, defended his just acquired heavyweight title belt against Frank Mir and won. His pay for the evening was estimated to be around 400, 000, while Mir's was a sad 45,000. These situations happen all the time and I feel less inclined to react just because I still feel like 45 grand for 10 minutes time is good money, and most athletes agree with this (ask Forrest Griffin)

Then after StrikeForce had its event last weekend, I saw the salaries for the fighters. I wasn't surprised that the pretty poster girl of women's MMA, Gina Carano got 125,000 to get her face beat in by that crazy thing called Cyborg, while she only got 25 grand for a 1st round TKO stoppage.

The most surprising still was when I went farther down and discovered the Gegard Mousasi - Renato Sobral fight. In case you missed it, Mousasi destroyed him without even breaking a sweat in the 1st round. Sobral the more popular well known fighter got a cool 75 grand to heal his post fight headache, while Mousasi, the impressive victor only received 2,000!

Disparities between fighter salaries is not new, but that is a ridiculous amount to be paid. Fighter salaries are worked out before fights im sure, but if i ran an MMA organization like StrikeForce and saw my chump change fighter destroy the much higher paid Sobral like that, I would be embarrassed, and apologetic.

No wonder Mousasi did'int look that excited when he beat down Sobral, he probably knew he was getting the monetary equivalent of a high five.