The Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament continues tonight with the semi-final matches, Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov takes place at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The event features a ten bout card with tournament heavyweight semi-finalists Josh Barnett taking on Sergei Kharitonov, and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva meeting Daniel Cormier.
The preliminary card is being broadcast live on HDNet beginning at 8PM EST, while the main card is set to air at 10:30PM EST on Showtime.
For those fans who don’t subscribe to HDNet, or can’t find another means of watching the event, check out Sherdog.com’s live ‘Play-by-Play’ coverage of tonight’s Strikeforce event.
The full ‘Quick Results’ for Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov are as follows:
Main Card (Showtime)
Heavyweight Tournament bout: Josh Barnett def. Sergei Kharitonov via Submission (Arm-Triangle) – R1 @ 4:28
Heavyweight Tournament bout: Daniel Cormier def. Antonio Silva via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:56
Middleweight Championship bout: Luke Rockhold def. Ronaldo Souza via Unanimous Decision (50-45, 48-47, 48-47) to become the new Strikeforce champ
Light Heavyweight bout: Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal def. Roger Gracie via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 4:33
Lightweight bout: Pat Healy def. Maximo Blanco via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R2 @ 4:24
Preliminary Card (HDNet)
Light heavyweight bout: Mike Kyle def. Marcos Rogerio de Lima via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Light heavyweight bout: Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante def. Yoel Romero via TKO (Punches) – R2 @ 4:51
Welterweight bout: Jordan Mein def. Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos via TKO (Punches) – R3 @ 3:18
Women’s Bantamweight bout: Alexis Davis def. Amanda Nunes via TKO (Punches) – R2 @ 4:53
Middleweight bout: Dominique Steele def. Chris Mierzwiak via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)