Daniel Cormier Heavyweight Grand Prix champion – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
The culmination of a year plus tournament ended Saturday night (May 19, 2012) in the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California with the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. The main card aired on Showtime featuring a heavyweight tournament final between Daniel Cormier vs. Josh Barnett, a lightweight title bout between champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson, a light heavyweight re-match featuring Rafael Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle, and a welterweight bout between Chris Spang vs. Nah-Shon Burrell.
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Daniel Cormier wins Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Final by unanimous decision over Josh Barnett – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Barnett lands a right on Cormier – Photo by Esther Lin Strikeforce.com
Cormier slamming Barnett – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Daniel Cormier dumping Josh Barnett – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Cormier lands a strike of his own – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez & Team – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Gilbert Melendez lands an elbow on Josh Thomson – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Thomson engages Melendez – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Melendez dumps Thomson – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Thomson looking for the Rear-naked choke – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Rafael Cavalcante lands early on Mike Kyle – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Cavalcante looking to finish with a guillotine – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Cavalcante avenges loss to Kyle – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Chris Spang landing head kick to Nah-Shon Burrell – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Spang lands knee on Burrell – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com
Spang victor by KO – Photo by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com