After a rough and bumpy road, the finals of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix are finally set. This past Saturday night, Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett punched their ticket to the finals, and will meet each other early in 2012 to determine the first Grand Prix champion.
Also on the card, Luke Rockhold turned in a performance of a lifetime as he defeated Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza for the Strikeforce middleweight title. King Mo Lawal also made a successful return to the cage as he ended the Roger Gracie hype train, and Pat Healy put a halt to Maximo Blanco’s title run before it ever began.
So if you set aside the fact that the fighter won or loss, how did they perform?
Once again, it is time for the unofficial official professor of Bleacher Report MMA to hand out grades to all the main card fighters.