Tag: Daniel

Strikeforce Results: Junior Dos Santos vs. Daniel Cormier Head-to-Toe Breakdown

Daniel Cormier emphatically staked his claim as a top tier heavyweight with his big win over Josh Barnett last night. Showing an impressive range of skills both standing and on the ground, Cormier took the unanimous decision to win the world grand prix…

Daniel Cormier emphatically staked his claim as a top tier heavyweight with his big win over Josh Barnett last night. Showing an impressive range of skills both standing and on the ground, Cormier took the unanimous decision to win the world grand prix finale. Now that the tournament is over, Cormier likely has one final […]

Strikeforce Results: Daniel Cormier and the Top 10 Heavyweights in MMA

On Saturday night Daniel Cormier proved all his doubters wrong, as he earned a unanimous decision victory over Josh Barnett in the main event of their fight. Cormier was able to use his striking and wrestling to put the fight where he wanted and when h…

On Saturday night Daniel Cormier proved all his doubters wrong, as he earned a unanimous decision victory over Josh Barnett in the main event of their fight. Cormier was able to use his striking and wrestling to put the fight where he wanted and when he wanted, and he was better off for it. Let’s […]

Strikeforce Results: Daniel Cormier Has a Chance at Being UFC Heavyweight Champ

Daniel Cormier’s expeditious climb up the heavyweight ranks has been the stuff of legend. Less than a year ago, Cormier was a relative unknown stepping up to fight Jeff Monson. Fast forward a couple of fights later, the American Kickboxing Academ…

Daniel Cormier’s expeditious climb up the heavyweight ranks has been the stuff of legend. Less than a year ago, Cormier was a relative unknown stepping up to fight Jeff Monson. Fast forward a couple of fights later, the American Kickboxing Academy prospect now towers over most of the division. On Saturday night, Cormier routed MMA […]

Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix: Why Josh Barnett Will Wreck Daniel Cormier

They’re actually going to do this. After replacements and upsets and injuries and scheduling problems and repeated assertions that the latest date would not work because hair simply does not wash itself, all the principals in the Strikeforce Heav…

They’re actually going to do this. After replacements and upsets and injuries and scheduling problems and repeated assertions that the latest date would not work because hair simply does not wash itself, all the principals in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix finally gave a collective shrug and said, meh, why don’t we go ahead and […]

Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Why Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier Moves Me

Sometimes, a fight just speaks to you. It comes out of the mind of UFC matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby and implants itself immediately in your heart. It can happen in any art form—music, movies, you name it. Occasionally it disappoints in u…

Sometimes, a fight just speaks to you. It comes out of the mind of UFC matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby and implants itself immediately in your heart. It can happen in any art form—music, movies, you name it. Occasionally it disappoints in unspeakable ways (looking at you, Under Siege 2. Suck it, Chinese Democracy). […]

Strikeforce Results: Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier Fight Card

More than one year after it began, the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix will finally come to an end tonight in a main event between Josh Barnett and Alistair Overeem replacement Daniel Cormier. The event will also feature a lightweight title fight be…

More than one year after it began, the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix will finally come to an end tonight in a main event between Josh Barnett and Alistair Overeem replacement Daniel Cormier. The event will also feature a lightweight title fight between Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez and former titleholder Josh Thomson. Once the event is […]