The MMA Wrap-Up: Post-Strikeforce Edition

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After a busy week in professional prizefighting, the MMA Wrap-Up returns to look at the frantic chain of custody surrounding the Strikeforce light heavyweight title and ask, are we better off now that Dan Henderson has turned “Feijao” Cavalcante into another one-and-done champion? The answer may shock and horrify you. Probably not, though.

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After a busy week in professional prizefighting, the MMA Wrap-Up returns to look at the frantic chain of custody surrounding the Strikeforce light heavyweight title and ask, are we better off now that Dan Henderson has turned “Feijao” Cavalcante into another one-and-done champion? The answer may shock and horrify you. Probably not, though.

Strikeforce Feijao TKOs King Mo

King Mo was defeated via TKO after first being caught with a nice series of offense from the Brazilian. First Mo drove Feijao into the cage and followed with a great body shot. Feijao has the Thai clinch and delivers two knees to Mo’s head. The first one misses, the second one staggers Mo. He […]

King Mo was defeated via TKO after first being caught with a nice series of offense from the Brazilian. First Mo drove Feijao into the cage and followed with a great body shot. Feijao has the Thai clinch and delivers two knees to Mo’s head. The first one misses, the second one staggers Mo. He stumbles backwards and Feijao grazes Mo’s chin with a reaching hook. It was probably more of a stumble, but Mo was rocked badly. Feijao follows with rabbit punches that keep Mo dazed, but the wrestler goes to what he knows and secures a single leg and pushes Feijao to the cage. Feijao kicks his hips out with Mo leaning on Feijao all the while Feijao is dropping hammerfists and now moves to elbows to the side of Mo’s noggin. Mo is doing nothing and then his arm goes limp. Big John McCarthy stops the fight in the second round.

Other fight recaps:

Tim Kennedy got robbed against Jacare Souza (in my opinion), but it was a razor close fight. However, Kennedy did the most variety of things.

George Gurgel got manhandled by KJ Noons and was KOd.

Bobby Lashley was beat by Chad Griggs in a 2nd round TKO. Very similar fight in the King Mo Fejao fight. Both guys were beaten while attempting and leaning in for a double leg while getting hammer fisted and elbowed from above. Weird.