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Strikeforce Undercard Live Blog: Terry vs. Burrell, Villante vs. Smith, More

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This is the Strikeforce live blog for tonight’s four Showtime Extreme preliminary bouts at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The undercard bouts are Nah-Shon Burrell vs. James Terry, Trevor Smith vs. Gian Villante, Ricky Legere vs. Chris Spang and Alonzo Martinez vs. Estevan Payan.

The live blog is below.


James Terry vs. Nah-Shon Burrell

Round 1: Herb Dean is the referee. The wrestler Terry pumps out jabs to gauge the distance. Terry lands a clean right overhand. A nice Burrell jab pushes Terry back. Burrell follows with a leg kick. Terry pushes forward with a takedown attempt, driving Burrell against the cage and eventually to the floor. Burrell gets to his feet, but Terry quickly returns Burrell to the floor. Burrell explodes back to his feet but Terry quickly reclaims control. This time Terry works to take Burrell’s back. Burrell stands and Terry switches to a single-leg. Terry scores one more takedown with a little over 30 seconds remaining. Burrell escapes to his feet. MMA Fighting scores the first round 10-9 for Terry.

Round 2: Burrell does a nice job finding angles to land punches. Terry scores on a right hand and closes the distance for a takedown. Terry takes Burrell’s back. Burrell stands up and frees himself from Terry. Terry lands a nice right uppercut followed by a left. Burrell lands a right and Terry answers back with a clean right of his own. Terry ties up with Burrell and Burrell launches a high knee to break the clinch. Terry shoots and Burrell sprawls. Terry holds onto the double-leg with Burrell against the fence. Terry finishes the takedown and controls Burrell for the remainder of the round. MMA Fighting scores the second round 10-9 Terry.

Round 3: Burrell plays headhunter as Terry circles to avoid Burrell’s punches. Burrell traps Terry against the cage and lands several shots. Burrell confidently scores with a knee. Burrell lands an uppercut. Terry is slowing down here and giving Burrell a chance to get back into the fight. Burrell goes wild, charging in with hooks and flying knees. Meanwhile, Terry seems content trying to block Burrell’s shots. An overhand by Burrell pushes Terry back. With around a minute left, Burrell rocks Terry with the best shot of the fight, a launching right uppercut. Terry attempts the takedown and scores it with 21 seconds remaining. MMA Fighting scores the final round for Burrell but the overall fight 29-28 for Terry.

Whoa …

Nah-Shon Burrell wins via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Terry appeared to have cruised in the third and paid for it. Still, Terry should have won the fight on the first two rounds.

Gian Villante vs. Trevor Smith

Round 1: The light heavyweights collide early with Villante stuffing a shot and punishing Smith with a knee. Villante lands with rights. Villante catches a leg kick and sends Smith to the floor with a straight right punch. Villante pours down hammerfists (to the back of the head!) and referee Kim Winslow stops the fight. Stoppage was a little on the early side, but fight didn’t look at all competitive.

Gian Villante wins via TKO – Round 1, 1:05

Ricky Legere vs. Chris Spang

Round 1: Here we have a wrestler (Legere) vs. striker (Sprang) matchup and Legere shoots early. Legere scores a takedown early, lifting Sprang high and then driving him down towards the mat. Sprang throws up an armbar attempt, but Legere postures to escape. Legere goes to work with short punches and elbows. Legere stands to push Sprang’s legs away and passes to side mount in the midway point of the round. Sprang escapes to halfguard and then full guard. Eventually, Sprang kicks Legere off to bring the fight back to standing. Sprang drops down for a guillotine choke attempt in the closing moments. 10-9 Legere.

Round 2: Sprang throws a beautiful flying knee that connects, but under the chin of Legere. The knee also allows Legere to catch Sprang and put him on the ground. Legere goes back to work to score points with ground and pound punches. The referee stands them up at 1:50. Legere quickly attempts another takedown and eventually lifts Sprang up for the big slam. Legere finishes the round trying to pass from Sprang’s halfguard. Another 10-9 for Legere.

Round 3: Sprang keeps the fight standing early, but Sprang eventually finds an opening to take Prang down. Legere isn’t able to stay active enough and the fight is stood up. Legere shoots and lifts Prang up for the easy takedown. Prang kicks Legere off. Legere shoots but he misses. Sprang quickly takes the back of Legere and tries for a choke hold. Sprang doesn’t have the hooks and Legere manages to escape. Legere claims full mount and finishes the round strong. Best round for Sprang in the fight, but it’s still 10-9 in round three and the fight 30-27 for Legere, according to our score cards.

Ricky Legere wins via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)

Alonzo Martinez vs. Estevan Payan

Round 1: Kim Winslow is the referee. They are quick to trade hands and the wrestler Martinez connects on a nice knee early. Each are throwing and landing big shots. Martinez attempts an ankle-pick takedown at 3:17, but the Arizona Combat Sports fighter Payan frees his leg. Back to their feet, Payan muscles Martinez near the cage and unleashes a punch combo. Martinez shoots for the double-leg with a little over a minute remaining and Payan again successfully defends. Martinez held his own, but it’s Payan who controlled the first round on the feet, landing more significant strikes with higher accuracy. MMA Fighting scores the first round 10-9 for Payan.

Round 2: Payan continues to effectively implement his game plan, working his stiff jab while finding openings to follow up with right hooks, and also right uppercuts. Martinez throws a head kick that makes contact with Payan. Payan greets Martinez’s takedown attempt with a kick and Martinez is a little stunned. Payan continues to effectively utilize the jab. Payan defends another takedown. Once again, Payan controls the striking game and has stuffed all over Martinez’s takedown attempts. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Payan.

Round 3: Martinez opens actively with kicks. He lands a good kick to the body and then a leg kick. Payan’s jabs continue to present problems for Martinez. Payan lands a nice straight right hand. To his credit, Martinez is taking these shots and not going down. Martinez makes desperate attempts at bringing the fight to the floor, but Payan easily defends. Martinez missed all six of his takedown attempts. Payan’s superior boxing was the difference in this fight. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 and the fight 30-27 in favor of Payan.

Estevan Payan wins via unanimous decision (30-27 3x)

 

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This is the Strikeforce live blog for tonight’s four Showtime Extreme preliminary bouts at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The undercard bouts are Nah-Shon Burrell vs. James Terry, Trevor Smith vs. Gian Villante, Ricky Legere vs. Chris Spang and Alonzo Martinez vs. Estevan Payan.

The live blog is below.


James Terry vs. Nah-Shon Burrell

Round 1: Herb Dean is the referee. The wrestler Terry pumps out jabs to gauge the distance. Terry lands a clean right overhand. A nice Burrell jab pushes Terry back. Burrell follows with a leg kick. Terry pushes forward with a takedown attempt, driving Burrell against the cage and eventually to the floor. Burrell gets to his feet, but Terry quickly returns Burrell to the floor. Burrell explodes back to his feet but Terry quickly reclaims control. This time Terry works to take Burrell’s back. Burrell stands and Terry switches to a single-leg. Terry scores one more takedown with a little over 30 seconds remaining. Burrell escapes to his feet. MMA Fighting scores the first round 10-9 for Terry.

Round 2: Burrell does a nice job finding angles to land punches. Terry scores on a right hand and closes the distance for a takedown. Terry takes Burrell’s back. Burrell stands up and frees himself from Terry. Terry lands a nice right uppercut followed by a left. Burrell lands a right and Terry answers back with a clean right of his own. Terry ties up with Burrell and Burrell launches a high knee to break the clinch. Terry shoots and Burrell sprawls. Terry holds onto the double-leg with Burrell against the fence. Terry finishes the takedown and controls Burrell for the remainder of the round. MMA Fighting scores the second round 10-9 Terry.

Round 3: Burrell plays headhunter as Terry circles to avoid Burrell’s punches. Burrell traps Terry against the cage and lands several shots. Burrell confidently scores with a knee. Burrell lands an uppercut. Terry is slowing down here and giving Burrell a chance to get back into the fight. Burrell goes wild, charging in with hooks and flying knees. Meanwhile, Terry seems content trying to block Burrell’s shots. An overhand by Burrell pushes Terry back. With around a minute left, Burrell rocks Terry with the best shot of the fight, a launching right uppercut. Terry attempts the takedown and scores it with 21 seconds remaining. MMA Fighting scores the final round for Burrell but the overall fight 29-28 for Terry.

Whoa …

Nah-Shon Burrell wins via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Terry appeared to have cruised in the third and paid for it. Still, Terry should have won the fight on the first two rounds.

Gian Villante vs. Trevor Smith

Round 1: The light heavyweights collide early with Villante stuffing a shot and punishing Smith with a knee. Villante lands with rights. Villante catches a leg kick and sends Smith to the floor with a straight right punch. Villante pours down hammerfists (to the back of the head!) and referee Kim Winslow stops the fight. Stoppage was a little on the early side, but fight didn’t look at all competitive.

Gian Villante wins via TKO – Round 1, 1:05

Ricky Legere vs. Chris Spang

Round 1: Here we have a wrestler (Legere) vs. striker (Sprang) matchup and Legere shoots early. Legere scores a takedown early, lifting Sprang high and then driving him down towards the mat. Sprang throws up an armbar attempt, but Legere postures to escape. Legere goes to work with short punches and elbows. Legere stands to push Sprang’s legs away and passes to side mount in the midway point of the round. Sprang escapes to halfguard and then full guard. Eventually, Sprang kicks Legere off to bring the fight back to standing. Sprang drops down for a guillotine choke attempt in the closing moments. 10-9 Legere.

Round 2: Sprang throws a beautiful flying knee that connects, but under the chin of Legere. The knee also allows Legere to catch Sprang and put him on the ground. Legere goes back to work to score points with ground and pound punches. The referee stands them up at 1:50. Legere quickly attempts another takedown and eventually lifts Sprang up for the big slam. Legere finishes the round trying to pass from Sprang’s halfguard. Another 10-9 for Legere.

Round 3: Sprang keeps the fight standing early, but Sprang eventually finds an opening to take Prang down. Legere isn’t able to stay active enough and the fight is stood up. Legere shoots and lifts Prang up for the easy takedown. Prang kicks Legere off. Legere shoots but he misses. Sprang quickly takes the back of Legere and tries for a choke hold. Sprang doesn’t have the hooks and Legere manages to escape. Legere claims full mount and finishes the round strong. Best round for Sprang in the fight, but it’s still 10-9 in round three and the fight 30-27 for Legere, according to our score cards.

Ricky Legere wins via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)

Alonzo Martinez vs. Estevan Payan

Round 1: Kim Winslow is the referee. They are quick to trade hands and the wrestler Martinez connects on a nice knee early. Each are throwing and landing big shots. Martinez attempts an ankle-pick takedown at 3:17, but the Arizona Combat Sports fighter Payan frees his leg. Back to their feet, Payan muscles Martinez near the cage and unleashes a punch combo. Martinez shoots for the double-leg with a little over a minute remaining and Payan again successfully defends. Martinez held his own, but it’s Payan who controlled the first round on the feet, landing more significant strikes with higher accuracy. MMA Fighting scores the first round 10-9 for Payan.

Round 2: Payan continues to effectively implement his game plan, working his stiff jab while finding openings to follow up with right hooks, and also right uppercuts. Martinez throws a head kick that makes contact with Payan. Payan greets Martinez’s takedown attempt with a kick and Martinez is a little stunned. Payan continues to effectively utilize the jab. Payan defends another takedown. Once again, Payan controls the striking game and has stuffed all over Martinez’s takedown attempts. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Payan.

Round 3: Martinez opens actively with kicks. He lands a good kick to the body and then a leg kick. Payan’s jabs continue to present problems for Martinez. Payan lands a nice straight right hand. To his credit, Martinez is taking these shots and not going down. Martinez makes desperate attempts at bringing the fight to the floor, but Payan easily defends. Martinez missed all six of his takedown attempts. Payan’s superior boxing was the difference in this fight. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 and the fight 30-27 in favor of Payan.

Estevan Payan wins via unanimous decision (30-27 3x)

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Strikeforce Challengers 16: Do you Like Decisions? Because You’re Acting Like It.


These guys know what I’m talking about.

With all of the MMA available this weekend, you had to expect to sit through at least a few decisions. Maybe even a few overreactions to a subpar performance. Last night, Strikeforce Challengers 16 delivered on your expectations. Fans at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington sat through six straight unanimous decisions, with every fight on the televised portion of the card ending this way. Yet despite the lack of stoppages, most of last night’s fights were still pretty entertaining.

Fodor vs. Terry was a very entertaining scrap, with both lightweights landing hard shots throughout the fight. However, whenever the fight went to the ground, Caros Fodor clearly controlled the action, earning him the decision. The AMC Pankration prospect improved to 11-3, with four consecutive victories under the Strikeforce banner. Excuse me for pointing out the extremely obvious, but Fodor really deserves a step up in competition.


These guys know what I’m talking about.

With all of the MMA available this weekend, you had to expect to sit through at least a few decisions. Maybe even a few overreactions to a subpar performance. Last night, Strikeforce Challengers 16 delivered on your expectations. Fans at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington sat through six straight unanimous decisions, with every fight on the televised portion of the card ending this way. Yet despite the lack of stoppages, most of last night’s fights were still pretty entertaining.

Fodor vs. Terry was a very entertaining scrap, with both lightweights landing hard shots throughout the fight. However, whenever the fight went to the ground, Caros Fodor clearly controlled the action, earning him the decision. The AMC Pankration prospect improved to 11-3, with four consecutive victories under the Strikeforce banner. Excuse me for pointing out the extremely obvious, but Fodor really deserves a step up in competition.

If you’re looking to avoid overreactions to a performance that shouldn’t have surprised anyone, you may want to avoid any forum discussing Ryan Couture for the rest of the day. Ryan Couture lost for the first time as a professional last night to Matt Ricehouse, and looked pretty raw while doing so. If I didn’t know better, I’d say Ryan Couture looked like a guy with only two professional fights to his name getting his first real step up in competition.  Matt Ricehouse improved to 5-0, but much like Ryan Couture, looked like a work in progress.

Naturally, the internet is handling a fighter with elite pedigree, but only two professional fights to his credit looking rough around the edges as rationally as possible. And by “as rationally as possible”, I mean they’re saying he’s a bust who will never amount to a decent fighter because he doesn’t look like Randy at this point in his career. Makes sense if you think about it. As our readers who follow the NFL can tell you, neither of Archie Manning’s sons amounted to anything after rough starts to their careers. Oh wait…never mind.

Also of note, Lorenz Larkin outpointed Gian Villante, Jason High out-everythinged Quinn Mulhern and Julia Budd outwrestled Germaine de Randamie on their ways to unanimous decision victories. By the way, Zuffa’s first ever women’s MMA fight had the fans booing pretty much the entire time. So if you didn’t get to watch Budd lay on Germaine de Randamie for three rounds, you more than likely missed the beginning of the end for women’s MMA in Zuffa. That’s the most unfortunate aspect of the less than exhilarating bout.

Full results, courtesy of MMAFighting.com:

 Showtime Bouts
Caros Fodor def. James Terry via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Matt Ricehouse def. Ryan Couture via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)
Lorenz Larkin def. Gian Villante via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)
Jason High def. Quinn Mulhern via unanimous decision (30-27 3x)
Julia Budd def. Germaine de Randamie via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)

Preliminary Bouts
Derek Brunson def. Jeremy Hamilton via unanimous decision (30-27 3x)
Eduardo Pamplona def. Jerron Peoples via first-round TKO
Trevor Smith def. Keith Berry via second-round technical submission

Strikeforce Challengers 16 Results: Fodor vs. Terry

Filed under: Strikeforce, ResultsMMA Fighting has Strikeforce Challengers 16 results of Caros Fodor vs. James Terry, Ryan Couture vs. Matt Ricehouse and the rest of the Showtime card from the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

In the main event, Caros Fodo…

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MMA Fighting has Strikeforce Challengers 16 results of Caros Fodor vs. James Terry, Ryan Couture vs. Matt Ricehouse and the rest of the Showtime card from the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

In the main event, Caros Fodor extended his win streak to four with a unanimous decision win over James Terry. In other action, Ryan Couture, son of UFC Hall of Famer Randy, lost in his third trip inside the cage, dropping a decision to Matt Ricehouse.

The rest of the results are after the jump.


Showtime Bouts
Caros Fodor def. James Terry (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Matt Ricehouse def. Ryan Couture via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)
Lorenz Larkin def. Gian Villante via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)
Jason High def. Quinn Mulhern via unanimous decision (30-27 3x)
Julia Budd def. Germaine de Randamie via unanimous decision (29-28 3x)

Preliminary Bouts
Derek Brunson def. Jeremy Hamilton via unanimous decision (30-27 3x)
Eduardo Pamplona def. Jerron Peoples via first-round TKO
Trevor Smith def. Keith Berry via second-round technical submission

 

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Strikeforce Challengers 16 Weigh-In Results

Filed under: IFL, StrikeforceA total of eight fights were made official Thursday when all the fighters successfully made weight for Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 16 event to take place at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

In the main event, lightwe…

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A total of eight fights were made official Thursday when all the fighters successfully made weight for Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 16 event to take place at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

In the main event, lightweights Caros Fodor, 155.5 pounds, and James Terry, 156, are both aiming for their fourth straight win within the Strikeforce organization. Fodor of Matt Hume’s AMC Pankration will have the hometown support heading into this fight against the Cung Le-trained Terry.

Ryan Couture, 155.5, will make his third trip inside the cage as a professional when he faces Matt Ricehouse, who also stepped off the scale at 155.5. Couture has won both his Strikeforce bouts via submission.

Check out the weigh-in results below, courtesy of Strikeforce.com.

Showtime Bouts – 11p.m. ET
Caros Fodor (155.5) vs. James Terry (156)
Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Matt Ricehouse (155.5)
Lorenz Larkin (205.5) vs. Gian Villante (205.5)
Jason High (171) vs. Quinn Mulhern (169)
Germaine de Randamie (145) vs. Julia Budd (145.5)

Preliminary Bouts
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Jeremy Hamilton (186)
Eduardo Pamplona (170.5) vs. Jerron Peoples (170.5)
Trevor Smith (206) vs. Keith Berry (205.5)

 

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‘Strikeforce Challengers: Fodor vs. Terry’ — Bout-By-Bout Preview

Strikeforce MMA photos Lorenz Larkin
(Barnett has his throat-slash. Roy Nelson has his belly-rub. Lorenz Larkin just stands there and poops in his diaper. Props: Strikeforce)

Tomorrow night, Strikeforce returns to the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington for one of the most compelling ‘Challengers’ events in recent memory. “Fodor vs. Terry” kicks off on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET, and features a pack of exciting prospects. Here’s a quick rundown of the five-fight main card, plus videos of some of their recent performances…

Caros Fodor (10-3) vs. James Terry (10-2)
Fodor is a Washington native who trains under Matt Hume at AMC Pankration. Eight of his ten victories have come by way of submission, but he was able to score his first stoppage-via-strikes in his last fight, battering a worn-out David Douglas until he earned a standing TKO in the third frame. He’s a perfect 3-0 in the Strikeforce organization, and will be looking to move another rung up the lightweight ladder against Cung Le protege James Terry, who has won his last three fights, two by first-round knockout.

(Caros Fodor’s TKO of David Douglas, 4/1/11)

(James Terry’s KO of Josh Thornburg, 4/1/11)

Strikeforce MMA photos Lorenz Larkin
(Barnett has his throat-slash. Roy Nelson has his belly-rub. Lorenz Larkin just stands there and poops in his diaper. Props: Strikeforce)

Tomorrow night, Strikeforce returns to the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington for one of the most compelling ‘Challengers’ events in recent memory. “Fodor vs. Terry” kicks off on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET, and features a pack of exciting prospects. Here’s a quick rundown of the five-fight main card, plus videos of some of their recent performances…

Caros Fodor (10-3) vs. James Terry (10-2)
Fodor is a Washington native who trains under Matt Hume at AMC Pankration. Eight of his ten victories have come by way of submission, but he was able to score his first stoppage-via-strikes in his last fight, battering a worn-out David Douglas until he earned a standing TKO in the third frame. He’s a perfect 3-0 in the Strikeforce organization, and will be looking to move another rung up the lightweight ladder against Cung Le protege James Terry, who has won his last three fights, two by first-round knockout.


(Caros Fodor’s TKO of David Douglas, 4/1/11)


(James Terry’s KO of Josh Thornburg, 4/1/11)

Ryan Couture (2-0) vs. Matt Ricehouse (4-0)
Usually, you have to be a former WWE star to have your first two MMA fights broadcast on national television. Ryan Couture has been granted that honor due to his lineage in the sport, but he’s taken the opportunity and ran with it. After a successful stint as an amateur, Randy’s son has shown off his formidable grappling skills in Strikeforce, ending his first two bouts by choke — then doing post-fight interviews in which everybody marvels at how much he sounds like his dad. His next opponent has more experience, but far less acclaim. Ricehouse is a Missouri-based lightweight prospect who’s already tasted victory on two Strikeforce undercards. He’s also tall for the lightweight class (just like Ryan), and a proficient grappler (again, just like Ryan). There can only be room for one of them.


(Ryan Couture’s rear-naked choke submission of Lee Higgins, 2/18/11)

Lorenz Larkin (10-0) vs. Gian Villante (7-2)
With a combat background that includes boxing, BJJ, and kung fu, Larkin is becoming known as a knockout machine, ending eight of his ten fights with his heavy hands and feet. His Strikeforce debut was a second-round demolition of Scott Lighty in April, in which he came in on a week’s notice to replace Satoshi Ishii. With momentum behind him, the California native is the favorite in his fight against Gian Villante, who returns to the cage after losing a wild slugfest to Chad Griggs in February. Villante, a former heavyweight champ of the New Jersey-based Ring of Combat promotion, drops back down to 205 for this one.


(Lorenz Larkin’s TKO of Scott Lighty, 4/1/11)


(Gian Villante’s TKO loss to Chad Griggs, 2/12/11)

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Strikeforce Challengers 16 Fight Card: Fodor vs. Terry

Filed under: StrikeforceThe Strikeforce Challengers 16 fight card will be headlined by prospects Caros Fodor vs. James Terry at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. on June 24.

AMC Pankration’s Fodor (8-2), who will have the hometown support, is 3-0 in S…

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Strikeforce Challengers 16 fight card features Caros Fodor vs. James Terry.The Strikeforce Challengers 16 fight card will be headlined by prospects Caros Fodor vs. James Terry at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. on June 24.

AMC Pankration’s Fodor (8-2), who will have the hometown support, is 3-0 in Strikeforce Challenger events. Terry (10-2) trains under Cung Le and has won five of six of his Strikeforce bouts.

Ryan Couture (2-0), the son of UFC Hall of Famer Randy, will also be in action in the co-headliner.

The current lineup is below.