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Filed under: StrikeforceThis is the Diaz vs. KJ Noons 2 live blog for Josh Thomson vs. JZ Cavalcante, a lightweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce card from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Thomson has won nine of his past 10 fights. Cavalcante is a…
Filed under: Strikeforce
This is the Diaz vs. KJ Noons 2 live blog for Josh Thomson vs. JZ Cavalcante, a lightweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce card from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Thomson has won nine of his past 10 fights. Cavalcante is a highly regarded international fighter who will be making his Strikeforce debut.
The live blog is below.
Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsJosh Thomson fought a tough, back-and-forth 15-minute battle with Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante at Saturday night’s Strikeforce event and walked away with what will be a controversial unanimous decision in a fight that easily cou…
Filed under: Strikeforce, News
Josh Thomson fought a tough, back-and-forth 15-minute battle with Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante at Saturday night’s Strikeforce event and walked away with what will be a controversial unanimous decision in a fight that easily could have gone either way.
Thomson, who said afterward that he “fought like s**t,” said he’s hoping for a third fight with Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, with whom he’s split two previous fights.
“Gilbert and I are good friends,” Thomson said. “I’m looking forward to getting the title back. … Everyone’s waiting for the trilogy.”
(Anybody can do a punchface. That’s kid stuff. PicProps: Strikeforce)
That’s about as good as Strikeforce can do it, right there. America’s bridesmaid MMA promotion – typically cited for ineptness more than greatness – pu…
(Anybody can do a punchface. That’s kid stuff. PicProps: Strikeforce)
That’s about as good as Strikeforce can do it, right there. America’s bridesmaid MMA promotion – typically cited for ineptness more than greatness – put on its best show in some time on Saturday night in San Jose. Nick Diaz and KJ Noons slogged through an exciting, if a bit repetitive, five-round main event that left Noons with a broken jaw and hand and Diaz bloodied, but still clinging to his welterweight title. The homies even looked like true homies after the final horn, hugging it out at the center of the cage. Meanwhile, Marloes Coenen appeared tall and capable in taking the women’s 135-pound belt off Sarah Kaufman, while Josh Thomson slipped by JZ Cavalcante, but once again proved that his main, main thing is making declarative statements and calling fools out.
Did the quality of the broadcast still leave a lot to be desired? Sure, Jim Ross, it always does. But at this point we’re focusing on the positives. Like the bitch mom from “American Beauty” we feel like grabbing Strikeforce by its rosy cheeks this morning and announcing: “You didn’t even screw up once!” Now on to the particulars.
Filed under: Strikeforce, Videos
Josh Thomson talks about which rounds he won, JZ Cavalcante‘s guillotine choke in the first round and the assorted injuries he picked up training for the fight in the Diaz vs. Noons 2 post-fight press conference.
Filed under: Strikeforce, Videos
Josh Thomson talks about which rounds he won, JZ Cavalcante‘s guillotine choke in the first round and the assorted injuries he picked up training for the fight in the Diaz vs. Noons 2 post-fight press conference.
(VidProps: YouTube/Heyman Hustle)
Even though it probably committed its welterweight champion to the wrong grudge match, Strikeforce has managed to cobble together a decent little card for its Showtime broadcast tonight. Nick Diaz’s main event b…
(VidProps: YouTube/Heyman Hustle)
Even though it probably committed its welterweight champion to the wrong grudge match, Strikeforce has managed to cobble together a decent little card for its Showtime broadcast tonight. Nick Diaz’s main event bout with KJ Noons could be the kind of brawlalicous slugfest that MMA fans always say we don’t see enough. Couple that with Sarah Kaufman finally getting the chance to fight on a “major” show and Josh Thomson battling Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante for the respect he believes they so richly deserve, and it should be a pretty good time. So why do I feel so concerned? Maybe because there are a few storylines running just below the surface that we as MMA fans should find a bit disquieting. Here’s a look at them …
Filed under: StrikeforceWith Nick Diaz and KJ Noons less than five feet apart, separated by only Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker during Thursday’s press conference, it would have seemed a safe bet that the verbal fireworks would come courtesy of the bitter…
Filed under: Strikeforce
With Nick Diaz and KJ Noons less than five feet apart, separated by only Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker during Thursday’s press conference, it would have seemed a safe bet that the verbal fireworks would come courtesy of the bitter rivals.
Instead, the two avoided anything close to enmity. In the absence of the expected scene, it was former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson who stole the show, blasting the media for its lightweight rankings. Interestingly, Thomson wasn’t defending his own placement on the list, but rather that of his Saturday night opponent, Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante, who is 15-3 with one no contest in his career.
Though Cavalcante’s lost two of his last three, Thomson believes he is among the top lightweights in the world, saying “he should be ranked in the top five.” But Thomson was just getting started, eventually taking aim at the WEC 155-pound champ, Ben Henderson.