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Strikeforce Live Blog: Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Lindland Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceThis is the Strikeforce live blog for Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Lindland, a middleweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce on Showtime card from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Lawler, a former EliteXC middleweight champion, i…

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This is the Strikeforce live blog for Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Lindland, a middleweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce on Showtime card from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Lawler, a former EliteXC middleweight champion, is coming off a loss to Renato “Babalu” Sobral in June. Earlier in January, Lawler scored a beautiful knockout over Melvin Manhoef to pick up a come-from-behind win.

Lindland in May ended a two-fight losing streak with a TKO win over Kevin Casey in the main event of Strikeforce Challengers 8.

The live blog is below.

Strikeforce: Robbie Lawler KOs Matt Lindland

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsIn a vicious display of striking in a fight that lasted less than a minute, Robbie Lawler brutally knocked out Matt Lindland on Saturday night’s Strikeforce card.

It was the classic striker vs. grappler matchup, and Lawle…

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In a vicious display of striking in a fight that lasted less than a minute, Robbie Lawler brutally knocked out Matt Lindland on Saturday night’s Strikeforce card.

It was the classic striker vs. grappler matchup, and Lawler’s striking was far too much for Lindland, who never even got a chance to use his grappling. Lawler just came out swinging and landed a huge punch that knocked Lindland down, and Lawler then came down with one more hard punch on the ground that knocked Lindland unconscious.

‘TUF 12’ & Strikeforce Aftermath: Decisions are Fine, But We’ll Take the KOs, Thanks

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If you insist on framing Saturday night’s dueling MMA action as a head-to-head matchup between Strikeforce and the UFC – and we do, since we’re media types, meaning we can always be counted on to fin…

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If you insist on framing Saturday night’s dueling MMA action as a head-to-head matchup between Strikeforce and the UFC – and we do, since we’re media types, meaning we can always be counted on to find the easiest storyline and absolutely beat it to death – then you have to consider it a victory for Scott Coker and Co. Strikeforce came into the evening with the better card on paper and on this night the chalk held up. By virtue of back-to-back-to-back-to-back knockouts (if you count Antonio Silva’s TKO over Mike Kyle, which we do), last night Strikeforce was the metaphorical broken clock that turns up right twice a day, the dog’s ass that finally catches some sun. Meanwhile, every live fight on the UFC’s broadcast of the “Ultimate Fighter” season 12 finale went the distance. Both shows were decent, but after months of incessant bitching we should know by now that MMA fans will take a night full of stoppages over a night of scorecard verdicts every time.

During any given week on this website we give Strikeforce an unending raft of shit on the basis of its general incompetence, so it only seems fair to hand out some props on the rare occasion when the company doesn’t screw up in any obvious way. Good job, Strikeforce. We’d love to sit here and tell you last night’s show was indicative of the promotion “figuring it out” somehow, but frankly it seems like it just got lucky with a bunch of dynamic knockouts. Still, the fact this show went off as well as it did after the original fight card got scrambled by late injuries is sort of remarkable. Now it just remains to be seen how many people actually watched it.

Robbie Lawler Expected to Knock Out Matt Lindland

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ST. LOUIS — MMA Fighting spoke to Robbie Lawler following his devastating knockout of Matt Lindland on Saturday night about why he wasn’t surprised the fight ended so quickly, his next step and why he decided to grow a beard.

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Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu — Live Results + Commentary

("Babalu, you old son of a bitch, I thought you were dead." "Maybe I was, Danny. Maybe I was." Photos courtesy of Esther Lin/Strikeforce.) (From left to right: Mike Kyle squares off with Bigfoot Silva’s massive crani…

("Babalu, you old son of a bitch, I thought you were dead." "Maybe I was, Danny. Maybe I was." Photos courtesy of Esther Lin/Strikeforce.)

(From left to right: Mike Kyle squares off with Bigfoot Silva’s massive cranium, Kelli Hutcherson stands out in a crowd, and this is going to sound really strange, but does that photo of Lawler and Lindland remind anybody else of those optical illusion face-drawings that show a different person when you look at them upside-down?)

Headlined by a rematch ten years in the making, and featuring a solid supporting cast of knockout artists, Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu could be the sleeper event of the year. The main card is about to kick off at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, and CagePotato contributor Matt Kaplan will be liveblogging it as quickly as his little fingers will allow. Round-by-round updates from the Showtime broadcast can be found after the jump, beginning at 10 p.m. ET. Refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest, and share your own thoughts in the comments section.

Strikeforce Dan Henderson vs Babalu Sobral

Light Heavyweight bout: Benji Radach vs Ovince St. Preux No pick. St Preux is no pushover. Heavyweight bout: Antonio Silva vs Mike Kyle Even though Mike Kyle is the heavyweight King of the Cage champion, I think Antonio Silva here is a nice pick. Too big, has much improved cardio and has found his jab. […]

Light Heavyweight bout: Benji Radach vs Ovince St. Preux

No pick. St Preux is no pushover.

Heavyweight bout: Antonio Silva vs Mike Kyle

Even though Mike Kyle is the heavyweight King of the Cage champion, I think Antonio Silva here is a nice pick. Too big, has much improved cardio and has found his jab.

Welterweight bout: Paul Daley vs Scott Smith

Awesome fight. Daley is the better technical puncher. Foot work as well. I just like Scott Smith and want to root for him. I’m picking Scott Smith, but I think this is going to be super tough for Smith ala the Lawler fight.

Middleweight bout: Robbie Lawler vs Matt Lindland

Lawler 100% here. Lindland is practically over the hill at this point, while Robbie Lawler is peaking. If Lindland can get this fight to the ground though, Lawler has to be concerned as Lindland’s top game is pretty sick.

Light Heavyweight bout: Dan Henderson vs Renato Sobral

I’m going with Sobral via submission.