Bad night for Brazil at Strikeforce! At the event held on Saturday night, in Cincinnati, in the United States, Brazilian athletes were defeated in six of the seven fights scheduled, two of which were quite important: Ronaldo Jacare lost the middleweight belt to Luke Rockhold e Antonio Pezão was eliminated from the organization's heavyweight GP after being knocked out by Daniel Cormier. The only Brazilian triumph was Rafael Feijão, who with great difficulty, managed to knock out Yoel romero in the second round.
Pezão is knocked out and leaves the Strikeforce GP
Brazil no longer has representatives in the Strikeforce heavyweight GP. The only national representative still in the dispute, Antonio Pezão entered the tournament semi-finals as a strong favorite against Daniel Cormier, who was hastily called in to replace alistair overeem. Expecting a takedown game from the American, who specializes in wrestling, the Brazilian was surprised by Cormier's quick boxing. With a lot of movement, Daniel struck with speed and left Pezão's range of action, who ended up suffering a knockdown. When the stand-up fight resumed, the Tupiniquim athlete was punished with several blows and knocked down once again. Totally lost, the fighter from Paraíba was caught in a powerful direct hit by Cormier and was already knocked out.
In the grand final of the tournament, Cormier will face the tough Josh Barnett, who took no notice of Sergei Kharitonov and submitted the Russian with a katagatame at the end of the first round.
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Jacaré loses Strikeforce belt
Defending the Strkeforce middleweight belt for the second time, Ronaldo Jacare encountered many difficulties against the underdog Luke Rockhold. The Brazilian started the fight better, measuring the distance well and releasing good combinations of blows. But with a lot of resistance, the North American showed recovery and better physical preparation to unleash his game in the final half of the fight. In the last round, already quite tired, Jacaré barely moved and ended up being the target of good blows from his opponent, who even risked some round kicks. At the end of the fight, both fighters raised their arms, but the judges gave the victory to both fighters.a Luke Rockhold (50×45, 48×47, 48×47)
King mo knocks out Roger gracie
In the first fight involving Brazilians on the main card, Roger gracie faced the biggest challenge of his short MMA career. In front of the former Strikeforce champion, King mo, the Brazilian was unable to find the distance against the North American, who controlled the center of the octagon and punched better in boxing. At the end of the first round, with a powerful direct encounter, King mo led to Roger being knocked down. With the Brazilian on the ground, the American threw one more punch until the referee stopped the fight and declared a technical knockout. With the setback, the Tupiniquim black belt suffers his first defeat in MMA in five fights
Marcos Foot debut with defeat in Strikeforce
The premiere of Marcos Foot in Strikeforce it didn't go the way the Brazilian expected. Facing the tough Mike Kyle, the Tupiniquim athlete found difficulties in his opponent's strategy, who sought to work with boxing blows and good takedowns. After losing the first two rounds, the São Paulo fighter let the game go and went for it all or nothing in the last round. Pezão connected good blows and low kicks and came to win this partial, but it wasn't enough. In the end, Mike Kyle won by unanimous decision from the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Feijão wins the first for Brazil
After two defeats in the first fights, the Brazilian fighters achieved their first victory in the event. Rafael Feijão returned to Strikeforce after losing the organization's light heavyweight belt earlier this year, and encountered difficulties against Yoel romero. But after losing the first round, the Brazilian was at a disadvantage in the second until he surprised his opponent in an incredible way: Feijão threw a beautiful high kick that went empty, but still in the movement of the blow he hit Romero, which resulted in a knockdown. Without wasting time, Rafael continued the punishment and forced the referee to stop the fight.
Check out the complete Strikeforce results below:
Main Card
Josh Barnett submitted Sergei Kharitonov with a katagatame in R1;
Daniel Cormier derrotou Antonio “Pezão” Silva by knockout in R1;
Luke Rockhold derrotou Ronaldo Jacare in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Muhammad “King mo” Lawal defeated Roger gracie by knockout in R1;
Pat Healy submitted Maximo Blanco via rear naked choke in R2;
Preliminary Card
Mike Kyle defeated Marcos Rogério “Pezão” de Lima in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Rafael Feijão derrotou Yoel romero by technical knockout in R2;
Jordan Mein defeated Cyborg Evangelist by technical knockout in R3;
Alexis Davis derrotou Amanda nunes by technical knockout in R2;
Dominique Steele defeated Chris Mierzwiak via unanimous decision;
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