Strikeforce Results And Play-By-Play: Rockhold Vs. Jardine

The initial vital label of 2012 happens tonight as Strikeforce earnings to Showtime on their giveaway preview weekend. Newly crowned middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will urge his pretension opposite former UFC light heavyweight and Ultimate Fighter alum Keith Jardine. Former Olympic carefree and Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal earnings to a enclosure as good as Tyron Woodley, former collegiate wrestling teammate of Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren. Stay tuned for all of a live coverage of a event!

Preliminary Card:

Interesting to see how Strikeforce has altered so distant underneath a Zuffa banner. The entrances seem to be UFC-like now, nonetheless a large theatre and some-more subdued.

Alonzo Martinez vs. Estevan Payan

Round 1: Martinez pushes a gait early and a dual are exchanging with large shots early on. They are throwing furious energy shots, Martinez throwing some-more extravagantly nonetheless not joining as mostly as Payan. He’s tackling Martinez’s large windmill shots with hooks and discerning jabs. Martinez goes for a takedown and can’t finish, Payan attack true rights off his left poke repeatedly. His combinations demeanour crisp, too. Payan goes for a takedown nonetheless can’t finish, gets him opposite a enclosure and hits with a combo. Martinez gets divided and is eating a lot of unanswered punches. Payan looks unequivocally crisp; Martinez isn’t wading in with furious shots and seems to be discreet in exchanging. Payan is determining a core and Martinez goes for a takedown and gets him opposite a cage. Couldn’t complete, cooking a offshoot as Payan circles away. Round ends as Payan clearly won a round.

Round Score: 10-9 Payan

Fight Score (So Far) 10-9 Payan

Round 2 Payan works his poke early and Martinez is wavering to throw. Anytime Martinez tries to do anything he’s eating a poke or a true to a face. Payan lands a multiple that knocks off Martinez’s mouthguard. Martinez is throwing furious and Payan is eating him adult with distance; he’s found his operation and is usually joining with some tough shots. Payan hits a large physique flog and Martinez goes for a unfortunate takedown, can’t finish it and Payan gets him adult opposite a cage. He’s picking his spots now and Martinez looks sap of exposing any partial of himself adult for Payan’s distinguished game. Martinez goes for a takedown and is unequivocally messy on it, Payan sprawls and gets divided easily. Payan is owning a stretch diversion easily; Martinez goes for a handful of punches and cooking some tough strikes from Payan. He’s looking to get behind when he throws punches and there’s zero on them; Payan is escaped simply and Martinez is eating a series of clever shots to a face.

Round Score: 10-9 Payan

Fight Score (So Far) 20-18 Payan

Round 3: Payan pushes a gait early, joining with a series of shots. Martinez responds with some leg kicks and shows some life early in a 3rd. Payan creates him eat some jabs, though, and Martinez is some-more assured in his kicks. He’s substantiating his operation some-more effectively and Payan isn’t tackling his kicks as effectively as his punches. Payan creates him eat some large uppercuts off a span of furious exchanges; Payan has him figured out now and is roughly alighting whenever he wants. He’s entirely out-classing Martinez during this indicate on his feet; Martinez is going for some messy takedowns, usually reaching and not driving, and Payan is stuffing them easily. Martinez is attack him with some large shots. Martinez looks to be wanting to usually tarry a quarrel and not win a final spin or try for a finish. He seems quiescent to his predestine and Payan isn’t vouchsafing up. Round ends with Martinez going for a takedown again and failing, Payan attack some physique shots and laying on Martinez’s back.

Round Score: 10-9 Payan

Official Inside Fights Score 30-27 Payan

Official Result 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 Payan by UD

Ricky Legere vs. Chris Spang

Round 1: Legere comes out pulling a pace, conjunction warrior throwing nonetheless creation Spang get adult opposite a cage. Legere with a HUGE impact and takes Spang down. Spang in sealed guard, goes for an armbar from bottom nonetheless can’t finish. Legere and Spang play position diversion opposite a game; conjunction are going for strikes. Legere with a integrate light strikes nonetheless zero major. Legere passes into side control, along a fence. Spang is determining Legere’s conduct good and counters Legere’s try into mountain into half guard. Full guard, Spang moves his hips adult high. Legere tries to viewpoint adult for strikes, Spang does a good pursuit preventing anything major. Spang pushes him off and Legere moves fast to get Spang opposite a enclosure again. Round ends with Legere going for a double. Spang with a guillotine to finish a round. Legere roughly taps right before spin ends.

Round Score: 10-9 Spang … Legere had improved position nonetheless didn’t do many with it. Spang attempted to finish twice, connected with a usually vital strikes of a spin and roughly finished it. Wouldn’t be repelled if it was 10-9 Legere on position, though.

Round 2: Flying knee from Spang and Legere gets a takedown again. Spang in full guard, closed. Legere not doing many on top, joining with a tiny hammerfist nonetheless Spang is doing a good pursuit regulating his physique to keep Legere from attack anything with energy behind it. Spang tries to brush himself out, Legere into sidecontrol and Spang gets Legere behind into his guard. Back on a ground, not many happening. Standup. Spang connects with an overhand right and Legere goes for a takedown off a missed spinning backfist from Spang. Legere gets a double, Spang uses a crotchlift to stop . Legere counters and slams him opposite a cage. Lands in half guard. Spang determining his conduct and it’s a positional diversion during this point. Legere is looking to allege position, Spang is holding on, spin ends in this position.

Round Score: Legere 10-9

Fight Score (So Far) 19-19

Round 3: Spang comes out throwing and being some-more cautious, progressing a stretch so Legere can’t take him down. Legere is roughly calm to mountain with him as Spang is joining more, including a large flog to a gut. Spang picks him detached on his feet in a initial 90 seconds of a fight; Legere gets him down on a takedown. It was a clever takedown; Legere took a singular and converted it to a double as Spang stopped a initial shot. Legere in Spang’s ensure again, personification a position diversion again. Legere stands them adult after about 90 seconds of inactivity, Spang unloads and Legere goes for a takedown, bondage a singular into a outing nonetheless can’t finish. Gets Spang opposite a cage, though. Legere goes for a impact nonetheless can’t finish, nonetheless gets Spang down to a ground. Legere behind in his guard, Spang escapes and gets a back. Locks in a behind exposed choke, has it low nonetheless shielded good by Legere. Legere is fortifying this well, Spang goes for an armbar with 10 seconds left, Legere rolls into mountain as a spin ends.

Round Score: 10-9 Legere

Official Inside Fights Score 29-28 Legere

Official Result 29-28 Legere by UD

Trevor Smith vs. Gian Villante

Round 1: Smith goes for an early takedown, Villante gets him down, scrambled behind adult and hits a knee opposite a cage. Smith with kicks and Villante responds in kind. Straight right from Villante and hammerfists, Smith cooking a series of shots nonetheless is still in it. Kim Winslow stops a quarrel right as Smith starts to comeback. Bad stoppage.

Official Result Gian Villante by TKO during 1:05 of a initial spin

Nah-Shon Burrell vs. James Terry

Round 1: Lot of stalking to start, Terry with a reduce leg flog that roughly goes a bit reduce than he wanted. Burrell with a large left that staggers him, followed by a unbending leg shot. Terry is staying divided from Burrell’s energy as anytime Burrell connects he’s doing damage. Terry with a takedown, Burrell in full ensure nonetheless open. He scoots behind to a cage, Terry reassesses and into half guard. Burrell isn’t doing many on his behind and Terry is especially operative to get into side control. Burrell gets behind adult by terry into a guillotine, Terry thatch a singular leg and drags him down. Burrell powers out of mountain and terry still has tip control. Manages to get behind nonetheless Burrell doing good work determining his hands. Terry gets a palm giveaway prolonged adequate to bond with a brief uppercut, Burrell into a cage. Terry looking for a singular as Burrell goes for a switch, can’t finish and Terry gets him to a ground. Not clever positioning nonetheless and Burrell behind to his feet, behind opposite a cage. Round ends as Terry goes for a superman punch.

Round Score: 10-9 Terry

Round 2: Terry goes for a high flog that gets blocked by Burrell. Terry is staying divided from Burrell’s power; tries to get in and out with discerning jabs nonetheless Burrell creates him compensate with some large shots. Terry catches Burrell entrance in and goes for a takedown. Gets it and gets into side control. Terry goes for a mount, lands in half guard. Looking to get to his behind and gets it, can’t get in hooks and Burrell gets away. Burrell wins a exchanges with striking; Terry is darting in and eating many bigger punches than he’s giving. Terry goes for a takedown nonetheless Burrell creates him cooking some knees for it. Burrell looks so many some-more assured on his feet and is commencement to figure out a distance; we can see he’s reckoning out when Terry is going to go for a takedown. Terry goes for a furious double leg and gets him down nonetheless Burrell fights it off strongly, alighting in half guard. Round ends with Terry attack some strikes from a top.

Round Score: 10-9 Terry

Fight Score (So Far) 20-18 Terry

Round 3: Burrell stalks Terry opposite a enclosure and is winning a distinguished game. Terry is encircling divided from Burrell and Burrell goes a small wild. Against a enclosure and Terry cooking a large left offshoot exiting. Burrell stops a takedown try with a knee to a body. Burrell is holding him detached on his feet this spin nonetheless he isn’t going for combinations, et al. He’s roughly calm to strike one punch instead of a combination. Big left offshoot and a knee to a head, afterwards knees to a bodies. Terry knows he’s adult dual rounds and is doing what he can to final a rest of this and take a decision.

Burrell is removing a bit adorned as Terry isn’t going for takedowns, et al, and is calm with encircling away. Big right uppercut from Burrell and he spends many of a final notation going for home run shots nonetheless incompetent to finish. One of them winds adult with Terry going for a takedown and pinning him opposite a cage. Round ends with Terry progressing tip control.

Round Score: 29-28 Terry

Official Inside Fights Score 29-28 Terry

Official Score: 29-28 Terry, 29-28 Burrell, 29-28 Burrell … Burrell by SD

Main Card:

Tarec Saffiedine vs. Tyler Stinson

Round 1: Stinson comes out with a integrate furious punches and lands a integrate on Tarec. Tarec is relocating divided and looking for a opposite as Stinson is conduct sport tonight. Stinson is stalking him opposite a enclosure and Tarec is in retreat. Lands a good spin flog to a head, Stinson counters with an outward leg kick. Stinson furious again, Tarec with another high kick. Tarec with a good multiple as Stinson is watchful for a large shot instead of usually throwing wildly. Tarec is operative some good outward kicks, Tarec gets him opposite a cage. Stinson gets held with a large bend and Stinson charges after nonetheless can’t capitalize. Tarec gets a takedown and Stinson with a pleasing rolling armbar. Can’t finish, hasten and they’re on their feet. Tarec goes for a left hook, Stinson with a opposite of his possess and Stinson pounces. Last 20 seconds of a spin with Stinson stalking, joining with some large shots nonetheless not utterly joining with a large kill shot he’s looking for.

Round Score: 10-9 Stinson

Round 2: Stinson starts a spin by stalking, looking to chuck that left. Stinson chases him opposite a cage, looking for moments to throw. He connects with a handful of shots nonetheless misses a large ones. Tarec is on a defensive as Stinson is pulling a pace. Stinson pushes Tarec into a enclosure with his movement, throwing extravagantly nonetheless joining with a handful of what he’s throwing. Tarec goes for a takedown and gets it, alighting in half guard. Stinson is going for a brush and ends adult removing into full guard. Tarec is attack some physique shots nonetheless zero major. He’s not being unequivocally active nonetheless adequate to forestall a standup, we think. Stinson is doing a good pursuit fortifying himself, regulating wrist control to keep Tarec from going for anything big. It’s especially palm fighting during this indicate as a spin ends with Tarec on tip nonetheless not doing an impassioned volume on top.

Round Score: 10-9 Tarec

Fight Score (So Far) 19-19

Round 3: Stinson gets strike low to start a round, takes a notation to recover. Tarec unloads with some large kicks and afterwards gets a large takedown on Stinson. Lands in side control. Stinson rolls into an armbar nonetheless can’t finish it, gets into ensure with Tarec. Tarec on tip nonetheless not doing much; usually adequate to be active though. Stinson is personification wrist control and gripping him from doing anything major. Not many is function as Tarec is perplexing to strike something large nonetheless Stinson is fortifying himself unequivocally good on a bottom.

Tarec isn’t doing anything to pass ensure and Stinson is attack him with brief bend and fists from inside Stinson’s guard. Stinson is cut with about 20 seconds left and there’s a standup. Stinson is determining a octagon positioning diversion as Tarec is looking to counter. Stinson with a good left opposite and both skip with high kicks. Stinson pours it on for a final 15 seconds as Tarec is ducking many of it. Round ends and both are sincerely bloody. Tough spin to score.

Round Score: 10-9 Tarec

Official Inside Fights Score 29-28 Tarec

Official Result 29-28 Stinson, 30-27 Tarec, 29-28 Tarec … Tarec by SD

Jordan Mein vs. Tyron Woodley

Round 1: Mein comes out flashing a jab, not hitting, and Woodley connects with a physique flog after blank a furious overhand right. Woodley is looking to set adult a shot with his strikes nonetheless hasn’t left for a shot yet. Mein is staying divided and watchful for it. Woodley shoots in and Mein defends it opposite a cage. Woodley picks adult a leg in a high arm nonetheless can’t finish it. Mein is regulating precedence to forestall a takedown. ref mangle and Mein connects with some light kicks. Woodley goes for a double and can’t finish, turns it into a physique close and gets him to a ground. Woodley’s arm triangle fails and he’s in half guard, Mein determining his opponent’s tip physique with hooks. Woodley goes for a viewpoint and Mein tries to sweep, hasten and Woodley behind into half guard. Woodley gets swept into a scramble, both group on their feet. Round ends with Woodley going for a takedown after a missed front flog from Mein.

Round Score: 10-9 Woodley

Round 2: Mein pulling brazen and Woodley looking for a shot. Connects with a large overhand right, goes for a takedown and can’t bond on a double. Gets a physique close and trips him down and behind into half guard. Woodley not doing many on a belligerent as Mein gets him into full guard. Trying to spin it into moth ensure and get his weight off, Woodley operative good adequate to prevent. Neither man is doing many from this spot; Mein is looking for an bend to a conduct nonetheless Woodley is fortifying it well. Shocked there isn’t a standup during this indicate nonetheless not a lot of action. Mein is starting to bond with elbows nonetheless as shortly as he connects Woodley is adjusting position. Round continues with Woodley perplexing to smoke-stack Mein adult nonetheless not doing many with it.

Round Score: 10-9 Woodley

Fight Score (So Far) 20-18 Woodley

Round 3: Mein goes for a knee and misses, Woodley capitalizes and takes him down. Lays on tip of him in an open full guard, Woodley gets his face into a cage. Mein and Woodley do a same thing as spin 2; elbows strike until Woodley adjusts, attempts during sweeps are stopped and Woodley gentle staying in guard. Halfway into a spin and Woodley calm to stay in position.

Mein is looking for a keylock and Woodley is fortifying well. With 80 seconds left we get a standup and Mein throws wildly. Woodley goes behind to his takedown and gets a bodylock again. Mein gets into a bind and going for a takedown, can’t finish. Round ends with a dual pulpy into a enclosure exchanging knees.

Round Score: 10-9 Woodley

Official Inside Fights Score 30-27 Woodley

Official Result 29-28 Mein, 29-28 Woodley, 29-28 Woodley … Woodley by SD

Lorenz Larkin vs. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal

Round 1: Both come out a bit tentative, Larkin leery of a shit and Lawal of Larkin’s power. Lawal with a large singular and slams him down hard. Lawal postures adult and cnonects with some shots and he’s assertive in his posturing. Larkin is eating a lot of shots to a physique and elbows to a conduct while in full guard. Larkin is going for a brush nonetheless Lawal is progressing his hips. Larkin tries to get a hasten nonetheless Lawal stands adult and lands behind into Larkin’s half guard. Lawal stops a brush of Larkin with some large strikes. Larkin tries to hurl his approach out and Lawal gripping a vigour on. Lawal with some large belligerent and bruise with Larkin opposite a cage. Larkin’s being tranquil on tip by Lawal with good hip movement. Larkin’s eaten a lot of punishment and a bad standup from Kim Winslow. Lawal is stalking Larkin and progressing control of a cage. Larkin isn’t committing since he’s disturbed about Lawal’s shot. Round ends with Larkin going for a discerning flurry nonetheless not connecting.

Round Score: 10-9 Lawal

Round 2: Larkin connects with a integrate uppercuts nonetheless Lawal gets a large singular leg to a feet sweep, alighting in Larkin’s guard. Larkin is perplexing to control Lawal’s hands nonetheless Lawal works a physique and produce fists to a head. Lawal postures adult and pours on with some large punches, ref stops in during 1:31 of a second round.

Official Result: Lawal by TKO during 1:31 of a second

Adlan Amagov vs. Robbie Lawler

Round 1: Both come out extravagantly and Amagov gets a takedown. Lawler adult fast nonetheless Amagov gets him behind down, operative in open half guard. Lawler on his knees, Amagov knees him to a conduct illegally. One indicate being deducted from Amagov.

Neither man throwing, Lawler with a drifting knee and nails Amagov. Strikes finish it off.

Official Result: Lawler by TKO during 1:48 of a initial round

Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine

Round 1: Jardine comes out aggressive, joining with a integrate reduce leg kicks and throwing some punches. Rockhold with a physique flog and a jab. Flying knee from Rockhold misses, Jardine goes for a singular and a dual are opposite a cage. Rockhold reverses him opposite a cage, alighting some knees to a midst section. Rockhold is perplexing to turn divided and Rockhold is doing good to keep him there, releases him and behind to a center of a cage. Rockhold with a spinning behind flog that connects after blank a furious conduct kick. Jardine with a unbending poke and Rokchold catches him with a right. Jardine with a left and Rockhold clinches opposite a cage. Jardine circles away, Rockhold misses a spinning behind flog and another furious conduct flog before attack a shin to a body. Wild sell and goes for a clinch, Jardine rolls away. Right palm catches Rockhold midst kick, left offshoot connects from Jardine. Rockhold tags him with a large right and Jardine is ROCKED! He a unloads and takes a series of furious shots, Rockhold unloads until Herb Dean pulls him off with 34 seconds left in a round.

Official Result: Rockhold by TKO during 4:26 of a initial round

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