The Undercard Of EliteXC's 'Strikeforce: Shamrock Vs. Baroni' Is In The Books
The lowdown from San Jose's HP Pavilion:
- Middleweights: Seth Kleinbeck defeated (ref-stoppage TKO @ 2:55 - round 2) Sam Spengler. I didn't score the first round, as they did such a good job of hiding the stream, I couldn't find it until about 7:34 PM, and nothing fucking happened. I know Gina Carano and Todd Keneley. were on commentary, and both of them sucked. Both displayed their lack of MMA experience, which didn't bother me as much as the fact neither seemed to have a personality. Oh, and that geeky rapper was back. Just before the finish, Spengler took an accidental low-blow (which he was given time to recover from), which may or may not have affected the outcome, then was mounted and punched until the ref stepped in to put a stop to the bout. I originally had picked Kleinbeck to win, but was hoping Spengler could pull off the upset.
- Bantamweights: Chris Cariaso defeated (unanimous decision of 30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Anthony Figueroa. Everyone else was given fifteen-minutes, while these guys only got nine. Yeah, nobody wants to see the lighter guys get equal time. Cariaso worked an impressive ground-game, considering his experience is in Muay Thai, and definitely took the first round. The second was a bit harder to score, but I still gave it to Cariaso. No, I'm not going into why, as I'm still a little perturbed by this whole shitty stream (which took forever to find and isn't providing me with the clearest picture). As the fight wound down, Cariaso seemed unwilling to engage, as Figueroa had started to figure out his style, but for Figgy, it was too little too late. I had it 29-28, Cariaso. So far, for my picks, I'm 2-0.
- Super heavyweights: Rex Richards defeated (ref-stoppage TKO @ 0:34 - round 1) Ray Seraille. Seraille took the fight on short notice, although I haven't been paying enough attention to know more than that. Guess I was wrong about that fifteen-minutes thing, as these guys were also given only nine. Richards' size (three-hundred-five-pounds) was way too much for, and a series of punches dropped Seraille, who was merely covering up as Richards continued to reign down blows, when the ref stopped in to end the bout.
- Catchweight (one-hundred-seventy-three-pounds): Jason Von Flue defeated (ref-stoppage TKO @ 2:17 - round 3) Luke Stewart. Early in the first, Von Flue took an accidental low-blow, which seems to be the "in" thing on this card. Stewart's mix of kickboxing and grappling ability seemed to fluster Von Flue, and although he didn't dominate, I gave the first to Stewart. Carano didn't realize how good Von Flue in on the ground, and kept thinking it was over, but Von Flue was never in any real danger. Early in the second, Von Flue received another accidental low-blow, this one costing Stewart a point. To be fair, Von Flue should've lost at least one-point for grabbing the fence, which he repeatedly did in both rounds. Stewart definitely did enough in the latter half to win the second, even getting Von Flue's back, but time expired. I'd have scored it 10-9, but since Stewart lost a point, I considered it a draw (9-9). In the third, Stewart gained early control of Von Flue's back, then took it down and secured full mount. Herb Dean gave Von Flue seemingly forever to fight back from a shitload of blows, before stepping in for the finish. I'm now 1-3, which sucks, but impress me Stewart do.
- Geeky rapper interviewed Shogun Rua, who said he's more nervous about watching his brother fight, than he is about fighting. Geeky rapper also got to be mounted by Carano, and even correctly picked more winners than me. He's now officially even wussier than Casey.
- Welterweights: Mike Pyle (cornered by birthday-boy Randy Couture, among others) defeated (unanimous decision of 30-27, 29-27, 30-27) Aaron Wetherspoon. Wetherspoon, now a born-again Christian, was supposedly once in a gang. Sure, me too, pal. For some reason, these guys were allowed to use elbows on the ground. During intros, some really loud chick was given a close-up. Gee, thanks, guys. Exciting round, which I barely gave to Pyle, who kept it on the ground for a while. Wetherspoon got up and controlled the standup, although he didn't get to tee-off, like he wanted. In the second, Pyle's game plan was to pick apart Wetherspoon in the standup, but that didn't exactly work. I gave the second to Wetherspoon. In the third, Pyle used a diverse attack of boxing, kickboxing, and wrestling to bloody Wetherspoon and dominate the round. I gave the fight to Pyle (29-28), but finished the broadcast with a lot of respect for Wetherspoon (and, as far as my picks, at 2-3).
- I'm sure there were some other fights, but I don't give a fuck, so maybe second-wussy-in-command will provide those results for you.
Eh, not bad, but nothing to persuade me to purchase the pay-per-view.
PS: Go, Shamrock!
- Middleweights: Seth Kleinbeck defeated (ref-stoppage TKO @ 2:55 - round 2) Sam Spengler. I didn't score the first round, as they did such a good job of hiding the stream, I couldn't find it until about 7:34 PM, and nothing fucking happened. I know Gina Carano and Todd Keneley. were on commentary, and both of them sucked. Both displayed their lack of MMA experience, which didn't bother me as much as the fact neither seemed to have a personality. Oh, and that geeky rapper was back. Just before the finish, Spengler took an accidental low-blow (which he was given time to recover from), which may or may not have affected the outcome, then was mounted and punched until the ref stepped in to put a stop to the bout. I originally had picked Kleinbeck to win, but was hoping Spengler could pull off the upset.
- Bantamweights: Chris Cariaso defeated (unanimous decision of 30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Anthony Figueroa. Everyone else was given fifteen-minutes, while these guys only got nine. Yeah, nobody wants to see the lighter guys get equal time. Cariaso worked an impressive ground-game, considering his experience is in Muay Thai, and definitely took the first round. The second was a bit harder to score, but I still gave it to Cariaso. No, I'm not going into why, as I'm still a little perturbed by this whole shitty stream (which took forever to find and isn't providing me with the clearest picture). As the fight wound down, Cariaso seemed unwilling to engage, as Figueroa had started to figure out his style, but for Figgy, it was too little too late. I had it 29-28, Cariaso. So far, for my picks, I'm 2-0.
- Super heavyweights: Rex Richards defeated (ref-stoppage TKO @ 0:34 - round 1) Ray Seraille. Seraille took the fight on short notice, although I haven't been paying enough attention to know more than that. Guess I was wrong about that fifteen-minutes thing, as these guys were also given only nine. Richards' size (three-hundred-five-pounds) was way too much for, and a series of punches dropped Seraille, who was merely covering up as Richards continued to reign down blows, when the ref stopped in to end the bout.
- Catchweight (one-hundred-seventy-three-pounds): Jason Von Flue defeated (ref-stoppage TKO @ 2:17 - round 3) Luke Stewart. Early in the first, Von Flue took an accidental low-blow, which seems to be the "in" thing on this card. Stewart's mix of kickboxing and grappling ability seemed to fluster Von Flue, and although he didn't dominate, I gave the first to Stewart. Carano didn't realize how good Von Flue in on the ground, and kept thinking it was over, but Von Flue was never in any real danger. Early in the second, Von Flue received another accidental low-blow, this one costing Stewart a point. To be fair, Von Flue should've lost at least one-point for grabbing the fence, which he repeatedly did in both rounds. Stewart definitely did enough in the latter half to win the second, even getting Von Flue's back, but time expired. I'd have scored it 10-9, but since Stewart lost a point, I considered it a draw (9-9). In the third, Stewart gained early control of Von Flue's back, then took it down and secured full mount. Herb Dean gave Von Flue seemingly forever to fight back from a shitload of blows, before stepping in for the finish. I'm now 1-3, which sucks, but impress me Stewart do.
- Geeky rapper interviewed Shogun Rua, who said he's more nervous about watching his brother fight, than he is about fighting. Geeky rapper also got to be mounted by Carano, and even correctly picked more winners than me. He's now officially even wussier than Casey.
- Welterweights: Mike Pyle (cornered by birthday-boy Randy Couture, among others) defeated (unanimous decision of 30-27, 29-27, 30-27) Aaron Wetherspoon. Wetherspoon, now a born-again Christian, was supposedly once in a gang. Sure, me too, pal. For some reason, these guys were allowed to use elbows on the ground. During intros, some really loud chick was given a close-up. Gee, thanks, guys. Exciting round, which I barely gave to Pyle, who kept it on the ground for a while. Wetherspoon got up and controlled the standup, although he didn't get to tee-off, like he wanted. In the second, Pyle's game plan was to pick apart Wetherspoon in the standup, but that didn't exactly work. I gave the second to Wetherspoon. In the third, Pyle used a diverse attack of boxing, kickboxing, and wrestling to bloody Wetherspoon and dominate the round. I gave the fight to Pyle (29-28), but finished the broadcast with a lot of respect for Wetherspoon (and, as far as my picks, at 2-3).
- I'm sure there were some other fights, but I don't give a fuck, so maybe second-wussy-in-command will provide those results for you.
Eh, not bad, but nothing to persuade me to purchase the pay-per-view.
PS: Go, Shamrock!
Labels: EXC, Mixed Martial Arts, Pay Per View Coverage, Pro Elite Inc., Ric's Commentary, Strikeforce
posted by Ric Gillespie at 6/22/2007 08:29:00 PM
2 Comments:
For Ric's Information the reason some fights have elbows and others don't is that elbows were only banned in the Strikeforce matches not the EXC matches. Pyle-Wetherspoon was an EXC match.
Nice of me to finally do some research.
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