Strikeforce/EXC Live Pay-Per-View Round-By-Round Coverage
Yes, it is true, I'll have live round-by-round coverage of the PPV portion of the event as it happens. I was once again unable to see the internet portion and once again don't know why. Results behind the cut, refresh your browser for the latest.
Our roundtable predictions are here
Ric went 3-3 in his roundtable picks for the pro elite show. I went 5-1...but Euan did great, he was 1-5.
They say that Krazy Horse pulled out of the fight earlier in the week, no mention as to his time in jail.
Jimmy Lennon is in the hizouse
Bill Goldberg is doing interviews tonight...way to make the lightweights seem even smaller.
Match 1: Edson Berto Vs. Victor Valenzuela - 3X5 Lightweight
Valenzuela: 5'10, 155, 5-1-2
Berto: 5'9, 155, 10-3-1
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
R1: Berto hits a high kick and then takes Valenzuela down right away in the round. Berto gets the heel hook and gets Valenzuela to tap.
Winner: Edson Berto - 0:47 R1
Bill Goldberg in the prefight essentially called the finish.
He asks Berto to walk him through the fight and I can't understand a word this man said. He speaks with marbels in his mouth.
Match 2: Carter "The Beast" Williams Vs. Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello 3X5 Heavyweight
Buentello: 6'2, 250.5, 22-9-0
Williams: 6'1, 265.5, 3-1-0
Referee: Steve Mazagatti
R1: In a fight that was expected to be on the feet, went to the ground right away. Williams starts out the round strong, taking Buentello down and they're back up.
They end up in the clinch and exchange some knees. A lot of action in a heavyweight bout. Buentello tried a guillotine but Williams was able to escape.
Buentello starts to unload with blows to Williams, and my being the only 1 to pick Williams isn't looking so hot.
They end up back in the clinch and up against the fense with less than a minute left in the round.
Williams has never been out of R1 in any of his 4 fights.
Scoring: A fun round, Williams got the takedown and it was really close. I'm going to go Williams but you could argue for Buentello. 10-9.
R2: Buentello comes out, fakes the jab hits the uppercut and that's all she wrote.
Winner: Paul Buentello - 0:10 R2 TKO
Well, I wasn't the only one to pick Williams...so did Ric, you're not catching me tonight Lesbian!!
Goldberg with Buentello: Goldberg can't tell spanish from hebrew.
You've heard one of these interviews you've heard this one.
Match 3: Murilo "Ninja" Rua Vs. "Smokin'" Joe Villasenor - 5X5 Middleweight
Rua: 5'11, 184, 13-7-1
Villasenor: 6'0, 184, 23-5-0
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
R1: Villasenor hits a big left hok that rocks Rua. Rua backs up and they're back in the clinch. They end up in side control and like 78% of the Proelite voters predicted Rua. Ric was the only one in our group if I recall correctly.
Rua on his back going for a leglock from the bottom.
Rua comes back with strikes and they transition in to half guard and then Rua shifts in to side control.
Crowd boos the ground work.
Joey Villasenor is able to reverse out and is back up on his feet and they trade shots. Rua scores a takedown and we're back to where we were.
Rua throws down some elbows and the round comes to an end.
Scoring: Rua's round 10-9, JV stunned him early but Rua did more.
R2: Rua tries a Robbie Lawler coming out with the flying knee. JV is more aware of it this time.
Rua is teeing off with strikes. Rua clobbers Villasenor and this fight is all over.
Winner: Murilo "Ninja" Rua - 1:05 R2 KO
I'm 0-3 in Villasenor fights.
Goldberg interviews Rua and it is wacky.
Match 4: Josh Thompson Vs. Nick Gonzalez - 3X5 Lightweight
Gonzalez: 5'6, 155, 11-4-0
Thompson: 5'10, 154, 11-2-1
Referee: Herb Dean
Thompson gets the big hometown pop.
R1: Gonzalez has held his own with Roger Huerta according to Morro. Thompson overwhelms Gonzalez and is looking for a rear-naked choke early but Gonzalez is trying to fight it off....but Thompson sinks it in and it is all over.
Winner: Josh Thompson - 1:42 R1 Submission Rear Naked Choke
Match 5: Tony "The Freak" Fryklund Vs. Cung Le - 3X5 Middleweight
I've been wanting to see Le for a long time. I was the only one to pick Le to win, I will either be very smart or very dumb at the end of this.
Fryklund: 36, 5'10, 177.5, 13-8-0
Le: 35, 5'10, 179, 3-0-0
Referee: Herb Dean
R1: A jufustinormous pop for Le.
Le is just working over Fryklund who decides his best defense is to stand there and take it.
He's just eating shot after shot after shot from Le.
Le is just whooping Fryklund's ass.
Kick to the head and then a spinning heel kick.
Fryklund is just getting kicked and kicked like he is Cung Le's football.
Round ends.
Scoring: Le's round 10-9...unless I can give Fryklund -10 for that round. This was a beating.
r2: It is back to Le just kicking Fryklund like Le is me and Fryklund is Ric.
I don't know how to describe this. You all need to see Cung Le right now. If UFC doesn't try and steal this guy...they're really stupid.
Fryklund keeps trying the spinning backfist and they're just not hitting.
Fryklund is trying a flurry of his own to end the round but really the term pissing in the wind comes to mind.
Morro says that surrender isn't in Fryklund's vocabulary. Le is beating all sorts of words out of him at this point.
Scoring: Le 10-9!
R3: Third round Le finishes the job...Fryklund is freakin dun dun dun!
Cung Le is a freakin star.
A freakin...star!
I was the only one to pick him to win this fight.
I said: "Cung Le is awesome".
He won, and you guys we warned.
Winner: Cung Le - 0:25 R3 TKO
Goldberg with Le: I don't care what he says he's awesome.
Match 6: "The New York Badass" Phil Baroni Vs. Frank Shamrock - 5X5 Middleweight
Baroni: 31, 5'9, 183, 10-7-0
Shamrock: 34, 5'10, 184, 21-8-1
Referee: Steve Mazagatti
R1: Baroni unloads on Shamrock early to start the round.
Baroni takes down Shamrock but this is where Frank wants to be. Shamrock knocks Baroni down and is going for a choke. Shamrock is taunting Baroni.
Mazagatti calls for time due to punches to the back of Baroni's head. 2 EXC fights, 2 times this happens. A point taken away from Frank.
Baroni comes back quickly and takes Shamrock down and again that's where he wants to be.
Shamrock tags Baroni again and is owning Baroni.
Baroni is out on his feet and Shamrock is hammering him in a bad way.
Shamrock nails more punches and Baroni takes him down to end the round.
Scoring: Because of the point being taken away, I'm giving this a 9-8 round for Shamrock.
R2: Baroni starts with strikes early but they end up in the clinch.
Baroni rocks Shamrock for a bit and then it is Shamrock's turn. Shamrock talked about an injury prior to the fight is fighting like a man with a bad wheel.
Baroni gives up his back and Shamrock looking for the choke as the crowd is going absolutely insane.
Baroni is done, and Shamrock is the Strikeforce middleweight champion.
Jufustitastinormous doesn't describe the pop for Shamrock.
Winner; Frank Shamrock - 4:00 R2 Submission
Goldberg interviews Shamrock and he doesn't need to say anything the crowd does the talking. Shamrock does talk about his injury and such.
Match 7: Duane "Bang" Ludwig Vs. Paul "semtex" Dale - 3X5 Welterweight
Daley: 24, 5'9, 170, 14-6-2
Ludwig: 28, 5'10, 170, 15-6-0
Referee: John Shorely
R1: Not a lot of action in the first round but most of it is on the feet.
If this were the WWE, this would be the women's match sandwiched between the 2 main events, only this isn't being followed by John Cena.
Daley took Ludwig down but Ludwig was right back on his feet quickly.
Round ends to a series of boos.
Scoring: Daley 10-9 and that's all I'm going to say about this.
R2: It doesn't last long as Daley KO'ed Ludwig. Euan called it...1 of 3 he got right tonight BTW.
Winner: Paul Daley - 0:42 r2 KO
UFC ain't topping this event.
This is card of the year so far.
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Our roundtable predictions are here
Ric went 3-3 in his roundtable picks for the pro elite show. I went 5-1...but Euan did great, he was 1-5.
They say that Krazy Horse pulled out of the fight earlier in the week, no mention as to his time in jail.
Jimmy Lennon is in the hizouse
Bill Goldberg is doing interviews tonight...way to make the lightweights seem even smaller.
Match 1: Edson Berto Vs. Victor Valenzuela - 3X5 Lightweight
Valenzuela: 5'10, 155, 5-1-2
Berto: 5'9, 155, 10-3-1
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
R1: Berto hits a high kick and then takes Valenzuela down right away in the round. Berto gets the heel hook and gets Valenzuela to tap.
Winner: Edson Berto - 0:47 R1
Bill Goldberg in the prefight essentially called the finish.
He asks Berto to walk him through the fight and I can't understand a word this man said. He speaks with marbels in his mouth.
Match 2: Carter "The Beast" Williams Vs. Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello 3X5 Heavyweight
Buentello: 6'2, 250.5, 22-9-0
Williams: 6'1, 265.5, 3-1-0
Referee: Steve Mazagatti
R1: In a fight that was expected to be on the feet, went to the ground right away. Williams starts out the round strong, taking Buentello down and they're back up.
They end up in the clinch and exchange some knees. A lot of action in a heavyweight bout. Buentello tried a guillotine but Williams was able to escape.
Buentello starts to unload with blows to Williams, and my being the only 1 to pick Williams isn't looking so hot.
They end up back in the clinch and up against the fense with less than a minute left in the round.
Williams has never been out of R1 in any of his 4 fights.
Scoring: A fun round, Williams got the takedown and it was really close. I'm going to go Williams but you could argue for Buentello. 10-9.
R2: Buentello comes out, fakes the jab hits the uppercut and that's all she wrote.
Winner: Paul Buentello - 0:10 R2 TKO
Well, I wasn't the only one to pick Williams...so did Ric, you're not catching me tonight Lesbian!!
Goldberg with Buentello: Goldberg can't tell spanish from hebrew.
You've heard one of these interviews you've heard this one.
Match 3: Murilo "Ninja" Rua Vs. "Smokin'" Joe Villasenor - 5X5 Middleweight
Rua: 5'11, 184, 13-7-1
Villasenor: 6'0, 184, 23-5-0
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
R1: Villasenor hits a big left hok that rocks Rua. Rua backs up and they're back in the clinch. They end up in side control and like 78% of the Proelite voters predicted Rua. Ric was the only one in our group if I recall correctly.
Rua on his back going for a leglock from the bottom.
Rua comes back with strikes and they transition in to half guard and then Rua shifts in to side control.
Crowd boos the ground work.
Joey Villasenor is able to reverse out and is back up on his feet and they trade shots. Rua scores a takedown and we're back to where we were.
Rua throws down some elbows and the round comes to an end.
Scoring: Rua's round 10-9, JV stunned him early but Rua did more.
R2: Rua tries a Robbie Lawler coming out with the flying knee. JV is more aware of it this time.
Rua is teeing off with strikes. Rua clobbers Villasenor and this fight is all over.
Winner: Murilo "Ninja" Rua - 1:05 R2 KO
I'm 0-3 in Villasenor fights.
Goldberg interviews Rua and it is wacky.
Match 4: Josh Thompson Vs. Nick Gonzalez - 3X5 Lightweight
Gonzalez: 5'6, 155, 11-4-0
Thompson: 5'10, 154, 11-2-1
Referee: Herb Dean
Thompson gets the big hometown pop.
R1: Gonzalez has held his own with Roger Huerta according to Morro. Thompson overwhelms Gonzalez and is looking for a rear-naked choke early but Gonzalez is trying to fight it off....but Thompson sinks it in and it is all over.
Winner: Josh Thompson - 1:42 R1 Submission Rear Naked Choke
Match 5: Tony "The Freak" Fryklund Vs. Cung Le - 3X5 Middleweight
I've been wanting to see Le for a long time. I was the only one to pick Le to win, I will either be very smart or very dumb at the end of this.
Fryklund: 36, 5'10, 177.5, 13-8-0
Le: 35, 5'10, 179, 3-0-0
Referee: Herb Dean
R1: A jufustinormous pop for Le.
Le is just working over Fryklund who decides his best defense is to stand there and take it.
He's just eating shot after shot after shot from Le.
Le is just whooping Fryklund's ass.
Kick to the head and then a spinning heel kick.
Fryklund is just getting kicked and kicked like he is Cung Le's football.
Round ends.
Scoring: Le's round 10-9...unless I can give Fryklund -10 for that round. This was a beating.
r2: It is back to Le just kicking Fryklund like Le is me and Fryklund is Ric.
I don't know how to describe this. You all need to see Cung Le right now. If UFC doesn't try and steal this guy...they're really stupid.
Fryklund keeps trying the spinning backfist and they're just not hitting.
Fryklund is trying a flurry of his own to end the round but really the term pissing in the wind comes to mind.
Morro says that surrender isn't in Fryklund's vocabulary. Le is beating all sorts of words out of him at this point.
Scoring: Le 10-9!
R3: Third round Le finishes the job...Fryklund is freakin dun dun dun!
Cung Le is a freakin star.
A freakin...star!
I was the only one to pick him to win this fight.
I said: "Cung Le is awesome".
He won, and you guys we warned.
Winner: Cung Le - 0:25 R3 TKO
Goldberg with Le: I don't care what he says he's awesome.
Match 6: "The New York Badass" Phil Baroni Vs. Frank Shamrock - 5X5 Middleweight
Baroni: 31, 5'9, 183, 10-7-0
Shamrock: 34, 5'10, 184, 21-8-1
Referee: Steve Mazagatti
R1: Baroni unloads on Shamrock early to start the round.
Baroni takes down Shamrock but this is where Frank wants to be. Shamrock knocks Baroni down and is going for a choke. Shamrock is taunting Baroni.
Mazagatti calls for time due to punches to the back of Baroni's head. 2 EXC fights, 2 times this happens. A point taken away from Frank.
Baroni comes back quickly and takes Shamrock down and again that's where he wants to be.
Shamrock tags Baroni again and is owning Baroni.
Baroni is out on his feet and Shamrock is hammering him in a bad way.
Shamrock nails more punches and Baroni takes him down to end the round.
Scoring: Because of the point being taken away, I'm giving this a 9-8 round for Shamrock.
R2: Baroni starts with strikes early but they end up in the clinch.
Baroni rocks Shamrock for a bit and then it is Shamrock's turn. Shamrock talked about an injury prior to the fight is fighting like a man with a bad wheel.
Baroni gives up his back and Shamrock looking for the choke as the crowd is going absolutely insane.
Baroni is done, and Shamrock is the Strikeforce middleweight champion.
Jufustitastinormous doesn't describe the pop for Shamrock.
Winner; Frank Shamrock - 4:00 R2 Submission
Goldberg interviews Shamrock and he doesn't need to say anything the crowd does the talking. Shamrock does talk about his injury and such.
Match 7: Duane "Bang" Ludwig Vs. Paul "semtex" Dale - 3X5 Welterweight
Daley: 24, 5'9, 170, 14-6-2
Ludwig: 28, 5'10, 170, 15-6-0
Referee: John Shorely
R1: Not a lot of action in the first round but most of it is on the feet.
If this were the WWE, this would be the women's match sandwiched between the 2 main events, only this isn't being followed by John Cena.
Daley took Ludwig down but Ludwig was right back on his feet quickly.
Round ends to a series of boos.
Scoring: Daley 10-9 and that's all I'm going to say about this.
R2: It doesn't last long as Daley KO'ed Ludwig. Euan called it...1 of 3 he got right tonight BTW.
Winner: Paul Daley - 0:42 r2 KO
UFC ain't topping this event.
This is card of the year so far.
Labels: Casey's Commentary, EXC, Frank Shamrock, Live Blogging, Pay Per View Coverage, Phil Baroni, Strikeforce
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posted by Casey Trowbridge at 6/22/2007 11:59:00 PM
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