PRO MMA (promma.info) is LIVE on the scene at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. for tonight’s “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” event. The main event features the most anticipated women’s fight in MMA history as Gina “Conviction” Carano takes on Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos.
Other fights which are airing live on Showtime include Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida, Gegard Mousasi vs. Renato Sobral, and Mike Kyle vs. Fabricio Werdum.
Quick Results:
Alexander Trevino def. Isaiah Hill by Submission (Keylock) rd1
James Terry def. Zak Bucia by TKO (Head Kick and Punches) rd1
Justin Wilcox def. David Douglas by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) rd3
Scott Lighty def. Mike Cook by TKO (Punch to the Body) rd1
Jay Hieron def. Jesse Taylor by Decision (Unanimous) rd3
Fabricio Werdum def. Mike Kyle by Submission (Guillotine Choke) rd1
Gilbert Melendez def. Mitsuhiro Ishida by TKO (Punches) rd3
Gegard Mousasi def. Renato Sobral by TKO (Punches) rd1
Christiane Santos def. Gina Carano by TKO (Punches) rd1
And we are off. The first fight begins exactly @ 5;30pm
•Isaiah Hill vs. Alex Trevino – Here we go. Trevino comes out in the purple trunks. They exchange low kicks to get it started. Hill goes for the shot and scores. Trevino sweeps him from the half guard and gains top position. Hill gets to his knees and Trevino goes for a guillotine. A fast exchange ensues with Hill ending up on his back with a body triangle. Trevino rolls out and Hill secures mount. The ground and pund starts, but Trevino goes for a leg. They exchange leg attacks and Alex gains top side and has Hill in a modified head lock and gets the tap. Trevino wins by submission @ 3:56 of the first round. Hill looks like he injured his arm in the submission as he has his left arm iced immediately.
•Zak Bucia vs. James Terry – It begins with both fighters feeling each other out on the feet. Terry is looking for the big right hand but misses on a couple of occasions. A bigh high kick by Terry send Bucia to the canvas and Terry is quickly on top of him raining down punches until the fight is topped. Terry wins @ 1:23 of the 1st round by TKO
•David “Tarzan” Douglas vs. Justin Wilcox – Tarzan looks extremely focused and ready to go. Wilcox shoots immediately and Tarzan gets right back to his feet. Douglas throws a big overhand right that connects and follows it with an uppercut that rocks wilcox but he recovers. Wilcox gets the fight back to the ground and slowly proceeds to the mount. He contiues to hold to position alternating strikes and submission attempts controlling Douglas. In the scramble to regain guard, Tarzan receives a wedgy! Tough first round to score but I would give it to Wilcox 10-9
RD2 – Wilcox again works for the takedown and passes to the side mount, then to mount. Slowly working in the top postion in a repeat of the first round with Wilcox going from submission attempts to peppering shots. The ground begins to grow restless. They do not boo however, and yell “stand them up” Wilcox controls the second round. 10-9
Rd3 – Wilcox is peppering Douglas to start the third round and again gets the takedown to mount. Wilcox’s stamina and pressure is very impressive. Tarzan rols back and forth from front to back mount. Douglas defends diligently but to no avail as Wilcox gets the rear naked choke @ 3:17 of the 3rd round. Very, very impressive performance by Wilcox.
•Mike Cook vs. Scott Lighty – Technical diffculties with the arena but Lighty completely dominates the fight and wins by Ko in the 1st round with a VICIOUS body kick.
Break in the action. Celebs in attendance include 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis, Royce Gracie, Herschel Walker and Cung Le Crosley Gracie, UFC fighter Anthony Johnson and a host of others. Getting ready for the Taylor vs Hieron fight.
•Jay Hieron vs. Jesse Taylor – Rd1 – Taylor makes contact with a kick, then goes for the takedown but fails. Taylor attempts for takedown again and gets taken down by Hieron. Hieron in mount goes for guillotine, Taylor breaks free. He makes a second attempt and fails again. Herb Dean stands them up. end Rnd1
Rd2 -Hieron takes down Taylor, gets rear naked choke in tight but Taylor breaks free. He then goes for arm triangle but Taylor breaks free again. Herb stands them up. Hieron knees to the head and knocks Taylor down. Not much work on the ground so Herb stands them up again. Taylor gets more aggressive but appears to be gassed. End rnd 2
Rd3 – Hieron catches kick. Fight goes back tothe ground. It is a slow round as both fighters are showing their fatigue. The round is slow and the crowd is not afriad to share thier dissatisfaction. In the end Heiron wins a unanimous decision (30-27) on all the cards.
Even though you may see Mauro Renallo and Frank on the tube, Mike Kyle is already in the cage and ready to go. Werdum is also in the cage and both fighters are ready to go.
•Mike Kyle vs. Fabricio Werdum – Welcome back to the mainstream Yuji! Both fighters come out swinging. Kyle catches a kick from Werdum but cant get him to the ground. Werdum now has him on the ground but Kyle goes for an armbar. Werdum gets out and gets a submission attempt of his own. Kyle is stuck in the guillotine and is forced to tap @ 1:24 of the 1st round.
•Champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (Strikeforce interim lightweight title) – Fast Eddie’s friend and favorite fighter is in the cage and forgive me if I root for El Nino! The first minute and a half sees the fighters feel each other out. Ishida tries for the takedown but was unsuccessful. Ishida does get the fight to the ground and momentarily gets Gilberts back but Melendez reverses the position and gets Ishida down. Very close round but you know I give to melendez 10-9.
Rd2 – Melendez fires a couple jabs that land. Another failed takedown by Ishida and Gilbert has him stuffed against the cage. Ishida swims for an arm drag position but no luck. Ishida throws low leg kicks that Melndez follows with a 1 – 2. Ishida then throws and misses with a big overhand left that is countered by a nice 6 punch combo. Ishida drops to his knees. A couple of subsequent takedowns by Melendez secure the round 10-9.
Rd3 – Gilbert kept Ishida at bay and stuffed every takedown attempt. Gilbert ended up pressing Ishida against the cage and delivered multiple knees to the body, damaging Ishida. Ishida drops to the ground and Gilbert starts to sink in a rear naked choke a few times but Ishida defended well. Finally, Gilbert just starts punching away until the ref stops it. Gilbert Melendez defeats Mitsuhiro Ishida by TKO (3:56).
•Champ Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce light heavyweight title) –
Rd1 – Babalu getting some boos from the crowd before the fight starts. Could be fight of the night right here. Gegard always seems so calm. Here we go fellers. Both fighters connect on leg kicks at the same time. Gegard catches a kick and puts Babalu down and gets side control. Gegard postures up and starts raining down punches big punches and knocks out Babalu. It’s over. 13 wins in a row and Gegard is a beast. Gegard Mousasi defeats Renato “Babalu” Sobral by TKO (Ground n’ Pound punches) in Rd 1 (1:00).
•Gina Carano vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (Strikeforce women’s 145-pound title) – Here we go folks! Can Carano keep up her undefeated record? This is the test! As always, they show Gina’s dad. This is crazy! Cyborg quickly lands some shots and goes for the takedown. Cyborg gets Gina in a heel hook by Carano escapes. Cyborg takes Gina’s back and starts pounding. Gina looks ruffled. Cyborg pouring it on. Cyborg goes for a takedown but Gina lands on top. Gina throws a few shots but gets up and lets Cyborg up. They clinch. Cyborg lands a big right. Leg kick by Cyborg. Cyborg lands a big knee and Gina falls to the mat. She gets up. Push kick by Gina. Gina is moving. Leg kick by Cyborg. Cyborg takes her down. Gina turtles up. They get up. Cyborg lands some big shots. Gina is looking overwhelmed by Cyborg’s power. They clinch. Cyborg gets a takedown and lands on top in half guard. Cyborg going for an Americana but Gina gets out. Cyborg postures up with big shots. Carano is in trouble she’s hurt. Cyborg pounds her out. Referee stops the fight right at the bell. Controversy if the fight is over or the round is over. The fight is over. Cyborg as expected is just too powerful. She is a beast. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos defeats Gina Carano at 4:59 of round 1 by TKO (ground and pound).
I’m 2-0 so far
upp now 3-0
That’s a perfect undercard for me.
Almost time!
That’s good scouting Richard. Undercard fights are kinda hard to pick sometimes. Or at least to me
Yeah, especially Strikeforce undercards. At least there were no 0-3 fighters this time.
Yep. At least with the UFC you most always have an idea of who the fighters are.
I guess we are not going to see Taylor vs. Hieron
I think Taylor will beat Hieron
Ha! I’m Batman…u guys are little bugs!
Damn Richard. you need to lay some money down. That’s a big deal calling a perfect undercard with those lesser known fighters.
Well, Taylor loss already boss. You and Dusty are in the hole 0-1.
I used to put money down, but then there were weird men knocking on my dorm room at 4 AM.
Gina is going down
on me.
Seriously though Gina is gonna get KO’d – It’s Terminator 9 – “Rise of the Cyborg!”
I’m glad I didn’t put money on “JT Money”. Must have been tird from the weight cut.
228 is the right weight for Werdum
The whole staff had this fight right
Mike who? you can phuck with Werdum. Still hard to believe UFC cut Werdum
Who thinks Gina and Randy have something going on?
Did Randy just say “The hay’s in the barn?” LOL
Why do the animated fighters on Showtime have no skin? I don’t get it.
Let’s go Gil!!!!
The keys to the cage are depressing terrible
Gil looked impressive for sure… couple of headbutts, but nice finish…
I hope they record this as TKO via incidental head butt that was ignored by referee and announcing team
That was an awesome fight between Gilbert and Ishida. Great win by Ishida. This could be fight of the night right here..Gegard and Babalu.
I didn’t know Mousasi had that kind of power.
Mousasi really should be in the UFC.
CYBORG!!!!! I KNEW IT ——— CALLED IT TOO! FIRST ROUND TKO – TOO MUCH POWER. THERE’S NOT A WOMAN IN THE SPORT RIGHT NOW WHO CAN BEAT CYBORG! SHE’S THE FEMALE FEDOR.
Yea I don’t see any female challenging her soon. Doesn’t have anything to do with this show but Roy Jones is beating up Jeff Lacy pretty bad. Maybe Anderson is watching that.
Jack, Tim, and Dusty tie for the Staff Pick win with a 4-1 record
We should keep track of our picks in the Forums and have a grand champion at the end of the year.