Re: Strikeforce: San Jose - Diaz vs. Noons 2 [Results]

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Strikeforce: San Jose - Diaz vs. Noons 2
October 9th, 2010
HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
Showtime (10:00PM EST)

170lbs. Nick Diaz (c) vs. KJ Noons
135lbs. Sarah Kaufmann (c) vs. Marloes Coenen
155lbs. Josh Thompson vs. Gesias Cavalcante
155lbs. Tyron Woodley vs. Andre Galvao

170lbs. James Terry vs. Bret Bergmark
185lbs. Eric Lawson vs. Ron Keslar
155lbs. Jess Bouscal vs. Luis Mendoza
185lbs. Seth Baczynski vs. Eric Apple

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Hendo is a long shot to be involved in the tournament.

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Josh Thompson vs. Gesias "JZ Calvan" Cavalcante set for this event. Great fight.

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Pretty fun to have two of the biggest grudge matches in MMA (Cerrone/Varner, Diaz/Noons) almost back-to-back.

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Joe Rogan told the UG he's having "The Voice" Michael Schiavello to his place tomorrow for the Strikeforce show.

They may uStream their viewing of the show and running commentary on it, which would be great.

Expect Mike Goldberg to show up unannounced like Michael to Jim's part on The Office.

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Main card:
Nick Diaz (169.5) vs. K.J. Noons (169) [WW title]
Sarah Kaufman (134.25) vs. Marloes Coenen (134) [WW title]
Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (155.75) vs. Josh Thomson (155.25)
André Galvão (170.5) vs. Tyron Woodley (170.5)

Preliminary card:
David Marshall (169.5) vs. James Terry (170)
Ron Keslar (180) vs. Josh McDonald (179)
Jess Bouscal (154.25) vs. Luis Mendoza (155)

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So it goes without saying that if you aren't planning on watching this tomorrow you're going to be missing out on at least two really good fights (though I'm sure I'll be posting the YouTube versions on Sunday for your viewing pleasure). Diaz/Noons is full of bad blood and should be an entertaining boxing match. Noons pretty much tooled Diaz last time but the WW Champ has evolved tremendously since then. Thompson/Calvan should be nice, too. Low expectations for Kaufmann/Coenen but maybe it will be decent. Both girls are game.

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Pink belly!

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Dave Batista--who has been training at CG with the Diaz Bros.--will be in Nick's corner Saturday night. First Steven Seagal, now Batista. Are we going up or downhill?


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I set up Showtime to tivo incase I'm too intoxicated to remember about the fights.

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First fight was bad... Woodley looked good and Galvao had nothing to offer.

Second fight was bad... Kaufmann had nothing for her, just stalling against the cage... Coenen looked good, looked as if Kaufmann tried hard to tap out but Coenen didn't let go and I think her elbow popped.

Hopefully the next fights are better.

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Sarah Kaufmann had no power at all in her punches. Dunno if she was sick or what. She threw one left hook that met Coenen's arm half way and didn't even send a ripple through it. Skipped off like a flat rock on water.

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Ok, Calvan vs. Thompson, something good I hope.

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FANTASTIC first round!

Nice. Great fight so far.

Near submissions for both fighters.

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Another good round. These guys are going hard. Looks like Calvan is starting to fade.

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Calvan was able to maintain top position in the last round but he basically just hugged him for 30-45 seconds at minimum.

First round was close with both fighters getting near-submissions. Calvan had a strike knockdown which might tilt that round to him but Thompson's submission attempt late in the round might be more memorable for the judges. Thompson won the second round and Calvan probably took the third.

Fight is up in the air. Dunno if anyone will be happy with a decision besides the winning camp.

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Little surprising that one judge saw the fight 30-27. The third round was really a stretch to give to Thompson. Guess that was an anti- lay and pray decision.

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good fight but how did Thomson win that? it seemed JZ won the 1 and 3

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Maybe the judges really like Omaplatas so they gave the third to The Punk

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Never thought I'd see that--Thompson called out the woman who judged the fight 30-27 and told the judges to learn how to do their jobs. OMG

Not too often you'll see a winning fighter questioning the judges!

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good fight but how did Thomson win that? it seemed JZ won the 1 and 3

That's what I thought as well.

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Hendo in the house.

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Main event. This show is moving swiftly along.

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Nick is competing in the world triathlon championships in two weeks in Hawaii. Dude is a real athlete.