Strikeforce PHOENIX CHALLENGERS

[Svino]

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BTW, Joe Riggs has the best ground and pound in the world.

I LOL'd at that line.

[SPX]

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SPX, did you end up covering your losses?

For the night, yeah. +.46u

I was really hoping to cover last night's losses too, though, and even take home a little profit. But alas, it was not to be.

[SPX]

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BTW, anyone else think it's retarded that there was a women's WW tournament tonight and yet the event was "Riggs vs Louis?" I mean, really?

Shouldn't this have been a major event with the main event being the finale of the tournament?

[zY|]

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BTW, anyone else think it's retarded that there was a women's WW tournament tonight and yet the event was "Riggs vs Louis?" I mean, really?

Shouldn't this have been a major event with the main event being the finale of the tournament?

Obviously, but it's Strikeforce. Just like how Kaufman's fight with Roxy wasn't the main event. It was Shane del Rosario against some Sumo wrestler.

[Svino]

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BTW, anyone else think it's retarded that there was a women's WW tournament tonight and yet the event was "Riggs vs Louis?" I mean, really?

Shouldn't this have been a major event with the main event being the finale of the tournament?

Yes, if for no other reason than to give the fighters more rest. (and reduce the luck factor in having the first fight)

[SPX]

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Obviously, but it's Strikeforce. Just like how Kaufman's fight with Roxy wasn't the main event. It was Shane del Rosario against some Sumo wrestler.

I don't think Strikeforce yet fully BELIEVES in women's MMA. They don't put female fights as the main event (with the exception of Carano vs Cyborg) and they usually stick it on a Challengers card.

While I get it, I think they need to have a little more faith. And also be a little more logical.

[zY|]

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Yeah.

Well, I didn't see the del Rosario fight, but I'm going to assume the Kaufman fight was better, simply based on reading how it ended.. And without a doubt, the tournament tonight was far more interesting than Riggs/Louis. Stupid format and all. Akano/Tate was great.

[Ludo]

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I think they need to give it more exposure. Hell Cyborg is building a good fan base as it is and she's more dude than most dude's. If she keeps getting stoppages and shit she just may launch womens MMA to a new level so long as someone is around to show the fights.

[SPX]

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I think they need to give it more exposure. Hell Cyborg is building a good fan base as it is and she's more dude than most dude's. If she keeps getting stoppages and shit she just may launch womens MMA to a new level so long as someone is around to show the fights.

I watched the weigh-ins for this card and I noticed they had Cyborg pose with the competitors of the tournament . . . even though the tournament has nothing to do with her weight class. Makes me wonder if they're going to try to make her a star.

I mean, it's not like Carano's coming back. Or at least Randy doesn't think so:

It appears that Cris Cyborg may have taken more than just Gina Carano's Strikeforce belt when she beat the woman many consider to be the most popular female mixed martial arts fighter of all time last August.

She may have taken her will to fight as well.

360 days have passed since her last bout and while the MMA community holds its collective breath waiting for an update on when (or if) Carano will fight again, her former trainer, coach and cornerman Randy Couture isn't convinced she'll ever compete again.

In a Q&A session ahead of UFC 117 last weekend, Couture had this to say when asked about Gina's fighting future:

"Gina just did a movie that's going to be coming out soon. I haven't seen her in the gym, haven't talked to her in nine months," Couture revealed. "I'm not sure where she's at. I know the movie is going to be very big for her and I'd be very surprised to see her back in the cage."

The movie he's referring to is Steven Soderbergh's Haywire, which is basically a revamped version of The Bourne Identity with a female lead. Set for theatrical release in January 2011, Haywire also stars Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Bill Paxton and Antonio Banderas.

From all accounts, the movie is decent and there's no denying that the cast is impressive, but if we learned anything from Cleopatra, The Avengers, Battlefield Earth, Gigli or Alexander, not even Academy Award winning actors can save a film from tanking at the box office. Hopefully Gina didn't throw out her training gear just yet.

[SPX]

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The KOTC announcer is like a parody of real fight announcers.

[zY|]

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The KOTC announcer is like a parody of real fight announcers.

The Voice?

[SPX]

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C-Peeps just said, "All right, gentleman. You're fighting for the most prestigious title in the world . . . King of the Cage heavyweight championship."

[SPX]

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The Voice?

No, the ring announcer.

[zY|]

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The Voice?

No, the ring announcer.

Oh, LOL. Yeah he's really funny. It's like wtf is he doing?

And Cecil Peoples is the p4p greatest ref ever.

[SPX]

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Oh, LOL. Yeah he's really funny. It's like wtf is he doing?

He strikes me as the kind of guy where you're like, "Goddamn, this guys sucks!" But over time, you start to realize he's awesome and you feel bonded to him.

Kind of like Goldie.