Strikeforce Semi Finals of HW GP

[edman5555]

Yeah Souza is better everywhere and it is a 5 round fight. You really feel good about Barnett? Sergei is pretty good.

[MMA_scientist]

Souza is better standing than Bradley too. I was going to pass on this, but may do a Barnett/Jacare parlay and then bet Roger and Cormier straight up

[edman5555]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP8P-P6z1hc

Rockhold vs paul bradley. Rockhold lands some good punches and drops Bradley twice. Bradley escapes pretty easy after being dropped the first time. Well timed counters from Rockhold but I think he will be slower than Souza. Special note: Rockhold is 6'3'' and Bradley is about 5'8''.

After watching these two fights I think Rockhold will be in trouble on the ground. His wrestling might be able to hold souza off for a little while but prob not that long. He might be able to hurt souza standing but i dont know.

[edman5555]

http://www.mma-core.com/videos/_Luke_Rockhold_vs_Jesse_Taylor_Strikeforce_Challen?vid=10007631

luke rockhold vs jesse taylor. Taylor takes rockhold down a couple times, gets rockholds back. Rockhold reverses him and gets the rear naked on jesse. All five of Jesse's losses are by submission but he is still no joke. That said, if JT can take his back I would give Souza a good chance.

[poopoo333]

Cormier by decision is sexy

[Vandelay]

I dont think they will come out till like tuesday at the earliest. Most likely thursday. Always a crapshoot as to when the lines break. U can get some stupid odds within the first hour or so.

[MMA_scientist]

thanks for the update. I am hoping they come out today. Sometimes they wait until teh day before the event to release the sub props.

[Vandelay]

More itd props are up on 5dimes. One step away from the sub and ko props

[Luke]

Luke Gracie's line is getting a little worse...told you I was probably wrong.

hate you

[poopoo333]

5:35 is great

[poopoo333]

Luke Gracie's line is getting a little worse...told you I was probably wrong.

[MMA_scientist]

No doubt, I only like him at + odds. I think it is very close, could go either way, slight edge to Cormier because of the wrestling and improvement in his striking.

[Ludo]

Yeah but the problem here is Bigfoot is also an accomplished grappler himself. Not to mention Cormier hasn't faced anybody even close to Bigfoot, this is a huge step up in competition.

[MMA_scientist]

so he isnt that small. I am sure he put on muscle since being at 185.

I am sure he has put some muscle on, but you really don't grow that much, most of these guys are fighting at the college wrestling weights. Evern Randy who is 64 years old, only fights 8 pounds above his college weight class of 197. Askren and Koscheck were 174, so they actuall weigh less now. Hendricks was 165.

Cormier is kind of an exception though, because he has competed at HW in the olympics- I mean he won the olympic trials as a HW, so he can obviously handle the size. I forgot he fought that really big black guy in Bellator- the guy had wrestled from Iowa I think and Cormier dominated him.

[Vandelay]

All that size means jack shit when ur going against an accomplished wrestler. For reference check randy vs lesnar, cain vs lesnar, randy vs gonzaga, etc.