StrikeForce Rockhold vs Kennedy, 2 title fights ...

Nemesis21 · Post #1 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue May 8, 2012 4:33 am

http://bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/05/07/ma ... 23823.html

skflives · Post #2 » by **skflives** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:42 pm

You should update the title of the thread because that's not the headliner. The card just got a lot more exciting really quickly.

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The card now looks like this so far:

Champ Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Kennedy (for middleweight title)
Lorenz Larkin vs. Robbie Lawler
Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley - for vacant welterweight title*
Roger Gracie vs. Keith Jardine

All these fights are interesting as hell.

Nemesis21 · Post #3 » by **Nemesis21** » Fri May 11, 2012 12:15 am

skflives wrote:You should update the title of the thread because that's not the headliner. The card just got a lot more exciting really quickly.

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The card now looks like this so far:
Champ Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Kennedy (for middleweight title)
Lorenz Larkin vs. Robbie Lawler
Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley - for vacant welterweight title*
Roger Gracie vs. Keith Jardine

All these fights are interesting as hell.

Done. Not a bad card so far for StrikeForce.

REDDzone · Post #4 » by **REDDzone** » Fri May 11, 2012 12:54 am

Whatever happened to Roger in the ufc? Wasn't that a thing?

Anyway, hope he submits Jardine. Gets him a win, and doesn't take years off Jardine's life.

Don't really care about Marquardt/Woodley too much. Man Woodley is just so so boring. Am interested to see how Nate looks at WW though.

I am a huge fan of Rockhold. I think he is super underrated and his athleticism pretty much makes the sky the limit for him. Borderline freak if we are talking sheer athleticism.

Larkin/Lawler...no idea how that goes down. Depends how Larkin looks against good competition I guess. Did he drop to 185 then?

skflives · Post #5 » by **skflives** » Fri May 11, 2012 2:54 am

REDDzone wrote:Whatever happened to Roger in the ufc? Wasn't that a thing?

Anyway, hope he submits Jardine. Gets him a win, and doesn't take years off Jardine's life.

Don't really care about Marquardt/Woodley too much. Man Woodley is just so so boring. Am interested to see how Nate looks at WW though.

I am a huge fan of Rockhold. I think he is super underrated and his athleticism pretty much makes the sky the limit for him. Borderline freak if we are talking sheer athleticism.

Larkin/Lawler...no idea how that goes down. Depends how Larkin looks against good competition I guess. Did he drop to 185 then?

1. Roger to the UFC was an unfounded rumor. It was pretty obvious. Talented as he is he's still raw and got starched in his last fight. There is no way he was going into the UFC based upon what he has done so far. In any case I think its a good fight for both. If Jardine keeps the fight standing his weird style might be able to earn him a victory and if he loses it'll be bad submission so he'll take less damage. For Gracie its a good scrap against a less threatening veteran who'll make him work for a win. Plus if he can't get past Jardine then we know for certain that he was just all hype. This is a picture perfect example of a crossroads fight. I am just curious as to which weight the fight will be. Even though Gracie's a tall and skinny dude already he was making noise about dropping to 185. Jardine wanted to reinvent himself at 185 but fought his whole career at 205. So who knows.

2. I think Twood/Marquart's an interesting matchup but definately looks like the least exciting one on the card so far.

3. That's a hell of a matchup. I love it. Tim Kennedy is a really good fighter and Rockhold's a top notch prospect. Would love to see if Rockhold can prove he's the top dog at 185 for once and for all.

4.Larkin/Lawler. An interesting fight. I think its going to be at 185. Larkin was a small light heavyweight and he said he'd only drop to 185 if he got handled at 205 and King Mo did. Lawler lands a good shot on anyone and its all over. But a fight with Larkin is dangerous for him. Larkin is a really athletic and explosive striker. Presents a lot of the same issues for the slower Lawler on the fight that Manhoef did. And Manhoef was giving Lawler hell until he got caught.

SabasRevenge! · Post #6 » by **SabasRevenge!** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:32 am

So excited for this. Great start to the card.

I actually prefer seeing cards like this live rather than major UFC cards. The value is just so much better. Saw Fight Night 24 in Seattle last year. About a dozen seats off the floor, cage just below eye level, just over $100. I'd love to sit in the first few rows, but I have a feeling that being just off the floor will be better than sitting further back on the floor. I'd guess ringside will be a few hundred here and it will drop off significantly after than.

skflives · Post #7 » by **skflives** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:30 am

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These fights have been added to the prelim card:
Pat Healy def. Mizuto Hirota
Jordan Mein vs. Tyler Stinson
Jason High vs. Nate Moore

Interesting matchups but I don't know why Healy is on the prelims. Unless they make Melendez/Thomson 4 or bring someone over from the UFC Pat Healy is the most deserving and most likely next opponent for Melendez. Why are they hiding him on the prelims? Shouldn't they be trying to build him up?

skflives · Post #8 » by **skflives** » Thu Jun 7, 2012 10:38 pm

The latest "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy" card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Champ Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Kennedy (for middleweight title)
Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley (for vacant welterweight title)
Roger Gracie vs. Keith Jardine
Lorenz Larkin vs. Robbie Lawler

PRELIMINARY CARD (Showtime Extreme)

Jorge Masvidal vs. Justin Wilcox
Pat Healy vs. Mizuto Hirota
Jordan Mein vs. Tyler Stinson
Jason High vs. Nate Moore
Ryan Couture vs. Joe Duarte

cowboyronnie · Post #9 » by **cowboyronnie** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:12 pm

tmrw!

the card's actually held together since hte above post. the only change is an addition of Jardine vs Roger Gracie.

it's a solid card. and it's nice to see a SF event without having to worry about Scott Smith getting KOd. ...or Jardine, for that matter.

REDDzone · Post #10 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:42 pm

Rockhold misses weight on first attempt, has two hours to drop half a pound. I'd think he'll be okay...

Posey H8er · Post #11 » by **Posey H8er** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:47 pm

i'm pretty excited for this card. there seems to be no buzz though and i hope the arena is empty like the barnett/sergei card.

i'm a big rockhold fan after his past two fights with jacare and jardine. the guy is a savage on the feet along with very diverse striking. he's very strong and athletic which allows him to be solid at stuffing/creating takedowns. i want to see if he has refined some of his rawness which has put him in places he doesn't want/need to be at during a fight.

possible future ufc middleweight champion? you never know. i'll wait after tonight to nuthug like crazy or not.

BigUps · Post #12 » by **BigUps** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:02 am

Good fight. Gracie coasted in the last round and still needs a lot of work on his stand up game.

Post #13 » by **spykelee** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:30 am

Can Woodley's mom be any louder?

Post #14 » by **spykelee** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:42 am

Nate Marquardt sure looked sharp out there tonight. A real bulldog. Really showed his experience to withstand the trouble spots, hang in there and come back later on. He put together some real solid combo's and some nice dynamic striking, beauty K.O to finish it off.

BigUps · Post #15 » by **BigUps** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:44 am

Vicious knockout. Ouch.

Bankai · Post #16 » by **Bankai** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:22 am

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Post #17 » by **CPT** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:36 pm

OK event.

Larkin/Lawler was kinda fun. Didn't think much of Larkin going in, but if you can win a stand up fight with Robbie Lawler, you can't be all that bad.

Gracie/Jardine was kind of a weird fight. Round 2 was about as clear a 10-8 as I've seen, but he couldn't put Jardine away, and even let him come back to win the 3rd. I'm also way less interested in his career now that he's moved down to MW.

Marquardt's KO on Woodley was nasty. No idea where he goes from here, but he looked really good for his first fight in a new weight class, especially after a long layoff. Dunno what to make of Woodley. Thought he was a bit better than that.

I'm still not sure why I'm supposed to be impressed by Luke Rockhold. He just seems so average. I've heard people talk about him potentially challenging Anderson Silva. What the **** does he bring to the table that would pose even the slightest problem for Silva?

K1NG · Post #18 » by **K1NG** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:40 pm

Yeah, Rockhold would match up terribly against Anderson. I think he'd get first round KO'd and added to the highlight reel. I don't want one of Anderson's final fights to be wasted against him.

REDDzone · Post #19 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:07 pm

Whoa who wants Rochkhold vs Silva? That's...premature lol. I personally think Rockhold has potential though. Haven't watched this fight quite yet.

Back in like 2010 when Marquardt was like the second ranked mw, if someone had told you that he would be in a new weightclass in 2012, who the hell would have thought it would be ww over lhw? I feel like he was a big mw. Looks huge now. He always has video game style moments in his fights though, exciting.

Posey H8er · Post #20 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:42 am

^i always thought he was big at mw, but he wasn't bigger than a couple of the guys that really roughed him up like sonnen and okami. i'd say he was bigger than maia and kampmann (both of them moved down to ww too i think). and apparently marquardt cut down from 195 at ww for this fight. i'd assume he was a little heavier at mw.

spykelee wrote:Nate Marquardt sure looked sharp out there tonight. A real bulldog. Really showed his experience to withstand the trouble spots, hang in there and come back later on. He put together some real solid combo's and some nice dynamic striking, beauty K.O to finish it off.

agreed with all of that and he looks a lot quicker at welterweight. he lost a lot of natural weight to get down there and it didn't seem to affect his strength or striking power. he stuffed the majority woodley's takedown attempts and just ask woodley about marquardt's striking power.

rockhold is very good. kennedy is a tough guy to put away and he is very scrappy and strong. he avoided the takedowns and kept distance and won by being better on the feet. he's improving every fight. if the next fight for rockhold is against jacare again i wouldn't be surprised to see rockhold stop him.