Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum

Posey H8er · Post #1 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:31 am

Date: June 18, 2011
Venue: American Airlines Center
City: Dallas, Texas

Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal bout: Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal bout: Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers
Heavyweight bout: Shane Del Rosario vs. Daniel Cormier
Heavyweight bout: Valentijn Overeem vs. Chad Griggs
Women's bout: Gina Carano vs. TBA

Supposedly King Mo versus Ovince St. Preux is not happening on this card.

Post #2 » by **CPT** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:21 am

Del Rosario vs. Cormier is a pretty big fight between two prospects. I wonder if the tournament alternate status is on the line.

Kinda funny how the three tournament alternates are all in action again, while the two first round winners are still sitting on the shelf.

Looking forward to seeing Gina again.

Cammo101 · Post #3 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:42 pm

They seem to be in no hurry to find Gina an opponent. It would not shock me if she ends up not fighting on this card.

skflives · Post #4 » by **skflives** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:23 pm

^^^I am pretty sure they're keeping Gina on the card. Its in Dallas and she's from the area if I rememebr correctly so I think she'd be a big draw for them. Its just that there really isn't much talent in her division. Its pretty much her, Cyborg and Amanda Nunes.

Post #5 » by **CPT** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:34 pm

Probably gonna be an unknown, and that's fine by me.

Hopefully they don't go the Herschel Walker route and pull somebody out of the crowd, but a tune up fight for someone who hasn't been in the cage for about 2 years is not unreasonable.

Cammo101 · Post #6 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:36 pm

skflives wrote:^^^I am pretty sure they're keeping Gina on the card. Its in Dallas and she's from the area if I rememebr correctly so I think she'd be a big draw for them. Its just that there really isn't much talent in her division. Its pretty much her, Cyborg and Amanda Nunes.

I saw where Erin Toughill came out of hiding and had a fight this weekend. She lost, but she'd still be a decent fight for Carano on this card.

cowboyronnie · Post #7 » by **cowboyronnie** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:25 pm

Wow. Great card, for a card of HWs especially. It's nice to see Cormier against someone with a pulse. In fact, it's a huge jump for him.

Posey H8er · Post #8 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:03 pm

Cammo101 wrote:They seem to be in no hurry to find Gina an opponent. It would not shock me if she ends up not fighting on this card.

They had an opponent, forgot who, but she just revealed she was 3 months pregnant. oops. Coker said in an interview that they should have a name within the next week or two.

Little Italia · Post #9 » by **Little Italia** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:10 pm

Gina Carano is back! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nemesis21 · Post #10 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:26 am

Little Italia wrote:Gina Carano is back! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posey H8er · Post #11 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 6:50 pm

Gina is off this card :evil:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... -18-show/1

SDM · Post #12 » by **SDM** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 6:53 pm

Hey Posey, what are the odds of my Chicago hotel room having this fight? Is HDNet a standard set up there?

Posey H8er · Post #13 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 7:03 pm

my guess would be they would not have it since it's like a premium channel. it would be a good idea to call ahead and check.

Cammo101 · Post #14 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:22 pm

Posey H8er wrote:Gina is off this card

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... -18-show/1

Cammo101 wrote:They seem to be in no hurry to find Gina an opponent. It would not shock me if she ends up not fighting on this card.

cowboyronnie · Post #15 » by **cowboyronnie** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:43 pm

top pundit on the internet, maybe ^^^

Cammo101 · Post #16 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:45 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:top pundit on the internet, maybe ^^^

I stayed up all night once trying to be wrong, but couldn't do it. :lol:

REDDzone · Post #17 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 9:04 pm

So they got to put Gina on all the posters looking good in order to advertise, and she doesn't even have to fight to mess up her face!

I wonder if they'll do this to every SF event now?

REDDzone · Post #18 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Jun 7, 2011 11:35 pm

If its true that this puts Masvidal/Noons on the main card, then I'm happy.

skflives · Post #19 » by **skflives** » Wed Jun 8, 2011 1:11 am

REDDzone wrote:If its true that this puts Masvidal/Noons on the main card, then I'm happy.

I think it is. If that's the case its kind of a good thing Gina is off the card because there is no reason a #1 contenders match should be relegated to the prelims.

Posey H8er · Post #20 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:10 am

skflives wrote:
REDDzone wrote:If its true that this puts Masvidal/Noons on the main card, then I'm happy.

I think it is. If that's the case its kind of a good thing Gina is off the card because there is no reason a #1 contenders match should be relegated to the prelims.

tell that to Dana about UFC 133 and Chad Mendes :roll: