Strikeforce was able to put together an awesome card full of great fights. I happened to miss Burrell vs Spang but the other 3 fights were amazing. Since I'm only reacting to 3 fights I'll go ahead and cover all of them.
Feijao wastes no time in putting away Kyle
The first time these two guys fought Feijao ended up gassing and Kyle was able to get the KO. This time Feijao went in there to finish Kyle as quickly as possible. Feijao showed amazing killer instinct after he hurt Kyle with a clean knee and never let up finishing with a Guillotine choke. It wasn't exactly clear if the winner of this fight would fight for the Vacant Strikeforce LHW Championship but with literally only 1 more contender Gegard Mousasi in the division it looks like it is going to be Feijao vs Gegard Mousasi for the vacant Strikeforce LHW Championship.
Josh Thompson vs Gilbert Melendez fight to a split decision
This fight was one of the better Rubber Match fights I've ever seen. The trilogy kind of started slow but picked up a bit in the 2nd and then had entertaining back and forth action the rest of the way. The first round was the closest round of the entire fight since both guys were mainly in the feeling out process. I think Melendez won the 2nd and 3rd and Thompson won the 4rth and 5th. The rounds that Thompson won we're no doubt more dominant with Thompson nearly finishing Melendez with a rear naked choke in the 4rth and landing better combinations in the 5th finishing the fight on top position. After the last round I was pretty sure we just saw Melendez being Dethroned from the Strikeforce lightweight championship but the judges scored it for him via split decision. I dont think Thompson got robbed in this fight but I did lean more towards The Punk. I"ll have to watch the fight again but I do believe whoever did more in the first round won the fight since they split the next 4 rounds.
Complete Domination by Daniel Cormier
I personally thought Barnett's experience would win him this fight. Daniel Cormier displayed composure way beyond his experience level and controlled the fight the entire time. In an interview I was watching before the fight Cormier had said that he is going to try and control the fight. If he wants the fight to stay standing it'll be because he wants it to, if he wants the fight on the mat it'll be because he wants it there. That's exactly what he did, to do that against possibly the 3-5 ranked heavyweight in the entire world was impressive. Cormier got the better of Josh Barnett in the stand up department, with takedowns throwing and slamming Barnett around like it was easy, and busting up Barnett with GND on the mat. Cormier called it his graduation night in the prefight promo and that's exactly what it was. Barnett was his first true test and he passed it with flying colors. Many are speculating that Cormier will end up in the UFC with possible match ups with all of the best Heavyweights in the world and I think he's going to fair up well against them. After last night we need to add another Heavyweight to the contender's list.
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