http://www.fighters.com/06/27/strikeforce-results MMA News, Stats, Videos, and Fighter Profiles Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fighters.com/06/27/strikeforce-results/comment-page-1#comment-1571 allteeth Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:39:15 +0000 http://www.fighters.com/?p=548#comment-1571 Punk Rocks! All except for one fight this night was rather bland. They may consider changing the name to wrestleforce. I appreciate good ground technique, I just didn't see any. The highlight of the card was definately the fight everyone came to see. Thomson vs. Melendez. Though I didn't call a Thomson sub win correctly, I was pleased to be proven wrong by such a brilliant showing. Thomson brought and used every tool in the box. Melendez was focused, then irritated, frustrated, confused, exhausted and finally beat. It was a clinic by Thomson in a fight where the defending champion never saw a moment of daylight. Thomsons ability to control the pace and the range with strikes that baffled his opponent with a 68% landed compared to Gilberts 24%. Thomsons front kicks were some of the best and numerous that I've ever seen in a MMA fight, much less a championship belt. In so doing, Melendez strikes and counters were simply never able to reach their mark. To add insult to injury Melendez recorded 0 take downs and 0 sub attempts. Gilberts usual dominance was no where to be seen. With two fighters of this caliber, and with their similar records, there's not much doubt that a rematch is on the west coast horizon. Punk Rocks!
All except for one fight this night was rather bland. They may consider changing the name to wrestleforce. I appreciate good ground technique, I just didn’t see any.
The highlight of the card was definately the fight everyone came to see. Thomson vs. Melendez. Though I didn’t call a Thomson sub win correctly, I was pleased to be proven wrong by such a brilliant showing. Thomson brought and used every tool in the box.
Melendez was focused, then irritated, frustrated, confused, exhausted and finally beat. It was a clinic by Thomson in a fight where the defending champion never saw a moment of daylight.
Thomsons ability to control the pace and the range with strikes that baffled his opponent with a 68% landed compared to Gilberts 24%.
Thomsons front kicks were some of the best and numerous that I’ve ever seen in a MMA fight, much less a championship belt. In so doing, Melendez strikes and counters were simply never able to reach their mark. To add insult to injury Melendez recorded 0 take downs and 0 sub attempts. Gilberts usual dominance was no where to be seen.
With two fighters of this caliber, and with their similar records, there’s not much doubt that a rematch is on the west coast horizon.

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