Well Strikeforce is over. My predictions faired off pretty well as I went 3/4,not including the Overeem fight. I hope you all enjoyed the fights as I wasn’t disappointed, considering it was free. This isn’t in-depth by any means, but I believe the overall grade is accurate. Have a nice read!

-The Weigh Ins SUCKED, everything seemed so unorganized and two of the undercard fighters were late!

-Very nice to see all of the heavyweights at the beginning of the show.

-I totally forgot about the Overeem fight being on the main card. Kind of a weak finish to the fight, but we can all anticipate where he goes from here.

 -Nice to see Gina Carano making her return HOPEFULLY sometime this year.

-Keep up the non-techno music entrances:)

 Griggs Vs. Villante

Complete slugfest here. Very sloppy, but entertaining. Grigg’s sideburns won the fight.

I had Del Rosario picked for this one in hopes that Johnson would use all of his energy up immediately. That seemed to be the case here. Hopefully, Del Rosario will continue to improve his abilities as he looks to be a solid fighter. A Lavar/Griggs fight would be fun to watch.

This fight was a heartbreaker to watch. I do hope that this will be Arvloski’s last fight as it seems he has turned into the new Chuck Lidell. I was pulling for him BIG TIME but had Kharintov getting the KO. We all cringed at the sight of Arvloski laying motionless taking blows. I did at least. I believe that once your chin is gone, it’s always gone.

Well, we all witnessed what could be the final fight of the storied career of Fedor. I noticed that his power was still there but completely got dominated by the 2^nd round. He seemed pretty confident that it was his last match afterwards. Honestly, I don’t think it matters either way if he comes back for one more fight. The main event gets a higher rating due to the anticipation surrounding it. It was probably fun to watch for anti-Fedor fans and Dana. Even though I don’t think he was the best heavyweight of all time, as no one is. I wish him the best with whatever he decides.

 

 Overall FER:6.5/10

I think it was a pretty quick night of fights here. We saw tournament advancements and now we have to wait until April to see the other side of the brackets. It'll be interesting to see how the GP pans out now that Fedor/Arvloski are both surpsingly gone. I'm leaning towards an Overeem or Barnett win, but I will see that in stone in a few weeks. Not an amazing card by any means, but definately nice to sit back and watch if you have nothing else to do on a Saturday.

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