Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox MMA event |
{{Infobox MMA event |
||
| name = Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives |
| name = Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives |
||
| image = Strikeforce_FMEOMS_Event_Poster.jpg |
|||
| image = |
|||
| promotion = [[Strikeforce]] |
| promotion = [[Strikeforce]] |
||
| date = November 16, 2007 |
| date = November 16, 2007 |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
|followingevent=[[Strikeforce: Young Guns II]] |
|followingevent=[[Strikeforce: Young Guns II]] |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives''''' was a [[mixed martial arts]] event held at the [[HP Pavilion at San Jose|HP Pavilion]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]] on November 16, 2007. The event was hosted by [[Strikeforce]] in conjunction with [[bodogFight]], and was streamed live on [[Yahoo! Sports]]. The event held two distinctions in that: 1) it contained the first MMA tournament sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and 2) Strikeforce's heavyweight champion was determined during the event in a non-tournament fight. |
'''''Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives''''' (also called the '''''Strikeforce Tournament Series''''') was a [[mixed martial arts]] event held at the [[HP Pavilion at San Jose|HP Pavilion]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]] on November 16, 2007. The event was hosted by [[Strikeforce]] in conjunction with [[bodogFight]], and was streamed live on [[Yahoo! Sports]]. The event held two distinctions in that: 1) it contained the first MMA tournament sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and 2) Strikeforce's heavyweight champion was determined during the event in a non-tournament fight. |
||
==Tournament Rules== |
==Tournament Rules== |
||
Revision as of 14:38, 23 April 2012
| Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The poster for Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Strikeforce | |||
| Date | November 16, 2007 | |||
| Venue | HP Pavilion at San Jose | |||
| City | San Jose, California | |||
| Attendance | 7,249 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives (also called the Strikeforce Tournament Series) was a mixed martial arts event held at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on November 16, 2007. The event was hosted by Strikeforce in conjunction with bodogFight, and was streamed live on Yahoo! Sports. The event held two distinctions in that: 1) it contained the first MMA tournament sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and 2) Strikeforce's heavyweight champion was determined during the event in a non-tournament fight.
Tournament Rules
The tournament was a four-man, single-elimination tournament. Each bracket consisted of two five-minute rounds, with a third round being fought in the case of a tie.[1]
Results
- Middleweight bout:
Dennis Hallman vs. Jeremiah Metcalf
- Hallman defeated Metcalf via Submission (Heelhook) at 1:39 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Chris Drumm vs. Evan Esguerra
- Match was ruled a No Contest (Punch to Back of the Head) at 2:35 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Alex Crispin vs. Clint Coronel
- Crispin defeated Coronel via Unanimous Decision.
- Bantamweight bout: Peter Sabala vs. Anthony Figueroa
- Figueroa defeated Sabala via Split Decision.
- Middleweight bout: Josh Neal vs. Eric Lawson
- Lawson defeated Neal via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:20 of round 2.
- Middleweight Tournament Semi final:
Jorge Santiago vs. Sean Salmon
- Santiago defeated Salmon via KO (Flying Knee) at 0:24 of round 1.
- Middleweight Tournament Semi final:
Trevor Prangley vs. Falaniko Vitale
- Prangley defeated Vitale via Decision (Referee Decision) at 2:12 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Luke Stewart vs. Bryson Kamaka
- Stewart defeated Kamaka via KO (Knee) at 0:19 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz
- Ruiz defeated Southworth via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) at 0:52 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Lemont Davis vs. Brian Schwartz
- Lemont defeated Schwartz via Unanimous Decision.
- Overeem defeated Buentello via Submission (Knees to the Body) at 3:42 of round 2 to become first Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion.
- Middleweight Tournament Final: Jorge Santiago vs. Trevor Prangley
- Santiago defeated Prangley via KO (Knee to the Body) at 2:31 of round 1 to win the tournament.
- Middleweight bout: Cung Le vs. Sammy Morgan
- Le defeated Morgan via TKO (Liver Kick) at 1:58 of round 3.
Middleweight Tournament Results[2]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 |  Jorge Santiago
| W | |||||||
| 4 |  Sean Salmon
| ||||||||
| Jorge Santiago
| W | ||||||||
 Trevor Prangley
| |||||||||
| 3 | Falaniko Vitale
| ||||||||
| 2 | Trevor Prangley
| W | |||||||
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Strikeforce Tournament". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "Strikeforce – Four Men Enter, One Man Survives". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2007-11-17.