Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
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.jpg) The poster for Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Strikeforce | |||
| Date | May 19, 2012 | |||
| Venue | HP Pavilion | |||
| City | San Jose, California, United States | |||
| Attendance | 5,413 | |||
| Total gate | $226,005 | |||
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Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It took place on May 19, 2012 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.[1][2]
Background
Nate Marquardt was expected to fight Tyron Woodley at this event for the vacant Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.[3] It instead took place at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy, where Marquardt won the title by fourth round knockout.
Results
Preliminary card (Showtime Extreme)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Virgil Zwicker vs. Guto Inocente
- Inocente defeated Zwicker via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Gian Villante vs. Derrick Mehmen
- Villante defeated Mehmen via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).
- Welterweight bout: Quinn Mulhern vs. Yuri Villefort
- Mulhern defeated Villefort via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).
- Lightweight bout: James Terry vs. Bobby Green
- Green defeated Terry via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).
- Lightweight bout: Gesias Cavalcante vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
- Vallie-Flagg defeated Cavalcante via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29).
Main card (Showtime)
- Welterweight bout: Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Chris Spång
- Spång defeated Burrell via TKO (knees) at 3:25 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rafael Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle
- Cavalcante defeated Kyle via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:33 of round 1. Cavalcante subsequently tested positive for stanozolol in a post-fight drug test and the NSAC ruled the bout a NC.
- Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Josh Thomson
- Melendez defeated Thomson via split decision (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) to retain the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.
- Cormier defeated Barnett via unanimous decision (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) to become the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion.
Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Fedor Emelianenko | RD 2 | |||||||||
| Antônio Silva | TKO | |||||||||
| Antônio Silva | RD 1 | |||||||||
| Daniel Cormier** | KO | |||||||||
| Alistair Overeem | RD 3 | |||||||||
| Fabrício Werdum | UD | |||||||||
| Daniel Cormier | RD 5 | |||||||||
| Josh Barnett | UD | |||||||||
| Andrei Arlovski | RD 1 | |||||||||
| Sergei Kharitonov | KO | |||||||||
| Sergei Kharitonov | RD 1 | |||||||||
| Josh Barnett | SUB | |||||||||
| Josh Barnett | RD 2 | |||||||||
| Brett Rogers | SUB | |||||||||
** = Replacement
References
- ^ "Strikeforce World Grand Prix Finals". Strikeforce.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ "Sources: Strikeforce event targeted for May 19 in San Jose". mmajunkie.com. 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Nate Marquardt to Strikeforce, verbal agreements in place for fight with Tyron Woodley". mmajunkie.com. 2012-02-22.