Strikeforce Challengers 15 discussion *spoilers*

Who is watching tonight?

MAIN CARD

•Justin Wilcox (155.2) vs. Rodrigo Damm (155.8.)
•Lorenz Larkin (205.8.) vs. Scott Lighty (205.3)
•David Douglas (154) vs. Caros Fodor (155.4)
•James Terry (164.2) vs. Josh Thornburg (163.6)
•Damian Douglas (168.6) vs. Wayne Phillips (170.2)
PRELIMINARY CARD

•Anthony Avila (150.2) vs. Rafael Rios (149.4)
•Bobby Escalante (130) vs. Raul Sandoval (130.6)
•Tristan Arenal (156) vs. Tommy Peterson (155.2)
•Adam Antolin (125.4) vs. Ronald Carillo (124.6)

I gonna definitely be watching although I dont know much about any1 on the card.

Meet Tarzan. Biggest LW to ever live.

OU wrote:

Meet Tarzan. Biggest LW to ever live.

Yeah he is very big for a LW.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-meltzer_wilcox_aims_for_strikeforce_success_033111

Pretty cool how Yahoo has a story on Wilcox. Good to see. It's one of the featured articles today.

I might.

Douglas-Fodor is the only compelling matchup on the card. Both good prospects.

Wilcox should be fighting somebody better than Damm. His last 4 fights he has beaten Shaolin, Bailey, Nakamura, and Tarzan. Now he's fighting Damm who has lost i think 3 in a row and is not as good a Shaolin. He may be as good if not better than Bailey and all them..but Shaolin should have atleast got him a better fight against Pat Healy or something.

OU wrote:

Meet Tarzan. Biggest LW to ever live.

his last fight was actually at a 150 catchweight. Dominated the guy.

I actually first saw him a couple years back in a wild slugfest win. Then he went MIA for a bit, don't know the reason why. Still only 28, good athlete, and trains with team Cesar Gracie. He might be a player.

Wilcox, a one time body builder is actually more jacked though. didn't know that the 2 had fought.

and yeah I'll be watching. Might need to take a nap first though.

One thing that interest me is seeing if there is any noticeable changes in production since this is the first show since Zuffa bought them out.

Although the last couple Challengers series have been much better produced then the earlier ones.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

One thing that interest me is seeing if there is any noticeable changes in production since this is the first show since Zuffa bought them out.

Although the last couple Challengers series have been much better produced then the earlier ones.

Im guessing no. showtime is in control. The M-1 show mirrored a typical SF show.

Yeah, but that's between Showtime and M-1.

Zuffa, while i'm sure has no direct control on the production as opposed to Showtime probably gave some suggestions that may or may not be heeded. I can definetly see some things changing if not on this one, definetly Diaz-Daley.

but you're probably right.

yo add spoilers to the thread tittle so we can have us a discussion, eh?

game on

one difference between the challengers and M-1 is ring announcer. M-1 went top shelf with Lennon Jr.

SF challengers bring in stiffs who are forced to read some cornball "before they are champions" bs.

Ah, Tarzan's twin brother.

Tarzan's brother, let's see how he does. I read earlier he didn't fight for 3 years.

word on the street is Gegard's opponent will be named tonight.

major size adv here no?


I think Douglas will tire.

captain organic wrote:

word on the street is Gegard's opponent will be named tonight.

Interesting. Should be interesting, Mousasi is pretty flexible, curious to see who they get.

captain organic wrote:

major size adv here no?


I think Douglas will tire.

already backing up looking gassed.

saved by the bell.

I give douglas that rnd. But phillips has momentum fully on his side.

Douglas looks more tired then he is I think. Very little movement in his standup makes it a bit deceiving(also conserves energy).

Pretty ugly fight, I think Douglas might have won round 1, won round 2 for sure.

even though he backed up the entire time, I still thing Douglas got the 3rd.