Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov, should be interesting. Sergei spending most of round one under Barnett’s mount. Ground and pound. Sergei rolls and gives up his back and turtles up. Barnett flattens him out, secures an arm triangle and gets a tapout victory.
Ouch. That was the first thing that came to mind after seeing the battered right eye of Fedor Emelianenko that prompted a doctor stoppage in the main event of Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Silva.” The Russian legend took a terrific pounding from Antonio Silva Saturday night inside the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., but the jury’s still out on whether Strikeforce’s heavyweight grand prix sustained a worse beating in losing its marquee name in the opening round.
read more via Strikeforce ‘Fedor vs. Silva’ Stock Report.
Antonio Silva def. Fedor Emelianenko via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
Sergei Kharitonov defeats Andrei Arlovski via knockout – Round 1, 2:49
Shane Del Rosario defeats Lavar Johnson via submission – Round 1, 4:31
Chad Griggs def. Gian Villante via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:49
Valentijn Overeem defeats Ray Sefo via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 1:37
John Cholish def. Marc Stevens via submission (kneebar) – Round 2, 3:57
Igor Gracie def. John Salgado via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 3:04
Sam Oropeza def. Don Carlo-Clauss via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 4:10
Josh LaBerge def. Anthony Leone via TKO (cut) – Round 1, 5:00
Jason McLean def. Kevin Roddy via split decision