Carano v. Cyborg Observations

August 16, 2009, at 1:02 am

Fabricio Werdum d. Mike Kyle via Submission

- This just in: Werdum has good jiu-jitsu. While Kyle almost submitted the BJJ world champion with an armbar, Werdum was able to turn it around and score a victory against another weak heavyweight. If he’s real lucky, he’ll be the next guy to lose to Fedor.

Gilbert Melendez d. Mitsuhiro Ishida via TKO

- Melendez is real good. Through most of his fight, he didn’t even have to use his excellent jiu-jitsu. He was able to outwork the man that the announcers called “The Japanese Energizer Bunny” throuhgout most of the fight and finally finished him by pinning him against the cage and dropping bombs.

- Was Herb Dean a little late on the stoppage? Certainly seemed like Ishida took a bunch of unnecessary blows before the fight was stopped.

Gegard Mousasi d. Renato “Babalu” Sobral via TKO

- Sobral came into this fight weighing only 201 pounds. To miss your targeted weight by four pounds is somewhat absurd.

- Mousasi looked damn good in this undressing. He landed a straight and put Sobral on his back quickly and then stepped in and finished no problem. This guy could be real good.

Cris “Cyborg” Santos d. Gina Carano via TKO

- If I hear one person talk about how the bell rang before Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight, I’m just going to scream. The fight was over, and Carano was not going to answer the bell.

- Cyborg simply walked through all of Carano’s strikes. It was almost comical how slow and unimpressive the American looked compared to the Brazillian.

- Even with this loss, don’t be shocked when Strikeforce continues to push Carano. She’s beautiful, and say what you what, she’s a draw.