Gegard Mousasi isn’t a secret anymore. Last night at Strikeforce he pounded out Babalu Sobral on his way to a first round knock out win. One of the best middleweights in the world, Mousasi has now found a home at 205 lbs and should be ranked within their top 10 by Monday. Below Mousasi’s knock out of Babalu from last night, and after the jump a good Mousasi highlight video along with one of the worst songs ever.
Two years ago, MMA enthusiasts excitedly predicted a women’s MMA fight between Gina Carano and Chris Cyborg would be the biggest match in women’s fighting history and would be a defining moment in MMA history. While I agree this will be the biggest fight to date for female MMA, the significance of Saturday nights main event looks to have lost all it’s momentum. Outside of the hardcore MMA fan, does anyone know this is happening this Saturday? What about the growing and very important population of female MMA fans? Are they aware this fight is this Saturday? Other than fans who visit the forums and message boards no one is talking about this. Absolutely no one. Not sure what Strikeforce should do, but I know they aren’t doing it.
Forrest Griffin. The fighter every fan has grown to love had a bump in the road Saturday as he was knocked silly by Anderson Silva at UFC 101. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. The membership numbers for the “I got knocked Stupid by Anderson Silva” is growing by the month and fees are minimal – one right hand to the mouth. But Griffin is at a crossroads. He has gone from TUF 1 champion to UFC champion and is now the proud owner of back to back knock out losses. The UFC needs to be cautious who they throw him in with next. He is one of their most recognizable faces inside and outside of the cage and helped the sport in so many ways. Here is who should be next in line to face Griffin and why it would work.
It was another exciting and busy weekend in MMA. We saw a great champion fall, another climb back up and our first UFC in the Philadelphia. Here is how we saw the action.
MMATraining.com was proud to make it’s sponsorship debut last night at UFC 101, appearing on the sponsorship banner for challenger Kenny Florian during the pre-fight introductions. Take a look!