Saturday’s Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman event saw Ronda Rousey make her first title defense of her 135 lbs. belt with yet another armbar submission. Now 6-0 in her professional MMA career with all her wins via first round armbar submission you can understand why today’s links center around the Olympic bronze medalist.
Last night’s Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman event was another example as too why the “other” ZUFFA promotion deserves Fight Night Bonuses too. Like the 15 post-purchase events before them, last night had plenty of worthy candidates for Fight Night Bonuses.
Following a preliminary card anchored by a women’s 135 lbs bout, the Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman main card also featured a women’s 135 lbs main event. Former Strikeforce 135 lbs champ Miesha Tate was victorious on the preliminary card and the lady that defeated her for the title, Ronda Rousey made her first title defense in the main event.
Strikeforce: Rousey Vs Kaufman took place on Saturday night at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California, and was broadcast around the world on Showtime. The crowd gathered to see Ronda Rousey defend her title for the first time, against Sarah Kaufman, and they witnessed a familiar sight. Right away in the first round, Rousey clnched with Kaufman, and put her back up against the cage. With an inside trip, she took Kaufman down and landed in mount. Seconds later she rolled for the arm bar, and although Kaufman did a good job defending it, she was eventually forced to tap at 54 seconds into the fight. Rousey remains the Strikeforce Womens Bantamn Weight champion.
UFC is on a short break, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get down on some high-quality MMA on Saturday. Strikeforce has put together a high-octane card for our viewing pleasure with championship bouts, number one contender spots, and just good old-fashioned brutality. Dig into the primer below and get ready to fill your Saturday night with some mayhem (of the non-church trashing variety).
There is always something going on these days in the world on MMA and the links from this week’s Independent MMA Link club reflect just that. From women’s MMA to the Olympics or Saturday’s UFC 150, the links below will have you covered.
Let’s play a little game; now it’s not as cool as 52 card pick up but it is very similar in nature, it’s called “sorting out the top of the Strikeforce divisions”.
When ZUFFA (parent company of the UFC) purchased Strikeforce last year, a handful of the promotion top talent include champions Nick Diaz, Dan Henderson and Alistair Overeem defected to the UFC. This would leave a gaping hole that the promotion has yet fill, and really doesn’t have any sense of urgency to do so.
The trash talking is all but over between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey and the two ladies will settle their squabble inside the Strikeforce cage. The women’s bantamweight title is on the line tonight, but before that happens, Sarah Kaufman and Alexis Davis will fight on the night’s preliminary card to determine the number one contender and next in line for whomever walks away with the belt.
