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1st round – This catchweight 182-pound bout is underway.  Taylor misses with a left hand but hits with a body kick.  Riggs misses with his head kick attempt, and moves back as Taylor misses with another low kick.  Riggs delivers a knee, but Taylor regains his composure and presses Riggs against the fence.  Riggs has under hooks, but gets taken to the ground and on his back.  Taylor is now working from Riggs guard.  Riggs is staying busy from his back hitting with strikes to the face of Taylor.  Taylor realizes he isnt comfortable and stands back up.  Riggs misses with a supermand punch and backs away watching out for Taylor’s power.  Riggs gets clipped with a right hand, and then misses with his own right hook.  Riggs finally lands a solid left hand that puts him on his heels.  Taylor misses with a left hand buit hits with a spinning back elbow.  Taylor clinches with Riggs and presses him against the fence.  His takedown attempt fails and the round ends.  (Taylor 10-9)

2nd round – A time out is called because Taylor forgot to put in his mouthpiece.  Riggs gets the action going first in the 2nd round with a nice low kick.  He hits with another low kick, and a third.  Riggs connects with a superman punch as well.  Taylor hits with his own kick and left hand followed by an uppercut.  Taylor hts with a body shot that has Riggs backpedling.  Riggs lands a solid left hand and then backs up as Taylor rushes in.  Taylor does land a nice combination right before he clinches and takes Riggs against the fence.  Riggs breaks free and blocks several Taylor punches.  Taylor shoots in for the takedown and gets it.  Taylor begins to work from side control.  He is trying to get into mount position, however isnt very active with offense.  Both fighters now begin to hit with some light body punches.  Riggs is working to control Taylor’s arms as time ends in the round.  (Taylor 10-9)

3rd round – Taylor comes forward in the final round and gets clipped with a Riggs kick.  Riggs lands a left hand that stumbles Taylor.  Riggs rushes in and gets Taylor to the ground where he begins to hammer down with ground strikes.  Taylor still looks to be hurt as he taps out after being put in a crucifix position. 

Official Decision – Riggs over Taylor 3rd round TKO (2:07)

Strikeforce  Women’s 115-pound  Tournament Final

1st round – The action is underway, as Akano lands asolid kick to the body of Tate.  Tate shakes the jab in Akano’s face, who answers with another body kick.  Tate presses Akano against the cage, but Akano uses her Judo and trips Tate to the floor.  Akano gets one of Tate’s arms, but cant convert as she rolls out.  Akano moves her attention to Tate’s legs, but she defends that as well.  Tate gets back to her feet just as the bell sounds.  (Akano 10-9)

2nd round – Both fighters come out mixing it up in the first few seconds.  Tate hits Akano a couple of times with nice kicks.  After clinching, Tate decides to take the action to the floor.  Akano lands on her back but also on the stomach of Tate.  Akano grabs one of Tate’s arms and immediatley goes to work on it.  Tate spends all of her time defending against the arm.  Tate does get her arm back and takes the back of Akano.  Tate begins to pound away on the head of Akano.  Akano squirms free and reverses her position within the final ten seconds of the round.  (Tate 10-9)

3rd round – The final round is on and Akano lands the first kick.  Tate answers with a kick of her own, but as they hit the floor, Tate takes the back of Akano.  Tate is trying to get her arm under the chin of Akano, but Akano is defending for the moment.  Tate continues to slide the arm under the chin, but Akano continues to defend well.  Tate rolls over and takes the back of Akano, where she starts to hammer away on her head.  Akano rolls out of danger, but Tate remains in control by taking the back again.  As she regains control, she begins to wail down on her head with numerous ground punches as the bell ends the fight.  (Tate 10-9)

Official Decision – Tate over Akano unanimous decision

Strikeforce Womens 115-pound reserve bout

1st round – The bout is underway and Carmouche presses Schneider against the fence.  Schneider defends and lands a knee to the body of Carmouche.  Carmouche stays on Schneider and begins to land strikes to the head.  Carmouche finally works the fight to the ground, but Schneider quickly makes it back to her feet.  Schneider is now the aggressor on her feet, but she then is flipped on her back on the ground.  Carmouche is landing several shots from Schneider’s guard.  Schneider stays busy from the bottom but Carmouche controls most of the action from top position.  (Carmouche 10-9)

2nd round- Carmouche comes out in a hurry again, but Schneider defneds and pushes away.  Schneider presses Carmouche against the fence now and tries to trip her to the ground.  The ref steps in and breaks the action, resetting it in the center.  Carmouche comes out and rushes back in Schneider’s face.  Scheider works the fight to the ground, but it looks to be too little too late as time runs out before she can get anything going offensively.  (Carmouche 10-9)

Official Decision – Carmouche over Schneider decision

1st round – The referee for this lightweight bout is Ron Mation.  After a touch of gloves, this bout is on.  Stark comes out with a couple of kick attempts, but misses, as does Couture with his jabs.  A clinch is initiated by Couture, and he takes the action to the floor.  Stark defends well and rolls into top position, however Couture slaps on  a triangle choke and forces a tap out for the victory.

Official Decision – Couture over Stark 1st round submission (1:15)

1st round – The action gets underway with both fighters trading kicks.  Damm takes the fight to the ground, where both quickly grapple for position.  Damm lands on top and in Akano’s guard, and goes to work with some ground and pound strikes.  Akano continues to work from her back and almost breaks free.  Damm catches her and puts her back on her back, but for some reason the referee steps in and stands it back up.  From the standing position, Akano gets the fight to the ground with a headlock, but just as she gets solid position, the round ends.  (Damm 10-9)

2nd round – The final round is underway as Akano presses Damm against the cage fence.  Akano twists Damm around and throws her to the ground and on her back.  Akano is on top, and barely in Damm’s guard.  She breaks free, but Damm quickly regains her composure and gets on top.  Both fighters scramble for position, and out of nowhere, Akano falls into mount and gets a triangle choke submission forcing Damm to tap out.

Official Decision – Akano over Damm 2nd round submission (1:48)

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1st round – Fedor, like always, lands a hard combination and connects several times on Werdum’s face.  Werdum crahses to the ground and Fedor follows him.  Fedor pounds on Werdum’s body and face, but Werdum gets a triangle choke set-up.  From the ground, Fedor leaves his out and Fabricio converts his submission.  Werdum locks in a triangle choke submission and finishes the “The Last Emporer”.

Official Decision – Werdum over Fedor 1st round (1:09) submission

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1st round – Smith chases after Le and hits him with a right hand.  He presses Le against the fence and gets underhooks in.  Le hits Smith with a couple of knees, however, Smith lands some uppercuts to the body of Le.  They seperate and Smith chases Le around the cage.  Le hits Smith with a straight right and a kick.  Le hits Smith with a leg kick and puts a combination into Smith’s face.  Smith keeps coming forward and hits Smith with a straight left.  Smith dives in for the takedown, but Le doesnt allow it.  Le catches the attempt and goes for the body of Smith.  Smith makes it to his feet, but Le wont allow him to get up any farther.  Smith drives Le into the fence and makes it to his feet the entire way.  Smith hits with some punches inside to Le’s body.  Le hits Smith with a high head kick and then comes in and adds a couple of knees that put Smith to the ground.  Le jumps on his back and begins to punch his body.  Smith isnt doing much and takes some more punches to the body.  Le is on top when the bell ends the round.  (Le 10-9)

2nd round – Le lands two right hands to begin the round.  Smith comes in and takes a high kick to the head.  Le hits Smith with a spinning heel kick.  Le begins to hammer away on Smith’s body.  Smith stands up and gets wrist control.  Le breaks away, and hits with a straight right hand.  Le hits with a spinning back kick and puts Smith on his face.  Smith sprints in and finishes the job with some strikes to Smith’s head and body.

Official Decision – Le over Smith 2nd round (1:46) KO

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Strikeforce Women’s Middleweight Championship

1st round – Finney gets the first shot, but Cyborg ties up and presses Finney against the cage.  Finney breaks away and ges to the center of the cage.  Cyborg lands a hard right that puts Finney to her knees.  Finney hangs in there, but as she gets up, she takes a knee to the face.  She makes her way to her feet, but she is clinches with Cyborg.  As she breaks away, Cyborg drops her again with a hard right hand.  She jumps on top and lands shot after shot.  The referee allows Finney to get up, but she should have stayed down.  Finney gets tagged with several shots to the back of the head.  The referee steps in and takes a point from Cyborg for illegal shots.  Finney says she can continue, but it doesnlt look good.  The action is back on and they clinch immediatley.  Finney will not allow Cyborg to break away.  She finally does, Cyborg lands five punches to the face of Finney.  She drops Finney with the sixth and Cyborg jumps on top and pounds on her.  She continues to land punch after punch, but the referee keeps the action going.  Finney survives, but takes enough damage for a couple of rounds.  (Cyborg 10-9)

2nd round – Finney, again, lands a nice right to start the round.  Cyborg comes back with a punch that puts Finney on her back.  Cyborg continues to ground and pound her.  The referee begins to warn Finney to fight back.  The referee gets Finney up.  Byborg gets the best of the strikes on their feet.  Cyborg clinches and presses Finney against the cage.  As the seperate, Cyborg lands several shots to Finney’s face.  Again, they clinch and the action has to be restarted by the ref.  As the action restarts, Finney lands a couple of jabs , but a combo and a knee from Cyborg drops Finney again.  This time the referee steps in and stops the damage. 

Official Decision – Cyborg over Finney 2nd round () TKO

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1st round – Big John McCarthy is the thrid man in the cage.  Some feeling out between the two is followed by a takedown attempt by Healy.  After some light sparring, the fight does go to the floor and Healy takes top position.  Thomson attempts a triangle, but cant get it locked in.  Thomson works his way back to his feet, but the whole time Healy has a body lock.  As Thomson gets up, Healy immediatley takes him down.  Thomson goes for a heel hook, but cant get it and makes it back to his feet again.  They lock up after a few moments on their feet.  The fight soon finds its way back to the floor, on the floor they are tangles up.  The bell rings shortly after.  Not much to distinguish a round winner.  (Healy 10-9)

2nd round – Thomson lands a nice combination, but Healy works through the punches and gets it to the floor.  Healy jumps on top of Thomson’s back and tries to get his hooks in.  Thomson is struggling to get to his feet, but Healy is doing his best to keep his weight on him and keep him on the ground.  Healy works his way back on his back and starts to wear him down with some short punches.  Thomson gets to half guard, but Healy remains on top and works his ground and pound.  Healy looks quite effective.  Thomson gets to full guard, however only for a few seconds.  Healy lands several shots from the ground.  Thomson gets up, but is taken back down during his scramble.  Healy is working a heel hook, but cant convert.  Healy gives up on the submission and gets back into Thomson’s full guard.  Thomson works his way into an armbar attempt, and almost finishes it.  Healy, somehow, works his way out and back on top, but takes an upkick for his efforts.  As the time runs out, Healy tags Thomson with several ground strikes.  (Healy 10-9)

3rd round – Big John gets them together for the final round.  They come out striking.  Healy shoots in, but Thomson avoids the takedown attempt.  Thomson gets back up and pops Healy twice with jabs.  Thomson lands a nice front kick, but allows himself to get tied up.  They stay in the clinch for only seconds, as Thomson pushes out.  Thomson is landing efficiently with his punches.  Healy clinches and puts Thomson against the cage.  Immediatly, Healy goes for some dirty boxing.  They seperate and Healy takes a shot from Thomson.  Healy doesnt like the strikes, so he grabs Thomson and drives him into the ground.  Somehow, Thomson gets on top and holds his position for a few moments.  Thomson works his way around and takes Healy’s waist .  As Healy tries to get up, Thomson is able to get his arm under Healy’s chin.  Thomson is squeezing as hard as he can and gets the tap from Healy with just seconds remaining.  A good solid fight to start the night’s television portion.

Official Decision – Thomson over Healy 3rd round (4:27) submission