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Strikeforce Results “Four Men Enter, One Man Survives”
November 16, 2007 HP Pavilion San Jose, California
During the event, it was announced that on March 29th (2008) at StrikeForce, lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez will face Josh "The Punk" Thomson. Also, while doing a post-fight interview with Cung Le, Frank Shamrock accepted Le's challenge to fight (no date mentioned).
From Yahoo live internet stream (prelims not shown): Fight 1 - Middleweight Tournament Bout Jorge Santiago wins by knockout (Flying knee\shin) at :24 of the first round over Sean Salmon
Fight 2 - Middleweight Tournament Bout Trevor Prangley vs. Falaniko Vitale ended in a majority draw With about 2:40 left in the second round, Vitale was accidentally scratched in the right eye and the bout was stopped so the doctor could check the eye - after checking the eye, the doctor stopped the fight. As per tournament rules, the half round was scored and the bout ended in a majority draw. The decision then went to the ref who chose Trevor Prangley as the winner.
Fight 3 Luke Stewart wins by TKO (knees) at :19 of the first round over Bryson Kamaka
Fight 4 Anthony Ruiz wins by TKO (cut over left eye) at :54 of the second round over Bobby Southworth
Fight 5 Lemont Davis wins a three round unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) over Brian Schwartz
Fight 6 - Strikeforce Heavyweight Title Bout Alistair Overeem wins by submission (knee to mid-section) at 3:42 of the 2nd round over Paul Buentello -
Overeem wins first Strikeforce
heavyweight title Jorge Santiago wins by TKO (knees) at 2:31 of the first round over Trevor Prangley
Fight 8
Cung Le wins by TKO
(kick to the body) at 1:58 of the third round over Sam Morgan
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