Strikeforce Houston Results: Rafael Cavalcante Decrowns “King Mo”

MAIN CARD:

Rafael Cavalcante def. Muhammed Lawal by TKO (strikes) Round 3 (1:14)

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Ronaldo Souza def. Tim Kennedy by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47)

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KJ Noons def. Jorge Gurgel by TKO (punches) Round 2 (0:19)

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Chad Griggs def. Bobby Lashley by TKO (strikes) Round 2 (5:00)

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Streamed Undercard (Sherdog.com):

Daniel Cormier def. Jason Riley by Submission (strikes) Round 1 (1:02)

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André Galvão def. Jorge Patino by TKO (strikes) Round 3 (2:45)

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Preliminary Card:

Vinicius Magalhães def. Rocky Long by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

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Adam Schindler def. Kier Gooch by submission (rear-naked choke) Round 1

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Reynaldo Trujillo def. Jose Santibanez by TKO (strikes) Round 1

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Chad Robichaux def. Humberto DeLeon via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

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Arteneus Young def. Chad Cook by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

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Strikeforce Houston Predictions Results: I was 4-4 coming into this, so I wasn’t bad but nothing to be crazy about. I thought I had this card on lockdown but I was wrong. “King Mo” losing was one of the 2 biggest shockers of tonight. Big props to Rafael Cavalcante who took it to the Light Heavyweight champ, and now is the new Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champion. I also really though Tim Kennedy beat “Jacare”  but the judges thought other. Hopefully there will be a rematch because it was a close fight. This other shocker of the night was Chad Griggs beating highly favored Bobby Lashley. Lashley supposely was really messed up and left on a stretcher later after the fight. Overall, It was a pretty good card by Strikeforce but “King Mo” and Lashley losing might not have helped Strikeforce. Sadly, I did bad again going 6-5 bringing my Strikeforce Prediction totals to 10-9.