Strikeforce on NBC 5/18 Re-Cap

Strikeforce on NBC 5/18 Re-Cap

Last week we saw Gilbert Melendez victorious. This week it’s Cung Le, Luke Stewart and Daniel Puder.

Cung Le (0-0) vs. Mike Altman (101)

R1- This is apparently Cung Le’s debut in MMA. Le hits a nice kick to start and another. Definitely popping the crowd with some “ohhhs and ahhhs”. Le keeps him at bay by throwing kicks. Le hits a nice back kick to the stomach. Le just misses with a couple of spinning back kicks. Three minutes in and Le hits another nice kick. Le hits a couple of punches and then hits a spinning back kick and just nails Altman with a punch right to the chin to end the fight. Great finish by Cung Le and he looked real good in his debut. This is the third fight I’ve seen of Cung Le and he’s looked good in all of his fights and he is a very exciting fighter. I would love to see him in there with more experienced and competitive fighters as his career continues.

Winner: Cung Le by KO R1 3:51

Luke Stewart (3-0) vs. Sam Liera (4-1)

Stewart has a ton of tattoos. They do a small video package of him. He owns a tattoo shop and likes to tap people out.

R1- They clinch and go to the ground. Liera is on top and in slight control of the fight. Stewart reverses and is in full mount. Stewart is throwing punches down and Liera trying to defend. Stewart continuing to punch and throwing some hammer punches. Stewart is continuing to punch and Liera is not fighting back but just covering up and the ref steps in as Liera just couldn’t get out of Stewart’s full mount.

Winner: Luke Stewart by TKO (punches) R1

Daniel Puder (1-0) vs. Jesse Fujarczyk (2-0)

They talk about the Daniel Puder/Kurt Angle incident from WWE.

R1- Jesse hits a punch to start off the fight and Puder takes him down to the ground and has him against the cage. Puder isn’t doing too much and the crowd is growing restless so the ref stands them up. Puder hits a kick and then they clinch. They throw some punches and Puder gets the best of it and Puder continues to pound away and then gets his back and puts him away with a quick Rear Naked Choke for the tap. They show 2 fans in the crowd with “I Hurt Kurt” t-shirts on.

Winner: Daniel Puder by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 1:54

This was a pretty good show as it featured 3 fights with 3 young and new fighters. The only thing I didn’t like was that you knew who was going to win the fights due to the three guys being featured at the top of the show. I would prefer a more UFC style (UFC Wired or UFC Unleashed) where they introduce all the fighters and you don’t know who is going to win unless you’ve already read or heard the results elsewhere.