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June 6th Strikeforce Postmortem

So the Strikeforce fights have completed and here is how they lined up with my predictions (my predictions are in bold)
-Robbie Lawler (16-4) vs. Jake Shields (22-4-1)
-Nick Diaz (19-7) vs. Scott Smith (15-5)
-Andrei Arlovski (15-6) vs. Brett Rogers (9-0)
-Joe Riggs (29-10) vs. Phil Baroni (13-10)
-Kevin Randleman (17-12) vs. Mike Whitehead (23-6)
Actual Results:
Jake Shields def. Robbie Lawler via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:02.
Nick Diaz [ continue reading... ]

My June 6th Strikeforce (on Showtime) predictions

-Robbie Lawler (16-4) vs. Jake Shields (22-4-1):
I’m going to have to go with my local guy Jake Shields here. I think his wrestling is far superior and he’s alot smarter then to get punched by a looping overhand that Robbie is going to try to throw at him. Robbie is no slouch, I just don’t think he’ll be able to handle the ground game of [ continue reading... ]