Strikeforce returns to action on Showtime tonight with the Challengers series. Intriguing prospects like Ryan Couture, Pat Healy and Lyle Beerbohm compete for the eventual opportunity to fight on a major Strikeforce event. The show kicks off at 11pm ET on Showtime.
Strikeforce Challengers 14 Results: Pat Healy Defeats Lyle Beerbohm
It was a fight of epic transitions. From the first bell to the final, both fighters spent much more time pummeling for underhooks, trying to hit switches, working to establish base, hitting cradles and trying out an array of grips than trying out much of anything in the striking department.
But in the second and third round, Healy took over. The Team Quest-trained fighter was able to not only negate Beerbohm’s offensive attacks, but launch his own. In addition, he threatened with several modified kimuras and a few loose triangles. Beerbohm kept it competitive throughout, but without ever being able to clearly establish dominant position or do much damage, Healy’s improved control and submission attempts were enough to get the judges’ decision.
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Prater used a variation of the anaconda choke to finish Travers.
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The first round saw little action as Couture felt things out on the feet. In the second, Couture took Higgins dropped Higgins early with a punch and spent most of the round dominating Higgins on the ground but was unable to finish.
Higgins had his best moment of the fight in the third round when he briefly took Couture’s back standing off of a mis-fired kick by Couture. But Higgins wasn’t able to do anything with it and Couture quickly took him down and finished it with the rear naked choke.
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The fight was contested at a 150 pound catch weight. After the fight, Douglas said he would like to fight at 155 pounds in the future.
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Drew Pendleton def. Dennis Dombro via submission (guillotine choke) 2:31 of Round 2.
Another win for a local fighter as the Austin Muay Thai product managed to survive an exhausting first round to pull off the guillotine choke in the second.
Matthew Roth has blow-by-blow reports from cage side at Head Kick Legend.
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Lightweight: Ousmane Thomas Diagne (154.75lbs) vs. Aaron Lan Franco (154.5lbs)
Featherweight: Drew Pendleton (145.25lbs) vs. Dennis Dombrow (145.25lbs)
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