They touch gloves and Bigfoot takes the center. Silva catches a kick and bullrushes Cormier into the fence. They don't play there for long, though. Cormier cracks Silva with a hard right hand that drops him to the mat.
He works while standing over him briefly, but then lets him ti his feet. Cormier stings Silva again with a left hand. Cormier is snapping hard, fast punches that are wobbling Bigfoot. Silva dives for the takedown and Cormier easily avoids it. He lets Silva to his feet. Silva throws a body kick and is quickly swept to the mat
when Cormier catches the strike. Cormier standing over Silva, circling and briefly kicking Silva's legs. Silva moving in with some hard punches. Cormier finds his way off the fence though and resets, throwing punches. Cormier lands a three-piece that sees Silva slump to the mat. Two follow-up shots on the ground seal the deal. Rich Franklin's brother stops it. his is the Strikeforce live blog for Antonio Silva vs. Daniel Cormier, a heavyweight bout on tonight's Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov event at the U.S. Bank Arena.
The winner of this Heavyweight Grand Prix fight will meet the winner of Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov at a later date. Silva (16-2) is coming off the biggest win of his career, a stoppage over Fedor Emelianenko in February. Cormier (8-0), who replaces Alistair Overeem in the tourney, bested Jeff Monson in June.
He works while standing over him briefly, but then lets him ti his feet. Cormier stings Silva again with a left hand. Cormier is snapping hard, fast punches that are wobbling Bigfoot. Silva dives for the takedown and Cormier easily avoids it. He lets Silva to his feet. Silva throws a body kick and is quickly swept to the mat
when Cormier catches the strike. Cormier standing over Silva, circling and briefly kicking Silva's legs. Silva moving in with some hard punches. Cormier finds his way off the fence though and resets, throwing punches. Cormier lands a three-piece that sees Silva slump to the mat. Two follow-up shots on the ground seal the deal. Rich Franklin's brother stops it. his is the Strikeforce live blog for Antonio Silva vs. Daniel Cormier, a heavyweight bout on tonight's Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov event at the U.S. Bank Arena.
The winner of this Heavyweight Grand Prix fight will meet the winner of Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov at a later date. Silva (16-2) is coming off the biggest win of his career, a stoppage over Fedor Emelianenko in February. Cormier (8-0), who replaces Alistair Overeem in the tourney, bested Jeff Monson in June.
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