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Strikeforce 'Carano vs Cyborg' fight card and rumors from HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on August 15

Event: Strikeforce: "Carano vs. Cyborg"
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, at 10:30 p.m. ET on Showtime
Location: HP Pavilion in San Jose, California

Main event:

145 lbs. Gina "Conviction" Carano (7-0) vs. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (7-1)

Main card (Televised):

155 lbs.: Strikeforce Interim Lightweight Champion Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez (15-2) vs. Mitsuhiro "Endless Fighter" Ishida (18-5-1)
205 lbs.: Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi (25-2-1)
265 lbs.: Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum (11-4-1) vs. Mike "MAK" Kyle (12-6-1)
170 lbs.: Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron (17-4) vs. Jesse Taylor (13-3)

Under card (May not be broadcast):

265 lbs.: Mike Kyle (12-6-1) vs. Fabricio Werdum (11-4-1)
205 lbs.: Scott Lighty (4-0) vs. Mike Cook (7-4)
155 lbs.: David Douglas (4-1) vs. Justin Wilcox (5-3)
170 lbs.: James Terry (6-1) vs. Zac Bucia (2-3)
155 lbs.: Isaiah Hill (4-6) vs. Alex Trevino (3-0)

*Fight not officially confirmed by Strikeforce

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can’t wait just got tickets today

by Dan on Jun 15, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No offense to either of the girls but I would have expected one of the title matches to be the main event in this one.

by Chipmunk on Jun 16, 2009 8:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the girl match is a title fight but i do agree with the heavy weight fight should be the main event but this is the biggest women fight in mma history and we have been waiting for it for some time now

by guess on Jun 16, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Agreed but we’ve also been waiting a while now for Overeem to get back in the cage and defend his belt.

by Chipmunk on Jun 22, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we also have been waiting awhile for the thomson/melendez rematch but give the girls there main event, it’s a big deal and first in mma girls headline a card

by randy murders on Jul 6, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont see why Melendez-Thomson isnt the friggin Main event!!!! thats just rediculious.

by belfort_fan on Jul 7, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It doesn’t really matter who’s the main event does it? Let the girls get the attention for a change…they’re athletes too, plus, Gina is hawt!

by simzark on Aug 11, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damm Straight we been waiting

by banamine on Aug 15, 2009 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They will be showing it women’s fight on here right?

by Nah on Aug 15, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I LUV GINA BUT I REALLY THINK CYBORG IS GUNA BEAT THE $#!T OUT OF
HER! I HOPE SHE PULLS IT OFF THO SHES THE BOMB >>>!<<<

by d*locc on Jun 22, 2009 5:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nahhhh Cyborg is gonna be the one tappin’ for her azzz. Gina has it hands down

by nakoma on Jul 23, 2009 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does anyone know when nick diaz is fighting again and who againest

by fistophfury on Jun 22, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Look above myfriend just look above.

by belfort_fan on Jul 7, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does anyone know when nick diaz is fighting again and againest who

by fistophfury on Jun 22, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is another reason why the UFC is so much better than any other promotion. They wouldn’t put a female non-title fight as the main event over two relatively huge title fights.

It’s akin to EliteXC creating such a buzz over Kimbo, giving precedence to a gimmick more than a better, more deserving fight.

I’ve lost respect for Strikeforce now.

by Kobajack on Jun 27, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dude as was mentioned above the fight between Gina and Cyborg is a title fight.

by Chipmunk on Jul 2, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don’t be such a dipsh*t! Strikeforce has the ballz to think outside the box and go against the mainstream. They deserve a lot of credit. Too bad some people are intimidated by women.

by Stop Whining on Jul 7, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thank you stopwhining….these jobbers have no clue about mma….they just got on the bandwagon about a month ago when they heard their favorite former WWE champ became UFC champ

by LongtimeMMAfan on Aug 10, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

kj noons is coming back to fight nick diaz. Gomi gets the winner of thompson vs. melendez!!

by d*locc on Jun 29, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Anyone know where i can stream this off the internet as they dont show strike force in ireland !! i really dont wnat to miss that card, its sick !

by apex103 on Jul 7, 2009 4:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

gina carano by decision

by the man on Jul 14, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gina is gonna kick that scraps f—————- ugly a————-send her back 2 her man snivellin, she should just stay in his corner or on one. With love your Hometown Gina

by nakoma on Jul 23, 2009 1:40 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How do we get tickets to see gina win the fight?

by nakoma on Jul 23, 2009 1:45 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This card is better than 101 top to bottom. Yes the top two fights will be awesome on UFC 101 but after that????

If only Overaheem maned up. This could have contended for card of the year. Maybe we will get Roggers

by RonnyRAGE on Jul 27, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m really excited that they found a way to make the Sobral/Mousasi fight still happen! That was the fight on Trilogy that I was most interested in seeing.

There are some pretty good fights on this card. They need to bring in Rogers or some other decent name to go up against Werdum and this card will be as stacked as you could possibly ask. Of course not getting to see Fedor SUCKS!

by figtin on Jul 28, 2009 1:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hell ya ! sick ass card! they shud get gomi in their 2 whoop somebodys ass! & bring in fedor 2 smash verdum or grim rogers!

by d*locc on Jul 28, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

every match on the card is worth being a co main even or even a main event on a smaller show.

nice

by dahme on Jul 30, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

$50 on Gilbert or the asian guy getting injured.

by EpicWarrior on Jul 30, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I saw the video of Cris Cyborg in NYC dead lift her hubby off the mat and dropp him on his head, she did it 4 times, she also loooked in shape and very fast, we like Gina but she looked overweight and slow.

by Bill Ennis on Aug 2, 2009 11:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

who the fuck cares about women fighting, fuck strikeforce. i dont want to see fedor beat down b level fighters and then watch some fat lesbos attempt a sport that they dont belong in. GINA CARANO IS A PUDGY MEDIOCRE FIGHTER WITH A PRETTY FACE AND TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE. btw she’ll get fucked hard in the ass by cyborg bitch

by yeahhhhhhh on Aug 5, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Whos the fighting org. that has a woman ref??? that was funniest shit!!wtf are they thinking its an ugly ass brod!!

by d*locc on Aug 6, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Why is the Werdum fight featured on both under and main cards?

by Tim on Aug 12, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

this card could have been sooooo sick had Overeem, Diaz and Thomson stuck around. melendez vs. ishida sucked the first time, it’ll probably suck again. who cares about heiron vs. taylor? and actually, i’m half way interested in werdum vs. kyle after kyle handled feijao last time. babalu vs. mousasi is very nice and the main event of course is way overdue. still should be decent, but could have been disgustingly so…

by tha spida on Aug 13, 2009 1:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

what about the banana with the pedal push in the afterbirth costume sporting the placenta on his mushroom spear?

by kenny schlong on Aug 13, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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