Date: Mar 03, 2012 Location: Columbus, Ohio* Venue: Nationwide Arena* Broadcast: Showtime and Showtime Extreme* MAIN CARD (Showtime) Champ Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey (for female bantamweight title) K.J. Noons vs. Josh Thomson Paul Daley vs. Kazuo Misaki Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs. TBA Lumumba Sayers vs. Scott Smith PRELIMINARY CARD (Showtime Extreme) Alexis Davis vs. Sarah Kaufman Caros Fodor vs. Pat Healy Ryan Couture vs. Conor Heun Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling
This is the first female MMA fight i've been intrigued by for awhile. Mostly because Rousey is an Olympian. Tate has the experience, but Rousey has a SICK ground game, and is a next-level olympic athlete. I think Rousey will dominate.
This is a really solid card. I'm looking forward to it. Tate/Rousey is an interesting fight that's built up with the trash talk between the 2. Noons/Thomson should be very competitive as well. Daley is always exciting and it could be a slug fest with Misaki. I'm a grappling fan, so I love watching Jacare fight too. Even the under-card has some intriguing fights. Overall, I'd say well done by Strikeforce for putting together a nice card.
I still have not seen any news of Jacare's opponent. Regardless, this Rousey fight is going to be amazing. Some good quality trash talk, and Rousey seems so talented.
I'm excited to see Paul Daley fight again. I think Ronda wins this one pretty easily. Female MMA doesn't really have any super athletes yet and Rousey is an Olympic level competitor. This might go past the first round, but Ronda will get the armbar eventually.
I'm excited for the main event. Tate and Rousey genuinely seem to dislike each other, or at least tate is annoyed with rousey. I don't care much for noons, I think he's kind of boring. I think Daley will have a big knockout. He got wrestled to death by Koscheck and lost to Diaz who's a great fighter. I think he'll win this fight.
Hope the girls do well. I have seen a couple of good female matches in Strikeforce the last couple of years.
