Strikeforce considers Tyron Woodley one of its best welterweight prospects, and Woodley won again on Friday night, defeating Rudy Bears at the Strikeforce Challengers event in Kansas City.Woodley got a takedown less than a minute into the fight, and when he got to full mount on the ground it looked like he was close to finishing it. Bears did a nice job of getting back up and landing a kick on his feet, but then Woodley took Bears down again and forced him to tap with an arm triangle choke midway through the first round.
Woodley improves his record to 6-0, winning all six fights by submission. Bears falls to 10-4, with all four losses by submission.
Showtime announcer (and former UFC welterweight champion) Pat Miletich proclaimed Woodley "the best athlete in the sport" after the fight. That seems like an overstatement, but maybe not much of one: Woodley, a former NCAA wrestling All-American, is a dynamic, explosive fighter.
"I'm just going to keep training and keep getting better," Woodley said, adding that he likes how he'd match up with Strikeforce's best welterweight, Jake Shields. In reality, Woodley isn't ready for Shields yet. But he's a talented athlete with legitimate title aspirations.He's for real.
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really nice night of fights.
i'm really liking this sf challenger series.
seems like guys whom are not top superstars fight hungrier and harder.
notice m-1 has nothing to do with this.
if m-1 was/is a credible mma organization they would have more than 1 fighter.
m-1 is scum and a scam.
they've done nothing by themselves.
another thing that for some reason comes glaring through when watching last night and for me is a weakness for sf in comparison to ufc, is the dis-allowing of elbow strikes to the head when on the ground. and like i said i really noticed it last night.
when on the bottom it seems like a big thing not to have to worry about. because to deliver an impactful fist strike, for the most part, a fighter has to sort of posture up. in essence, telegraphing that it is coming.
it really is a big difference between the two organizations.
way more so than when pride allowed kicks/foot stomps to the head of grounded opponent and ufc didn't and still doesn't.
i personally think sf should allow it as it is indeed a huge part of ground n pound. and for the most part an elbow strike will never kill someone, whereas a stomp/kick possibly could.
a soccer kick to the head is seriously devasting and for some reason, extremely barbaric to look at.
it's something our country as a whole is not ready to accept as a civilized move for combative sport.
i'm curious what others think, please respond.