Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives

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Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
The poster for Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
Information
PromotionStrikeforce
DateNovember 16, 2007
VenueHP Pavilion at San Jose
CitySan Jose, California
Attendance7,249
Event chronology
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives Strikeforce: Young Guns II

Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives (also called the Strikeforce Tournament Series) was a mixed martial arts event held at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on November 16, 2007. The event was hosted by Strikeforce in conjunction with bodogFight, and was streamed live on Yahoo! Sports. The event held two distinctions in that: 1) it contained the first MMA tournament sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and 2) Strikeforce's heavyweight champion was determined during the event in a non-tournament fight.

Tournament Rules[edit]

The tournament was a four-man, single-elimination tournament. Each bracket consisted of two five-minute rounds, with a third round being fought in the case of a tie.[1]

Results[edit]

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Paul Buentello TKO (Submission to knees to the body) 2 3:42 [a]
Middleweight Cung Le def. Sammy Morgan TKO (body kick) 3 1:58
Middleweight Tournament Final
Middleweight Jorge Santiago def. Trevor Prangley TKO (knee to the body) 1 2:31
Middleweight Tournament Semi-finals
Middleweight Trevor Prangley def. Falaniko Vitale Decision (referee decision) 2 2:12
Middleweight Jorge Santiago def. Sean Salmon KO (flying knee) 1 0:24
Preliminary card
Middleweight Lemont Davis def. Brian Schwartz Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Anthony Ruiz def. Bobby Southworth TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 0:52
Welterweight Luke Stewart def. Bryson Kamaka KO (knee) 1 0:19
Middleweight Eric Lawson def. Josh Neal Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 0:20
Bantamweight Anthony Figueroa def. Peter Sabala Decision (split) 3 5:00
Lightweight Alex Crispin def. Clint Coronel Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight Chris Drumm vs. Evan Esguerra NC (punch to back of the head) 2 2:35
Middleweight Dennis Hallman def. Jeremiah Metcalf Submission (heel hook) 1 1:39
  1. ^ For the Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship.

Middleweight Tournament Results[edit]

Semifinals Final
      
Brazil Jorge Santiago W
United States Sean Salmon
Brazil Jorge Santiago W
South Africa Trevor Prangley
United States Falaniko Vitale
South Africa Trevor Prangley W

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Strikeforce Tournament". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

External links[edit]

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