Feijao vs. St. Preux Targeted for Strikeforce in July
by Nick Thomas on Apr 15, 2011 9:25 AM EDT
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A light heavyweight bout between Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante and Ovince St. Preux is in the works for a rumored July Strikeforce event. Feijao most recently lost the Strikeforce light heavyweight title in a knockout loss to Dan Henderson, while St. Preux has steadily built steam as a serious prospect at 205 with consecutive victories. The July event is also rumored to feature a catchweight fight between Dan Henderson and Fedor Emelianenko.
Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (10-3)
Loss Dan Henderson - TKO (Punches) Strikeforce
Win Muhammed Lawal - TKO (Punches and Elbows) Strikeforce
Win Antwain Britt - KO (Punches) Strikeforce
Ovince St. Preux (10-4)
Win Ron Humphrey - Decision (Unanimous) Strikeforce
Win Benji Radach - Decision (Unanimous) Strikeforce
Win Antwain Britt - Decision (Unanimous) Strikeforce
Rumored fight card for Jul 30th, live on Showtime:
Dan Henderson vs. Fedor Emelianenko [non-title]
Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante vs. Ovince St. Preux
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal vs. Roger Gracie
Tarec Saffiedine vs. Evangelista Santos
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King Mo is on tap to face Roger Gracie.......Gracie
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 15, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Really looking forward to Mo/Gracie.
Will be interesting to see how Mo uses his wrestling. I assume to keep it standing.
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by Obviously5Believers on Apr 15, 2011 8:58 AM EDT reply actions
For his sake,
it better be.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 15, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow, great fight!
I consider Feijao to be a better fighter in just about all areas, he should take it.
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This is a horrible fight. OSP needs a fight at a slightly lower level. Here comes Zuffa to knock off all the prospects.
by Jonathan Snowden on Apr 15, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I figured Dana, in his pettiness, would send guys to try to knock off the “name” guys at Strikeforce, but I figured the prospects would be left somewhat alone. Woodley for your boy next I suppose…
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by The American Ronin on Apr 15, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Really?
I actually thought OSP was due for a significant step up in competition. The guy is 28 and 14 fights into his MMA career, I think he’s ready for a Feijao type guy. I don’t see any point in coddling the guy.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 15, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I would tend to agree about OSP being ready to fight a guy like Feijao. It would have been nice for OSP to have one more challenger fight, but at the same time, who would he fight?
There just haven’t been enough light-heavy weight fights in SF
Babalu is the only
gatekeeper-ish kind of guy that comes to mind.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 15, 2011 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The other thing is that Strikeforce has a lack of mid-tier fighters in all of their weight classes, so there are either prospects or upper-tier fighters but no mid-tiers. OSP has beaten prospects like Britt and Humphrey, and because there are no middle-of-the-road fighters in that division anyways, he is left to fight a former Strikeforce champion in Feijao.
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by chrisbboy82 on Apr 15, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
The other thing is that Strikeforce has a lack of mid-tier fighters in all of their weight classes, so there are either prospects or upper-tier fighters but no mid-tiers.
Actually, I would argue that Feijao IS a mid-tier guy.
I put him in the same league as guys like Luiz Cane, Jason Brilz, Brandon Vera, Vlad Matyushenko, Stephan Bonnar, etc. I don’t see him as a guy in the elite tier.
You are spot on
Feijao has one “good” win, and that was against Mo, and do we really know how good Mo is? Feijao has two other fights against top competition, KO’d by Hendo and KO’d by Kyle
It really depends on how you look at it. In the UFC, someone like Feijao may be a mid-tier fighter. However, in Strikeforce, he is a top fighter. I meant it more in terms of the hierarchy of Strikeforce.
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by Jonathan Snowden on Apr 15, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I hope everyone that was pushing for these mid level prospects to be tested is happy.
OSP’s going to get obliterated. Oh well.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 15, 2011 9:03 AM EDT reply actions
I think you might be right, but OSP is so gifted, he might be ready for the test. This will determine that.
King Mo vs. Roger is also going to be great.
We are witnessing the last, best matchups of the SF 205 division.
They’ll probably start having cross-over fights by New year’s, so it’s going to be a fun ride.
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I don't think
OSP is a better athlete than Feijao.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 15, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd have to see Feijao juggling soccer balls on the pitch to judge him, so I don't know...
OSP was a D1 football player at Tennessee, right? That’s a pretty good indicator of atheletic talent.
That said, I agree with Lowell’s assessment, but I’m excited to watch anyhow.
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That's true,
but just from what i’ve seen of them in the cage, I don’t think OSP is noticeably faster than Rafael.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 15, 2011 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Ouch.
This will not end well for OSP.
by Rob Young on Apr 15, 2011 9:19 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Am I the only one who is way more excited for Mo-Gracie?
I guess there’s a chance it turns into the worst kickboxing match of all time, but I love that style matchup.
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How so? Mo has striking, Roger, not so much
by TheBiggertheyare... on Apr 15, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Mo's striking has never really impressed me
that isn’t to say its not better than Roger’s, but it isn’t good.
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by Dave Strummer on Apr 15, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Roger has good striking
for a guy with his amount of MMA training. He showed a good jab against Randleman & Prangley, and actually has some good clinch knees.
Mo has good hands himself, and isn’t afraid to go to the body (although that’s what got him bitch smacked by a Feijao knee).
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 15, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess there’s a chance it turns into the worst kickboxing match of all time, but I love that style matchup.
Lawal is a very smart guy who studies everyone…no way in hell he goes to the ground with Roger imo.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 15, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow, they are really anxious for OSP to take a step up.
First they wanted to give him Mo, now this? God if this falls through are they gonna sling him in there with Overeem?
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by Carl Shelton (GloryDayz88) on Apr 15, 2011 10:11 AM EDT reply actions
OSP is going to surprise some people
by TheBiggertheyare... on Apr 15, 2011 10:24 AM EDT reply actions
A big step for OSP,
A big step for OSP, but who else really is there to fight that makes sense at this point? It’s basically another Challengers fight or something like this since Strikeforce has nothing but ex-Champions and up and comers at this point.
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