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Steve Hadsel (1-0-0) vs. Taylor Roberts (1-2-0)
Steve Hadsel is an undefeated fighter who made his professional MMA debut in November of 2008 for the Carnage At The Creek promotion. At the Carnage At The Creek 4 event in November 2008, Steve Hadsel defeated Dave Culbertson by split decision. It has been over seven months since Steve Hadsel last competed in an MMA fight, so conditioning could play a factor in this fight. Taylor Roberts is a veteran of the Genesis Fights promotion, where he defeated Jovon Curtis and suffered a loss to Taurean Washington. The only other fight so far in Taylor Roberts career occurred in the Alliance promotion, where he lost to John Heath by unanimous decision. Taylor Roberts will be looking to put the fight on the ground, with his lone career victory coming by submission.
My Prediction: Steve Hadsel
Strikeforce Welterweight Division Fight
Len Bentley (4-3-0) vs. Marques Daniels (2-2-0)
Len Bentley is an experienced fighter who is a veteran of the Sport Fight and Cage Sport promotions, where more than half of his career fights happened in. Len Bentley will be entering this fight on a two fight losing streak, having suffered losses to Stryder Davis and Dustin Winterholt. Of his seven career fights, only one of them has gone to a decision, which speaks to Len Bentley’s finishing abilities. Len Bentley will be looking to put this fight on the ground, with all four of his career victories coming by submission. Marques Daniels has had an interesting run in professional MMA thus far, going in a pattern of loss, win, loss, win in his first four fights. Marques Daniels will be entering this fight on a one fight winning streak, defeating Dennis Parks by unanimous decision. Marques Daniels will be looking to put this fight on the ground, with one of his career victories coming by way of submission.
My Prediction: Len Bentley
Strikeforce Welterweight Division Fight
Landon “The Show†Showalter (7-12-1) vs. Travis “The Praying Mantis†Doerge (4-8-0)
Landon Showalter is a well traveled MMA veteran who has fought top MMA names like Robbie Lawler, Brad Blackburn, Drew Fickett, Chris Leben, Dennis Hallman, Matt Lindland, Steve Bruno and Pete Sell. Landon Showalter has fought in international MMA competition, losing to Yoon Young Kim by submission at Spirit MC 17 in 2008. Landon Showalter is a fighter who is comfortable wherever the fight ends up, with five victories coming by knockout and submission. Despite the losing record, Travis Doerge has fought in top notch promotions like World Extreme Cagefighting and the International Fight League. Of his twelve professional fights, none of them has gone past the first round, which speaks to Travis Doerge’s finishing abilities. Travis Doerge is entering the fight on a five fight losing streak, with his last victory coming over John Geraghty over four years ago in 2005. Travis Doerge will be looking to put this fight on the ground to gain victory, with three victories coming by submission.
My Prediction: Landon Showalter
Strikeforce Welterweight Division Fight
Lyle “Fancy Pants†Beerbohm (9-0-0) vs. Duane “Bang†Ludwig (18-8-0)
Lyle Beerbohm is a veteran of such promotions as Elite XC, Sho XC, Strikeforce and King Of The Cage, where half of his career fights occurred in. Lyle Beerbohm had his biggest year thus far in MMA in 2008, where he won six fights, including a victory in the Strikeforce promotion. Of his nine career fights, only one of them has gone to a decision for Lyle Beerbohm, which speaks to his finishing abilities. Lyle Beerbohm is a fighter who is comfortable wherever the fight ends up, with eight victories coming by knockout and submission. Duane Ludwig is a well traveled MMA veteran who has fought top athletes like Thomas Denny, Jens Pulver, Genki Sudo, BJ Penn, Sam Morgan, Jonathan Goulet, Tyson Griffin, Tony Fryklund, Paul Daley, Takanori Gomi and Yves Edwards. Duane Ludwig is also a longtime veteran of the Strikeforce promotion, where six of his professional MMA fights occurred in. Duane Ludwig will be looking to use his striking skills to gain the victory, with ten wins coming by knockout.
My Prediction: Duane Ludwig
Strikeforce Lightweight Division Fight
Brian Caraway (10-3-0) vs. Alex Zuniga (2-1-0)
Brian Caraway is a rising lightweight fighter in MMA, having fought in promotions like Super Fight, Elite XC and Strikeforce. The biggest fight thus far in Brian Caraway’s career occurred in the Elite XC promotion, where he lost to the only Elite XC Featherweight Champion in Wilson Reis. Prior to the loss to Wilson Reis, Brian Caraway was on a seven fight winning streak that lasted over a year. Brian Caraway will be looking to put this fight on the ground, with all ten of his career victories coming by submission. Alex Zuniga is a veteran of the Conquest Of The Cage promotion, where he defeated Vance North and suffered a loss to Eddie Fore. The only other fight in the career of Alex Zuniga came in the Max MMA promotion, where he defeated Zach Skinner by TKO. Alex Zuniga will be looking to use his striking skills to gain the victory, with all of his career victories coming by knockout.
My Prediction: Brian Caraway
Strikeforce Middleweight Division Fight
Dennis “Superman†Hallman (40-12-2) vs. Cedric “Spiderman†Marks (26-18-0)
Dennis Hallman is a longtime veteran of MMA who has fought top MMA fighters like Matt Hughes, Caol Uno, Jens Pulver, Denis Kang, Ryan McGivern, Frank Trigg, Drew Fickett, Rory Singer, Jorge Rivera and Jeremiah Metcalf. Dennis Hallman joins current UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre as the only fighters to defeat former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes twice in a row. Dennis Hallman will be looking to put this fight on the ground, with thirty one victories coming by submission. Cedric Marks is another longtime MMA veteran who has already fought opponent Dennis Hallman, losing to him by submission at Xtreme Fighting Championships 3 in April 2005. Cedric Marks has his biggest year in MMA in 2000, where he fought nine times that year, winning five of those fights. Cedric Marks will be entering this fight on a one fight losing streak, losing to Daniel Sarafian by submission in February 2009. Cedric Marks is a fighter who is comfortable wherever the fight ends up, with twenty career victories coming by knockout and submission.
My Prediction: Dennis Hallman
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