Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives

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Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
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The poster for Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
Promotion Strikeforce
DateNovember 16, 2007
Venue HP Pavilion at San Jose
City San 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.

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Tournament Rules

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

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Paul Buentello TKO (Submission to knees to the body)23:42 [a]
Middleweight Cung Le def. Sammy Morgan TKO (body kick)31:58
Middleweight Tournament Final
Middleweight Jorge Santiago def. Trevor Prangley TKO (knee to the body)12:31
Middleweight Tournament Semi-finals
Middleweight Trevor Prangley def. Falaniko Vitale Decision (referee decision)22:12
Middleweight Jorge Santiago def. Sean Salmon KO (flying knee)10:24
Preliminary card
MiddleweightLemont Davisdef.Brian SchwartzDecision (unanimous)35:00
Light Heavyweight Anthony Ruiz def. Bobby Southworth TKO (doctor stoppage)20:52
Welterweight Luke Stewart def.Bryson KamakaKO (knee)10:19
Middleweight Eric Lawson def.Josh NealSubmission (rear-naked choke)20:20
BantamweightAnthony Figueroadef.Peter SabalaDecision (split)35:00
LightweightAlex Crispindef.Clint CoronelDecision (unanimous)35:00
FeatherweightChris Drummvs.Evan EsguerraNC (punch to back of the head)22:35
Middleweight Dennis Hallman def.Jeremiah MetcalfSubmission (heel hook)11:39

Middleweight Tournament Results

Semifinals Final
      
Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Santiago W
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Salmon
Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Santiago W
Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Prangley
Flag of the United States.svg Falaniko Vitale
Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Prangley W

See also

References

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