| Strikeforce: Triple Threat | ||||
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 The poster for Strikeforce: Triple Threat. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Strikeforce | |||
| Date | December 8, 2006 | |||
| Venue | HP Pavilion at San Jose | |||
| City | San Jose, California | |||
| Attendance | 8,701 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Strikeforce: Triple Threat was the fourth mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California on December 8, 2006. [1] The main card featured the Strikeforce debut of Gina Carano.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Bobby Southworth | def. | Vernon White | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Paul Buentello | def. | Ruben Villareal | TKO (corner stoppage) | 2 | 3:57 | |
| Middleweight | Cung Le | def. | Jason Von Flue | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 0:43 | |
| Welterweight | Duane Ludwig | def. | Tony Fryklund | TKO (knee) | 2 | 3:37 | |
| Lightweight | Josh Thomson | def. | Nam Phan | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Eugene Jackson | def. | Ronald Jhun | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:01 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Women's Featherweight | Gina Carano | def. | Elaina Maxwell | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Daniel Puder | def. | Mike Cook | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:31 | |
| Heavyweight | Rex Richards | def. | Kyle Levinton | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 2:02 | |
| Lightweight | David Smith | def. | Sean Bassett | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:36 | |
| Catchweight (194 lb) | Scott Graham | def. | Drew Dimanlig | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Anthony Figueroa | def. | David Barrios | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Raul Castillo | def. | Andrew Montanez | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:10 | |
| Catchweight (179 lb) | Jeffrey Cachia | def. | Abdullah Johari | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:21 | |
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