| Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier | ||||
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 The poster for Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier | ||||
| Promotion | Strikeforce | |||
| Date | May 19, 2012 | |||
| Venue | HP Pavilion | |||
| City | San Jose, California, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It took place on May 19, 2012, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.12
Background
Nate Marquardt was expected to fight Tyron Woodley at this event for the vacant Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.3 It instead took place at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy, where Marquardt won the title by fourth-round knockout.
Results
| Main card (Showtime) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier | def. | Josh Barnett | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | a |
| Lightweight | Gilbert Melendez (c) | def. | Josh Thomson | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | b |
| Light Heavyweight | Rafael Cavalcante | vs. | Mike Kyle | No Contest (overturned) | 1 | 0:33 | c |
| Welterweight | Chris Spång | def. | Nah-Shon Burrell | TKO (knees) | 1 | 3:25 | |
| Preliminary card (Showtime Extreme) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Isaac Vallie-Flagg | def. | Gesias Cavalcante | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Bobby Green | def. | James Terry | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Quinn Mulhern | def. | Yuri Villefort | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Gian Villante | def. | Derrick Mehmen | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Guto Inocente | def. | Virgil Zwicker | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix final.
- For the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.
- Originally a submission (guillotine choke) win for Cavalcante; result overturned to a no contest after Cavalcante tested positive for stanozolol.
Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Fedor Emelianenko | 2 | |||||||||
 Antônio Silva | TKO | |||||||||
| Antônio Silva | 1 | |||||||||
 Daniel Cormier** | KO | |||||||||
 Alistair Overeem | UD | |||||||||
| Fabrício Werdum | 3 | |||||||||
| Daniel Cormier | UD | |||||||||
| Josh Barnett | 5 | |||||||||
 Andrei Arlovski | 1 | |||||||||
| Sergei Kharitonov | KO | |||||||||
| Sergei Kharitonov | 1 | |||||||||
| Josh Barnett | SUB | |||||||||
| Josh Barnett | SUB | |||||||||
| Brett Rogers | 2 | |||||||||
** = Replacement
References
References
- "Strikeforce World Grand Prix Finals". Strikeforce.com. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- "Sources: Strikeforce event targeted for May 19 in San Jose". mmajunkie.com. 2012-02-22.
- "Nate Marquardt to Strikeforce, verbal agreements in place for fight with Tyron Woodley". mmajunkie.com. 2012-02-22. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24.