When speaking to the media last month, UFC President Dana White suggested that Strikeforce booked Jake Shields to fight the physically-larger Dan Henderson as a way to “stick it” to the champion in the event that he did not re-sign with the promotion.<\/p>\n
If that truly was the company’s plan, did it execute properly in the main-event of “Strikeforce: Nashville” on CBS? And how did the night’s other key matches fare? Did Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal manage to overcome highly-touted Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi? Did Gilbert Melendez prove himself against top-ranked Shinya Aoki?<\/p>\n
Results of the 4\/17 Strikeforce show follow:<\/p>\n
Cody Floyd b. Thomas Campbell via KO (knee) in Round Three
\nDustin Ortiz b. Justin Pennington via submission (RNC) at 4:27 of Round One
\nZach Underwood b. Hunter Worsham via decision (unanimous)
\nCale Yarborough b. Josh Schockman via TKO (strikes) in Round Two
\nJason Mayhem Miller b. Tim Stout via TKO (strikes) at 3:09 of Round One
\nAndy Uhrich b. Dustin West via submission (RNC) at 1:36 of Round One
\nOvince St. Preux b. Chris Hawk via TKO (strikes) at :47 of Round One
\nKing Mo b. Gegard Mousasi via unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 49-45) to become the new Light Heavyweight Champion
\nGilbert Melendez b. Shinya Aoki via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) to retain the Lightweight Championship
\nJake Shields b. Dan Henderson via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45, 48-45) to retain the Middleweight Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n