jeudi 15 décembre 2011

Heavy Artillery in St. Louis

Good card tonight on Showtime as Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery brings the big guys back to the Scottrade Center. I went to the St. Louis Strikeforce show last year with a couple of the same guys on it (Brett Rogers, Andrei and Randleman). This year I chose the Nashville Strikeforce show instead, but I'll definitely be watching this one from home tonight (without the $45 pay-per-view fee too, hooray!).

Here's the top of the card:

* Champ Alistair Overeem vs. Brett Rogers (for heavyweight title)
* Andrei Arlovski vs. Antonio Silva
* Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs. Joey Villasenor
* Roger Gracie vs. Kevin Randleman
* Antwain Britt vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante

It's interesting in that Overeem is the champ, but everybody really considers Fedor Emelianenko the best heavyweight (and maybe pound-for-pound) fighter in the world. Rogers, Arlovski and Silva are all coming off of losses but all 4 of the guys are just fighting to get to Fedor really. I love Rogers, but I think Overeem shakes off his rust, gets him down and pounds him out. I'll take Silva to take out a fading Arlovski, Gracie to tap Randleman and Jacare over Villasenor. Should be a fun card.