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Shamrock vs. Baroni

Frank Shamrock, one of the all-time greats of the sport went toe to toe with the "New York Bad Ass" Phil Baroni for nearly 10 minutes before finishing the New Yorker with a rear-naked choke in the second round.

"Phil hits hard. He's not a striker though, he is a wrestler. He tries to bang away with hard shots, but he will lose to technique every time. My technique was better than his."

Tearing his ACL and MCL in his knee in while training at Dan Henderson's facility in Temecula did not prevent Frank from putting on a show for the crowd of 10,375. "That African guy who is beating everyone, he threw me with some sort of Judo sweep and nearly ripped my leg off," said Shamrock in the post fight conference. "I had done no cardio for two weeks and I was completely shot at the end of round 1, but I wanted to fight for my hometown; my fans."

Frank outperformed Baroni in the fight on his way to his first victory since being disqualified for illegal knees to Renzo Gracie. Frank was penalized in this fight for striking Baroni in the back of the head though.

"Honestly, I don't know what happened. I saw the back of his head, it was wide open, so I started punching it. I didn't even realize I was doing it until the ref stopped me."

"Some question why I seemingly kicked Baroni after the fight and shoved him away. That was because he is a heavy guy. I simply wanted to get him off of me. No disrespect intended."

Frank mentioned how many of his pseudo comeback performances, such as the fights with Sinosic, Pardoe, and Gracie didn't satisfy the fans because he was stretching himself thin.

"Against Sinosic I had a bad tear in my shoulder. Against Pardoe I was the promoter, the matchmaker, and the main event. I even came in and helped set up chairs before the show. Against Renzo I simply fought too safe and figured he would gas after 7 minutes. I am not upset that I lost that fight, I don't care. I am upset that I let the fans down. It ended poorly for the fans, which is why I want to fight Renzo again."

Gary Shaw was on hand to comment that the negotiations had not yet started to promote a Shamrock Gracie rematch, but he would like to start those soon.

"Anyone who sells tickets. If Matt Lindland could get a lot of hype going I would like a fight with Lindland. Murilo Ninja won tonight, that would be an interesting fight. Basically whoever will cause the biggest draw; I have to feed my family afterall,” said Frank of future match ups.

"I stand by what I believe in. I stand by this sport."

"People ask me who the toughest fighters are. I don't know, I don't watch the sport, I watch Desperate Housewives. I watch the Discovery Channel. I can tell you this much though, you don't see them on TV. They are the ones training in every part of the world in obscurity. The toughest fighters are all unknown."

Cung Le vs. Tony Fryklund

What Cung Le brought to the arena, aside from a volcanic eruption of fandom displayed by cheers and yellow and red flags waving, was true art. The San Shou stylist and hometown hero struck his way to a stoppage in the third round. For three rounds we were treated to the flash and the flurry, but one had to question why Fryklund made no attempt to get the fight to the ground.

Fryklund commented on the reasoning "I wanted to get him to the ground, but since I didn't have confidence in my ground game, you saw what happened."

Le spoke of his ground training with AKA post fight "They give me hell everyday. They give me hell so that I will be prepared in there."

When asked who he would like to fight next, he said "I would like to fight a box of chocolate chip cookies! Bring it on!"

On Le's performance, promoter Gary Shaw stated "I didn't know Cung Le before today, but tonight he is a star. One day he will be a superstar. I know fighters, and Cung Le is a fighter."

Joey Villasenor vs. Murilo Rua

The EliteXC Middleweight title bout featured one of New Mexico's great talents facing a star of the legendary Chute Boxe Academy.

The fight was a good scrap which featured an aggressive ground game by Ninja coupled by Villasenor showing a diverse array of talents from every position. Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua would get the better of Joey Villasenor in the second after some rallying support from his brother Maurico ‘Shogun’ between the rounds.

A disappointed Villasenor would go on to say "I hurt him, I was on top of him, I had a guillotine on him. I thought I had him, then I lost it and I don't know why. Even when I had him dazed I couldn't finish him. I'm more than a little upset at myself."

Paul Buentello vs. Carter Williams

The heavyweight bout this evening featured MMA veteran Buentello facing the very muscular kickboxer-turned-MMA fighter Carter Williams.

The majority of the fight took place in the clinch, where Williams tried amateurish takedowns that were met with knees to his head from Buentello.

Buentello finished Williams with an uppercut in the second round.

"This win was for my hometown, San Jose. I'm taking two weeks off and then I’ll be back in training"

Josh Thompson vs. Nick Gonzalez

Thompson simply outclassed Gonzalez, finishing the young fighter with a rear-naked choke in the first round. "This is my third win in San Jose. No one wanted to step up and fight me, but Nick did. Props to him."

Edson Berto vs. Victor Valenzuela

"Before tonight nobody knew Edson Berto. Tonight people know him." commented Gary Shaw.

Although ‘Krazy Horse’ was in the arena, he would sit and watch his last minute replacement go on to heel hook and tap out Valenzuela. "I had no clue what to expect" said the defeated fighter. "I thought for sure we were going to throw punches."

Berto looked impressive and will be fighting again on the 28th of July for EliteXC.

Mike Pyle vs. Aaron Weatherspoon

A somewhat back and forth battle, with the nod going to Pyle on all scorecards. The most impressive strike was in the third round, when a Pyle knee sent an audible thunderclap through the arena.

Xtreme Couture fighter, Weatherspoon, looked good early on but faded into a bloody and dizzy mess by the end of it.

"This was not a good fight for me. I didn't let my fists fly" said a dejected Weatherspoon.

Pyle gave credit to his hard training and dedicated the win to a friend.

Jason Von Flue vs. Luke Stewart

An entertaining struggle between TUF 2 alumnus Jason Von Flue and Luke Stewart featured multiple accidental groin shots from Stewart. Aside from that, Stewart demonstrated why he is a 14 time Jiujitsu titlist.

Stewart finished Von Flue by TKO in the third.

Rex Richards vs. Ray Seraille

It took just 34 seconds for these heavyweights to get down and finish this undercard match. Richards, the victor, was available to comment.

"I come to work. Get paid. And do what I do. I worked on punched down the middle. I felt him start to drop and threw punches. I would like to clean up my technique. I'll be in the gym on Monday."

Strike Force Elite XC proved that an alliance between promoters is a very positive thing for the sport. Said Gary Shaw to the press, "No one should ever be bigger than the fighters. They are the ones who put their lives on the line. A promotion should be inclusive, not exclusive."

The staff performed an excellent job on all accounts and the production quality was top notch. I hope they continue the trend of cross-promotion and continue to give the fans what they want: Great fights by great fighters.

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