Strikeforce will give us another wonderful fight again. This will be against Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier.
Although Josh Barnett is hardly one year older than Daniel Cormier, he has a 12-year advantage in experience with the game.
That advantage, maintains Barnett, will make all the variance when the two mixed martial artists match up Saturday night in the ending of the Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix tournament at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Cormier, a two-time Olympic wrestler, completed his MMA entrance in September 2009. By that time, Barnett had won the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight championship in 2002 (though it was forfeited because of a steroid issue), brawled professionally 32 times since 1997 in the U.S. and Japan, and stumbled down against MMA greats such as Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Mirko Cro Cop.
Cormier (9-0) positioned fourth at the 2004 Olympics and was a stern gold-medal competitor heading into the 2008 Games before he was required to extract due to kidney failure. Since shifting his emphasis to MMA, he has rapidly made a name for himself as a top heavyweight contender.
All I can see here is a great bout against great fighters who deserve to be here in the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament final. Perhaps, Barnett has the advantage but Cormier could not be taken easily because he has the power to be a champion.
Who do you think will win this bout?
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