Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni

The poster for Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni

Information

Promotion

Strikeforce and EliteXC

Date

June 22, 2007

Venue

HP Pavilion at San Jose

City

San Jose, California

Attendance

9,672^[1]

Buyrate

35,000^[2]

Event chronology

Strikeforce: Young Guns

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni

Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC. The event took place on Friday, June 22, 2007 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The main card aired on pay-per-view, with the undercard streamed live on ProElite.com. The PPV event was rebroadcast on the Showtime premium cable channel on June 30, 2007.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Frank Shamrock	def.	Phil Baroni	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:15	^[a]
Middleweight	Murilo Rua	def.	Joey Villasenor	KO (punches)	2	1:05	^[b]
Middleweight	Cung Le	def.	Tony Fryklund	TKO (punches)	3	0:25
Heavyweight	Paul Buentello	def.	Carter Williams	KO (punches)	2	0:10
Lightweight	Josh Thomson	def.	Nick Gonzalez	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:42
Welterweight	Paul Daley	def.	Duane Ludwig	TKO (punches)	2	0:32
Preliminary card
Lightweight	David Smith	def.	Sean Bassett	KO (punch)	2	1:23
Lightweight	James Edson Berto	def.	Victor Valenzuela	Submission (heel hook)	1	0:47
Middleweight	Nik Theotikos	def.	Nikk Covert	KO (punch)	1	1:13
Welterweight	Mike Pyle	def.	Aaron Wetherspoon	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Luke Stewart	def.	Jason Von Flue	TKO (punches)	3	2:17
Heavyweight	Rex Richards	def.	Ray Seraile	TKO (punches)	1	0:35
Bantamweight	Chris Cariaso	def.	Anthony Figueroa	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight (179 lb)	Jeffrey Cachia	def.	Shigeru Momoi	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:58
Middleweight	Seth Kleinbeck	def.	Sam Spengler	TKO (punches)	2	2:55

^ For the inaugural Strikeforce Middleweight Championship.
^ For the inaugural EliteXC Middleweight Championship.

Purses

Notable fighter payouts included:^[3]

Fighter	Fight Earnings	Notes
Frank Shamrock	$200,000
Phil Baroni	$100,000
Cung Le	$45,000
Murilo Rua	$50,000	Includes $25K win bonus
Paul Buentello	$50,000	Includes $25K win bonus

Controversy

Frank Shamrock was criticized for pushing an unconscious Phil Baroni off him using his leg rather than allowing the referee to pull Phil off Frank.^[4] In a post-fight interview question regarding the incident, Shamrock stated that "[Phil] was heavy on top of me... he was squishing the life out of me... he was laying on my leg and on my chest... that's it. And I thought it looked better on camera.".^[5]
Fighter Carter Williams was found by the CSAC to have tested positive for cocaine.^[6] He was fined $1,000 and suspended through Dec 19, 2007.
Fighter Phil Baroni tested positive for Boldenone and Stanozolol steroid Metabolites according to the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). He was fined $2,500 and suspended for a year in the state of California. Baroni denied taking any banned substances, and appealed the decision. On October 31, 2007 Baroni's suspension was reduced to 6 months.^[7]

References

External links

Strikeforce events