It’s a busy season for Strikeforce, so what better time to take a look back as the Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament continues with Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum.

The heavyweight division began with the other Overeem, Valentijn, taking on Chad Griggs.

Overeem tested the waters with just a couple of kicks at the beginning of the fight, but a clinch against the cage took the fight to the ground.

Moments later Griggs fought his way out of Overeem’s half guard and went to work with the ground and pound. Overeem turned his back on Griggs, tapping out seconds later as Griggs unloaded with the heavy stuff.

Well, I guess when I saw the name Overeem I was expecting a little more.

More heavyweight action followed when Daniel Cormier faced Jeff Monson.

Cormier’s tactics were perfectly executed, keeping Monson off the mat and forcing him to engage in a riveting striking battle.

While Monson seemed content to throw out single jabs, Cormier responded with a series of combinations, rocking his more experienced opponent several times. As the fight went on Monson began to look more and more like a man with a large number of wins under his belt.

No one was surprised when the judges gave all three rounds to Cormier.

The first lightweight fight began with K.J. Noons and Jorge Masvidal.

This was another intriguing three round spectacle. Masvidal took control early on with superior striking, and it wasn’t long before that resulted in a cut on Noons’ forehead.

Masvidal connected a big left kick to Noons’ neck which knocked him down. Masvidal then followed him down for some ground and pound, relentless in his assault until the end of the first round.

As the fight went on, the cut on Noons’ head was soon joined by a massive swelling due to Masvidal's great work. Noons had a few good moments near the end of the second round, but unfortunately time was against him.

Once again there was no surprise when the judges gave every round win to Masvidal.

Then it was on to the Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter finals, starting with Josh Barnett taking on Brett Rogers.

Both fighters began with some great ground work. Barnett took the action to the ground early on and it wasn’t long before he took the mount, allowing him to control Rogers for the rest of the round.

It was the same story in the second, with Barnett getting the early take down. Rogers was visibly tiring Barnett with an arm triangle choke, but Rogers couldn't hold out any longer and tapped out seconds later.

Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum faced off in the last quarter final.

I suppose it had to happen. After four very entertaining fights we had to get a duffer.

Werdum wanted to take the fight to the ground, but Overeem was having none of it, sprawling when Werdum went for the take down, and refusing to follow him down when he was invited.

Werdum’s later tactics saw him pulling guard whenever Overeem connected. At first Overeem would simply stand up, but it wasn’t long until he finally joined Werdum on the ground.

But when they went to the ground nothing much happened. Towards the end of the fight Werdum went for a knee bar, but by then it was already too late.

It went down to the judges once again with all three scoring in favour of Overeem.

This vote set up a semifinal with Antonio Silva, a fight he would later pull out of.

The day after this show I logged onto Facebook and found that quite a few of my friends were disappointed with this show. While I disagree with them in regards to the entire show being a disappointment, I must admit that they were spot-on with regards to the Overeem/Werdum fight.

But despite that disappointment, this show gets the thumbs up for the four fights that did deliver—Not for the one that everyone will be talking about.

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