NBCSports.com chronicles Renato “Babalu” Sobral’s life and training leading up to his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title fight against Bobby Southworth at Strikeforce “Destruction.”
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Strikeforce ‘Destruction’ Results
November 22nd, 2008
Strikeforce “Destruction” took place tonight at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, California.
Scott Smith squared off against Terry Martin in the night’s main event.
Duan Ludwig stepped in on short notice for Strikeforce Lightweight Champ Josh Thomson to take on Yves Edwards.
Renato “Babalu” Sobral took on Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champ Bobby Southworth.
Kim Couture and Joe Riggs were also in action.
Results after the jump.
Big John McCarthy To Ref At Strikeforce ‘Destruction’ Event
November 4th, 2008
Big John McCarthy is back. According to Sherdog.com, on Nov. 21 at Strikeforce “Destruction,” McCarthy will return to the profession that made him famous for the first time in 11 months.
Big John had this to say about his return.
“I missed doing it. Sometimes when you walk away from something and you think it’s time, once you’re away you realize what you’re missing –- it’s kind of like why guys come back to fighting. It’s what I like doing. It’s what I was meant to do.”
Since the Strikeforce card will take place in California, McCarthy will be working for the CSAC for this particular event. Considering previous reports that the NSAC and the UFC have issues with Big John, it still appears unclear when we’ll hear “Let’s get it on!” from the Octagon in Vegas again, but this is certainly a good start. Mixed martial arts clearly needs all the competent referees it can get, and no one is better than McCarthy.
Welcome back, Big John.
