What’s the fuck, George? 25 minutes later Canada’s own, George St. Pierre, won a unanimous decision over England’s previously undefeated middle weight hero, Dan Hardy. Hats off to Dan Hardy for surviving valiantly and escaping two scary looking submission attempts,  George St. Pierre’s armbar and kimura. Truth be told, George St. Pierre could’ve finished this fight at any time, he just didn’t!

Both George St. Pierre (above) and Nick Diaz (below) have faced the highest caliber of MMA competition, and both have persevered. George St. Pierre has wins over, BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, Jon Fitch, Josh Koscheck, and several others, while Nick Diaz has wins over Robbie Lawler, Takanori Gomi, Frank Shamrock, and Scott Smith.

#1  George St. Pierre, 2  Thiago Alves, 3  Nick Diaz, 4  Josh Koscheck, 5  Dan Hardy, 6  Paul Daley, 7  Jon Fitch, 8  Paulo Thiago, 9  Matt Hughes, 10  Ben Saunders, 11  Jay Hieron, 12  Matt Serra, 13  Jake Ellenberger, 14  George Sotiropoulos, 15  Matt Brown,  16  John Howard, 17  Lyman Good, 18  Johny Hendricks, 19  Marius Zaromskis, 20  Chris Lytle.

Then WHAMMO!!!! A hard overhand right hit the chin of Melvin Manhoef and was followed with a left hook to the face, Melvin Manhoef was already plummeting to the canvas and was knocked out before he hit it. Forced to jump in front of a knocked-out-cold, with his eyes unblinking and wide open, the referee stopped the fight with 1:29 to go in the first round. Stiff as a board, Melvin Manhoef did not get up for some time. Robbie Lawler was victorious!

BELOW: Marius Zaromskis, was my first pic to fight George St. Pierre. Marius is a title holder and a tournament champion, I thought he might beat up Nick Diaz. DAMN! Brotherlove was wrong!  Nick Diaz threw several impressive combinations, with several punches landing. It was a short right hook that rocked Marius on the chin. Marius Zaromskis was completely out classed.

Scott Smith was getting owned by Cung Le, but Scott Smith never gives up. Continuing to press Cung Le, and continuing to march forward, Scott Smith persevered. Scott Smith delivered a left hook to the chin of Cung Le, dropping Cung Le to the mat. Following up with several punches to the face, referee John McCarthy was forced to stop Scott Smith’s ground and pound onslaught. Cung Le was defeated, and knocked out for the first time ever.

CONGRATULATIONS SCOTT SMITH, and CONGRATULATIONS STRIKEFORCE. I’m looking forward to more great Strikforce cards. And I can’t wait to see what other amazing fighters Strikeforce acquires. It’s a matter of time before Strikeforce calls out UFC for the best MMA fighters in the world.

According to several sources, the Worlds best MMA Lightweights (155lbs limit) are #1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: B.J. Penn, Shinya Aoki, Eddie Alvarez, Tatsuya Kawajiri,  Kenny Florian, Joachim Hansen, Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante, Frankie Edgar, Diego Sanchez, Sean Sherk, Josh Thompson, Satoru Kitaoka, and Gray Maynard.

I’d pay to see BJ Penn beat up Shinya Aoki (not in the UFC), but I wouldn’t waste my money on Frankie Edgard or Gray Maynard. Dana White is absolutely right to make BJ Penn work through the welterweights for another title shot at George St. Pierre. However, if BJ Penn is forced to fight at 155, it would truly be a waste of everyone’s time and BJ’s talent.

Even in defeat, Jason “Mayhem” Miller won the hearts of the crowd. He attempted several stand-up combo’s that landed, but were smothered my Jake Shields take downs. Submission attempts were dodged and reversed several times by Miller. Ground and pound did not occur because of the devensive skills of Miller. Most impressively however, Miller had several take downs, and a never before seen rear-naked-choke attempt on Shields. Sheilds who was saved by the bell.