Rockhold stops Jardine in one to retain Strikeforce Middleweight crown

Luke Rockhold retained the Strikeforce Middleweight championship with a first round round pound out of Keith Jardine at the Joint at the Hard Rock in .

Rockhold landed a huge right that sent Jardine back towards the cage and eventually on the ground. After eating a few shots, Jardine got to his feet only to absorb a nasty left hand that knocked him out on the ground. Rockhold got in a handful of more unnecessary blows before referee Herb Dean stopped the bout at 4:26 of round one.

Rockhold, 185 lbs of San Jose, CA makes the first defense of his crown and is now 9-1 with two knockouts. Jardine, 185 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 17-10-2.

Former Strikeforce Middleweight champ, Robbie Lawler took out Adlan Amagov in the first round of their Middleweight bout.

Amagov hit Lawler with an illegal knee to the head that gave Lawler a few minute respit. Within in seconds, Lawler hit Amagov with a flying kick and then jumped on Amagov and landed ten unanswered blows that forced referee Steve Mazagotti atopped the bout at 1:41 of the opening frame.

Lawler, 186 lbs of Davenport, IA is now 19-8-1 with sixteen knockouts. Amagov, 186 lbs of Fairfield, NJ is now 9-2

Former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champion King Mo Lawal stopped previously undefeated Lorenz Larkin in round two of their bout.

Lawal pounded Larkin with about twelve unanswered blows while Larkin lay prone and the bout was stopped at 1:32 of round two.

Lawal, 205 lbs of San Jose, CA is now 9-1 with seven stoppages. Larkin, 205 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 12-1.

Tyron Woodley remained undefeated with a three round split decision over Jordan Mein a Welterweight bout

Scores were 30-27 and 29-28 for Woodley, 171 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL and is now 10-0. Mein, 171 lbs of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada is now 23-8.

Tarec Saffedine fought through a bloody right eye from the first round on to eek out a split decision over Tyler Stinson in a Welterweight bout.

Saffedine, 170 lbs of Temecula, CA won by scores of 30-27, 29-28 and he is now 12-3. Stinson, 170 lbs of Kansas City, KS bloodied Saffedine with a hard elbow in the first round and won a card 29-28 but falls to 23-8

Nah-Shon Burrell scored a three round split decision over James Terry in a Welterweight bout.

Scores were 29-28 on two cards for Burrell while Terry took a third card at 29-28.

Burrell, 171 lbs of Philadelphia is now 801. Terry, 171 lbs of San Jose, CA loses a tough luck bout and is now 11-4

Gian Villante pounded out Trevor Smith in round one of their Light Heavyweight bout.

Villante got Smith on the ground and pounded him with punches and the fight was stopped at 2:05 of round one.

Villante, 205 of New York is now 9-3 with six knockouts. Smith, 206 lbs of Washington is now 9-2

Ricky Legere knocked Chris Sprang from the ranks of the undefeated by scoring a three round unanimous decision in a Welterweight bout.

Legere, 171 lbs of Lake Forrest, CA won by scores of 29-28 on cards and is now 14-4. Sprang, 171 lbs of Las Vegas is 4-1.

Esteven Payan scored a three round unanimous decision over Alonzo Martinez in a Lightweight bout.

Payan, 160 lbs of Tempe, AZ won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 13-3-1. Martinez, 160 1/2 lbs is now 35-14-1