Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni

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.

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni
The poster for Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni
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

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

1. For the inaugural Strikeforce Middleweight Championship.
2. 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]

See also

• Strikeforce
• List of Strikeforce champions
• List of Strikeforce events
• 2007 in Strikeforce