Strikeforce: Tate vs Rousey

StrikeForce: Tate vs. Rousey Results:

The Columbus, Ohio audience were not disappointed - that's for sure. In what was a highly anticipated women's mixed martial arts bout between current Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate and newly found talent Ronda Rousey, Rousey proved that she in fact wasn't all talk. As the main event, Rousey has defeated all her 4 professional bouts via armbar and once again took another arm home along with her new Bantamweight Champion Belt within the 1st round.

All results are indictaed below:

Main card (Showtime)

Women's Bantamweight Championship bout: United States Miesha Tate (c) vs. United States Ronda Rousey.

• Rousey defeated Tate via submission (armbar) at 4:27 of round 1 to become the new Women's Bantamweight Champion.

Lightweight bout: United States K.J. Noons vs. United States Josh Thomson

• Thomson defeated Noons via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Welterweight bout: England Paul Daley vs. Japan Kazuo Misaki

• Misaki defeated Daley via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).

Middleweight bout: United States Scott Smith vs. United States Lumumba Sayers

• Sayers defeated Smith via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:34 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Brazil Ronaldo Souza vs. United States Bristol Marunde

• Souza defeated Marunde via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:43 of round 3.

Preliminary card (Showtime Extreme)

Women's Bantamweight bout: Canada Sarah Kaufman vs. Canada Alexis Davis

• Kaufman defeated Davis via majority decision (29–29, 29–28, 29–28).

Welterweight bout: United States Roger Bowling vs. United States Brandon Saling

• Bowling defeated Saling via TKO (punches) at 1:15 of round 2

Lightweight bout: United States Caros Fodor vs. United States Pat Healy

• Healy defeated Fodor via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:35 of round 3.

Lightweight bout: United States Ryan Couture vs. United States Conor Heun

• Couture defeated Heun via TKO (punches) at 2:52 of round 3.