MMA Fighting has Barnett vs. Cormier results for all of the May 19 Strikeforce fights, plus live coverage from San Jose, live blogs of all the fights and live Barnett vs. Cormier twitter updates.
In the main event, Josh Barnett will square off against Daniel Cormier in the Heavyweight Grand Prix final. In the co-main event, Gilbert Melendez will defend his Strikeforce lightweight title against Josh Thomson.
Check out the Barnett vs. Cormier results below.
Main Card
Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier
Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson
Rafael Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle
Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Chris Spang
Undercard
Gesias Cavalcante vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Virgil Zwicker vs. Carlos Inocente
Gian Villante vs. Derrick Mehmen
Quinn Mulhern vs. Yuri Villefort
James Terry vs. Bobby Green
Top bantamweight contender Renan Barao will face Urijah Faber in place of UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 148. The announcement was made by UFC President Dana White on Friday's episode of The Ulitimate Fighter (The Ulitimate Fighter): Live on FX.
Cruz tore his ACL in training during filming of this season of The Ulitimate Fighter, forcing him to withdraw from his rubber match with rival and fellow coach Faber. There is currently no clear timeline on Cruz's return to professional MMA competition.
Barao was originally scheduled to face Ivan Menjivar at UFC 148. There is no word yet on who Menjivar will face in Barao's absence. Faber and Barao will fight for the UFC interim bantamweight title.
Barao, 25, most recently defeated bantamweight stalwart Scott Jorgensen by unanimous decision. That performance was preceded by a higlhight reel effort against Brad Pickett at UFC 138.
Faber, 33, most recently faced and defeated Brian Bowles at UFC 139. The Sacramento native defeated Bowles by guillotine choke at UFC 139.