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Renato “Babalu” Sobral defeated Robbie Lawler by unanimous decision after three hard-fought rounds in the Strikeforce “Los Angeles” main event on Wednesday at the Nokia Theater!

Babalu gave Lawler a hard right kick to the left side of Lawler’s ribcage leaving a visible welt. The impact could be heard throughout the venue, and it clearly pissed off the former EliteXC champion.

Lawler tried to position Babalu in striking distance but Babalu kept his distance and made every strike count! Lawler hit Babalu with a quick jab to the cut above his left eye. Babalu wiped the blood away and followed Lawler’s jab with a knee to his face.

The fight carried all the way into the third with both fighters going back and forth jab for jab, and Babalu threw some kicks that did make some serious contact with Lawler. The Nokia Center spectators screamed and cheered “Babalu…Babalu” as the final 3rd round ended.

The scores were 29-28 across the board, with a unanimous decision victory for Renato “Babalu” Sobral! Babalu called out a rematch with two-time Olympian Dan Henderson, a man who defeated him a decade ago in Japan. “It would be an honor to fight him again,” Sobral said.

New Metal Mulisha Fighter K.J. Noons outboxed and outbrawled Conor Heun to win his Strikeforce debut with a well-deserved and hard-fought split decision.

Within minutes of the fight Noons took on a blow from Heun, which broke his rib. That did not stop Noons as he pushed threw and landed more solid blows over the next 10 minutes with hooks and uppercuts.

Heun tried mixing punches with head kicks and knees, but Noons checked many of the kicks and followed back with solid blows! Noons fight went to decision as he took the win with a score of 29-28! Congratulations to both fighters! Check out the Metal Mulisha MMA photogallery of this fight!