Nate Marquardt, new SF welterweight champion.
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Marquardt really started to settle in during the second round, even scoring a takedown on the wrestler which completely caught Woodley off guard.
In the third, many would have expected Woodley to have faded by this point, but the undefeated prospect clocked Marquardt with a pair of right hands, rocking him and then scoring a huge takedown and dropping bombs in the opening two minutes. The ref forced a quick stand-up once Woodley’s pace slowed on top and despite Marquardt bouncing back with some superior stand-up technique, the round was Woodley’s.
By round four, Woodley was pretty much spent. He was flat-footed, had little to no head movement and his explosion was completely gone in his strikes. Marquardt keyed on this, backing him into the fence and then ending the fight with a beautiful combination that started with a pair of brutal standing elbows.
With Woodley out on his feet, Marquardt finished him off with a pair of uppercuts which sent him crashing to the canvas in a heap as the referee jumped in.
Nate Marquardt is the new Strikeforce welterweight champion.
