Kennedy wants to take a run at the middleweight belt
Zak Cummings was undefeated coming in to Friday night.
Tim Kennedy made sure he didn’t leave that way.
Kennedy controlled Cummings for most of their fight at “Strikeforce Challengers,” before eventually finishing him off with a north south choke in the second round.
Afterwords, Kennedy made it clear that his goal was to make a run at the Strikeforce middleweight belt.
Also on the card, former Olympian Daniel Cormier made a successful transition into MMA, TKO-ing an overmatched Gary Frazier in the second round.
The full results are as follows:
- Tim Kennedy def. Zak Cummings via Submission (north south choke) at 2:43 of round 2
- Ray Sefo def. Kevin Jordan via TKO at 0:24 of round 2
- Tyron Woodley def. Zach Light via Submision (arm bar) at 3:38 of round 2
- Thomas Longacre def. Travis Calanoc via Unanimous Decision
- Daniel Cormier def. Gary Frazier via TKO at 3:39 of round 2
- Dillon Smith def. Lemont Davis via Submission (rear naked choke) at 1:15 of round 1
- Josh Pulsifer def. Nick Gibbons via Submission (d’arce choke) at 1:05 of round 1
- Kenny Giddens def. Jon Carson via Submission (d’arce choke) at 4:15 of round 2
- Trey Houston def. Brandon Gaines via Submision (arm trianglechoke) at 1:28 of round 2
- Paul Bradley def. Levi Avera via Unanimous Decision
- Jeri Sitzes def. Lacey Schuckman via TKO at 2:18 of roun 3
