Babalu Signs with Strikeforce

After being kicked out of the UFC for holding a choke too long against David Heath, Renato Sobral has already signed with another organization, Strikeforce.

This is huge for Strikeforce. Babalu adds to a pretty esteamed list of fighters at Strikeforce which includes Frank Shamrock, Phil Baroni, Cung Le, and the undefeated Gilbert Melendez.

However, this is horrible for the UFC. I'm still not sure why they let Sobral go. B.J. Penn held a longer choke on Jens Pulver in their most recent fight. I was recently talking to Jens about this, and he said that he didn't think that either B.J. or Renato needed to be punished. I'll let Jens say it:

"It doesn’t matter to me, I didn’t see what BJ did as being wrong and I didn’t see what Renato did as being wrong. I was the one who got caught in the rear naked choke."

"When you’re in the cage and you’re fighting somebody, especially when you don’t like the person you’re fighting…like truly dislike the person, when you get that hold and you squeeze it you just get this rest assured feeling…it’s like…AHH…you just want to put that exclamation point on it."

But at least we get to watch Babalu fight again. God knows he's exciting. Post your thoughts!