Both mixed martial artists were clearly disappointed with the outcome.

"It feels like it was a waste of my time," Prangley said of all his training and effort, to have the fight end in a no contest. "It was a disappointing way to end the fight. There was no closure. No one knows who the better man was that night."

Prangley, a former national wrestling champion for his native South Africa who is looking to emerge as a top contender in the Strikeforce middleweight division, said he is ready to fight again soon, no matter who it is.

"I am just going to move on," Prangley said. "I am not going to dwell on it. I really don't care whether it is (Amoussou) or not. It depends on what Strikeforce wants to do, whatever Strikeforce puts together. It was a good, exciting fight until it got stopped. The crowd would have gotten what they wanted out of the fight if it had continued."

Amoussou too said he is ready to get back into the cage against Prangley or anyone else.

"I don't know, but cannot wait to fight," Amoussou said. "Prangley is not the ultimate goal for me, far away from that... I just can tell you one thing: I am going to smash the Strikeforce middleweight division."