Main Card: Justin Wilcox (155.2) vs. Rodrigo Damm (155.8) Lorenz Larkin (205.8) vs. Scott Lighty (205.3) David Douglas (154) vs. Caros Fodor (155.4) James Terry (164.2) vs. Josh Thornburg (163.6) Damian Douglas (168.6) vs. Wayne Phillips (170.2) Prelims: Anthony Avila (150.2) vs. Rafael Rios (149.4) Bobby Escalante (130) vs. Raul Sandoval (130.6) Tristan Arenal (156) [...]
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Strikeforce Challengers: Stockton Weigh In Open To Public
Strikeforce is making the up coming April 1st Strikeforce Challenger show weigh ins open to the public. The weigh in will take place this Thursday at 4:30 p.m. PT at the Lexington Plaza Waterfront Hotel in Stockton, CA. Friday night’s fight will be broadcast live on Showtime as well. Full Event Card is located below. [...]
Iishi Replaced By Larkin For Strikeforce Challengers
Unbeaten light heavyweight Lorenz “The Monsoon’’ Larkin will replace Satoshi Ishii and take on kickboxing specialist Scott “Lights Out’’ Lighty on the Strikeforce Challengers card on Friday, April 1, at Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif. Due to the recent natural disasters that struck Japan, Ishii, the 2008 Judo Olympic Games Gold Medalist, was unable to [...]
Woodley gets the judges nod over Saffiedine
Tyron “T-Wood” Woodley (8-0) continued his streak of perfection, earning a unanimous decision over Tarec “The Sponge” Saffiedine (10-3) in a highly-anticipated showdown of rising welterweight (170 pounds) stars and the STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event Friday night, live on SHOWTIME from Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The 28-year-old Woodley, a two-time All-American NCAA wrestler for the University [...]
Oylmpic doctor to face undefeated light heavyweight at strikeforce challengers
Four-time U.S. National Judo Champ and 2004 U.S. Judo Olympian Dr. Rhadi Ferguson will put his perfect MMA record on the line against up-and-coming undefeated light heavyweight Ion Cherdivara on the STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, [...]
Strikeforce Challengers 13 prelims set for Jan 7 in Nashvile
As first reported by ProMMAnow.com prelims are set for the official non-televised preliminary card of “Strikeforce Challengers 13” being held Jan. 7 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville and headlined by Tyron Woodley vs. Tarec Saffiedine. An opponent for UFC veteran John Salter should be announced within the next few days as well as at least [...]
St. Preux to face Ron Humphrey
There will be no Holiday Season for streaking light heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux, who’ll try to make it seven wins in a row when he fights for the third time since Nov. 19 on a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at Nashville [...]
Tyron Woodley and Tarec Saffiedine headline StrikeForce Challengers in Nashville
A long-awaited showdown between top welterweight (170 pounds) rising stars, undefeated Tyron Woodley (7-0), and hard-hitting Tarec “Sponge” Saffiedine (10-2), will headline STRIKEFORCE Challengers at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., live on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast), on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Undefeated up-and-coming heavyweight prospect and former Olympic [...]
Wilcox overwhelms Ribeiro to win at Strikeforce challengers
A ferocious Justin Wilcox power punched his way to a unanimous decision victory over Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro in the lightweight (155 pounds) STRIKEFROCE Challengers main event, Friday night on SHOWTIME. Former University of Tenn., linebacker turned MMA rising star Ovince St. Preux (8-4) also notched a unanimous decision win over Antwain [...]
Strikeforce challengers 12 weight results
All fighters competing in tonight’s Strikeforce Challengers 12 event successfully made weight for the show. The weigh-ins took place Thursday at Mississippi Legends Grill in Flowood, Miss as the main show itself takes place at the Jackson Convention Complex. The full Strikeforce Challengers 12 weigh-in results included: MAIN CARD Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro (155.6) vs. Justin [...]
Shivers vs. Butler added to Challengers card
Former NFL player-turned-Mixed Martial Arts fighter, popular heavyweight Wes Shivers, of Brandon, Miss., returns to the cage to face Goldman Butler, of Tupelo, Miss., in the top undercard fight of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers event in Jackson, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 19, at Jackson Convention Complex LIVE on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT, (delayed on the [...]
Zaromskis returns to face Spiritwolf on Strikeforce Challengers
An already stacked Strikeforce Challengers card just got that much stronger with the announcement that Dream World Champion Marius “The Whitemare” Zaromskis will take on battle-tested Waachiim Spiritwolf on Friday, Nov. 19, at Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss., live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, (delayed on the West Coast). The featured welterweight televised [...]
Ryan Couture out of Nov. 19th Strikeforce Challengers card
The son of UFC and MMA legend, Ryan Couture (1-0) has been forced to withdraw from the his Strikeforce Challengers event Friday, Nov. 19, at Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss., due to a staph infection. He is expected to be out for up to three to four weeks. The 28-year-old Couture, recently made his [...]
St. Pruex vs. Britt main event for Strikeforce Challengers in Mississippi
Streaking former University of Tennessee linebacker Ovince St. Preux (7-4), of Knoxville, Tenn., who is coming off an eight-second knockout victory, will seek his fifth consecutive conquest inside the distance when he faces Antwain “The Juggernaut’’ Britt’’ (11-4) of Virginia Beach, Va., in a light heavyweight (205 pounds) bout on Friday, Nov. 19. The evening [...]
Strikeforce Challengers Fresno weigh in results
All fighters made weight for this Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers at The Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. In the main event, welterweight Relentless” Roger Bowling (8-0) of Cincinnati will put his unbeaten record on the line one more time against “Vicious” Bobby Voelker (22-8) of Kansas City, Mo., in a rematch of an exciting fight [...]
Johnson, Zwicker and more speak on up coming challengers event
Lavar “Big” Johnson, Virgil Zwicker, Billy Evangelista and Waachim Spiritwolf spoke to the media today in the build up to this Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers card at The Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. Lavar “Big” Johnson (14-3), of Madera, Calif., faces Virgil “RezDog” Zwicker (8-1) of Temecula, Calif.; While undefeated Fresno resident Billy Evangelista (10-0, [...]
Strikeforce Challengers in Fresno open to public
Strikeforce announced today that the weigh-ins for Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 11 fight will be open to the public. They will take place this Thursday, Oct. 21, in Salon A at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Fresno, Calif. They will begin at 5 p.m. All fighters on the card will be present and will [...]
Ryan Couture returns to StrikeForce/ Ribiero faces Wilcox
Lightweight star and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro will take on Justin “The Silverback” Wilcox of Cincinnati in the headlining fight of a Strikeforce Challengers event on Friday, Nov. 19, at Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss. In a featured televised bout, unbeaten lightweight Ryan Couture (1-0) will face an opponent to be [...]
StrikeForce Challengers 10 Results
Results: Joe Riggs def Loius Taylor via TKO in R3 (2:07) Miesha Tate def Hitomi Akano via unanimous decision Liz Carmouche def Colleen Schneider via unanimous decision Ryan Couture def Lucas Stark via triangle choke in R1 (1:15) Hitomi Akano def Carina Damm via triangle choke in R2 (1:48) Miesha Tate def Maiju Kujala via [...]
Results from StrikeForce Challengers
Live results from StrikeForce Challengers 9, from Everett, WA. Shane Del Rosario def Lolohea Mahe via TKO in R1 (3:48) Sarah Kaufman def Roxanne Modafferi via power bomb in R3 (4:45) Bobby Voelker def Corey Devela via SD (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Mike Kyle def Abongo Humphrey via rear naked choke in R2 Caros Fodor def [...]