PAGES

RECENT MUST SEE CONTENT

March 12, 2012

STRIKEFORCE: FEDOR vs SILVA

February 12, 2011
STRIKEFORCE has assembled eight of the world's top ranked heavyweights to compete in the STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix - Heavyweight Tournament, a three-stage, single-elimination tournament that will take place over several events in 2011.

The first two quarterfinal fights begin on Saturday, Feb. 12, live on SHOWTIME from the IZOD Center in E. Rutherford, N.J. In the main event, the 34-year-old Fedor Emelianenko will face the towering Antonio "Big Foot" Silva (15-2) in a STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL co-promoted event. Co-featured on Feb. 12, former world champion Andrei Arlovski (15-8) will face Sergei Kharitonov (17-4), Pride FC and K-1 veteran as well as the last man to defeat current STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight World Champion Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem.

The all heavyweight card will include undefeated top prospect Shane Del Rosario (10-0) of Irvine, Calif., vs. hard-hitting Lavar "Big" Johnson (15-3) of Madera, Calif., Chad "The Grave Digger" Griggs (9-1) of Tucson, Ariz., vs. Gian (pronounced "John") Villante (7-1) of Bellmore, N.Y., and Valentijn Overeem (28-25) of Amsterdam, Holland, vs. Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo (2-0) of Las Vegas.



MAIN CARD
Heavyweight GP Quarterfinal bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Silva
Heavyweight GP Quarterfinal bout: Andrei Arlovski vs Sergei Kharitonov
Heavyweight Grand Prix reserve bout: Shane Del Rosario vs. Lavar Johnson
Heavyweight Grand Prix reserve bout: Valentijn Overeem vs. Ray Sefo
Heavyweight Grand Prix reserve bout: Chad Griggs vs. Gian Villante

Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Marc Stevens vs. John Cholish
Welterweight bout: Igor Gracie vs. John Salgado
Featherweight bout: Anthony Leone vs. Josh LaBerge
Featherweight bout: Sam Oropeza vs. Don Carlo-Clauss
Lightweight bout: Jason McLean vs. Kevin Roddy





Featherweight bout: Anthony Leone vs. Josh LaBerge
--


Welterweight bout: Igor Gracie vs. John Salgado
--


Featherweight bout: Sam Oropeza vs. Don Carlo-Clauss
--


Lightweight bout: Marc Stevens vs. John Cholish
--


Heavyweight Grand Prix reserve bout: Valentijn Overeem vs. Ray Sefo
--


Heavyweight Grand Prix reserve bout: Chad Griggs vs. Gian Villante
--


Heavyweight Grand Prix reserve bout: Shane Del Rosario vs. Lavar Johnson
--


Heavyweight GP Quarterfinal bout: Andrei Arlovski vs Sergei Kharitonov
--


Heavyweight GP Quarterfinal bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Silva
--

No comments:

Post a Comment