Weigh-ins
for Friday Night's Strikeforce Challengers event at the
Rose Garden in Portland took place Thurs May 20th from
inside The Game located at the Rose Quarter. A total of 10
fights, 6 pro & 4 amateur, will take place Fri, with
the main event featuring Matt "The Law" Lindland
taking on "King" Kevin Casey in a Middleweight
contest. Tickets are on sale now at the Rose Quarter Box Office, all participating Safeway/ TicketsWest outlets, or by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), as well as online at
ComcastTIX.com and STRIKEFORCE's official website
(strikeforce.com).
Rose Garden Arena doors will open at 5:15 p.m. The first preliminary card bout will begin at 6 p.m. and the first main card bout will begin at 8 p.m.
SHOWTIME Fight Card 8 p.m. PT*
*Airs 11 p.m ET/PT, delayed on West Coast
Main
Event - 185 lb MMA
Matt "The Law" Lindland
(186 lb, 21-7 / Gresham, Oregon)
vs.
"King" Kevin Casey (184.5 lb, 3-1 / Hawthorne, Calif)
Co-Main
Event - 170 lb MMA
Nate
"Soulforce" Coy
(171 lb, 8-2 / Portland, Oregon)
vs.
Tyron Woodley (170 lb, 6-0 / St. Louis, MO)
170
lb MMA
Roger Bowling
(170.5 lb, 7-0 / Columbus, Ohio)
vs.
Bobby Voelker (170 lb, 21-7 / Kansas City, Kansas)
170
lb MMA
Nate Moore
(171 lb, 6-1 / San Jose, Calif.)
vs.
Tarec Saffiedine (170.5 lb, 8-2 / Temecula, Calif.)
155
lb MMA
Pat "Bam Bam" Healy
(156.5 lb, 22-15 / Portland, Oregon)
vs.
Bryan Travers (155.5 lb, 13-1 / Bakersfield, Calif.)
Non-televised Undercard begins at approximately 6:00 p.m.
205
lb MMA
Pro Escobedo
(205.5 lb, Pro Debut / Portland, Oregon)
vs.
Jason Sharp (203.5 lb, 1-0 / Portland, Oregon)
155
lb Amateur MMA
Blaine Macintosh
(155
lb, 5-1 / Portland, Oregon)
vs.
Ben Morgan (154 lb, 3-0 / Battleground, Washington)
170
lb Amateur MMA
Jay Shaffer
(170.5 lb, 6-1 / Portland, Oregon)
vs.
David Lloyd (169.5 lb, 5-3 / Portland, Oregon)
205
lb Amateur MMA
Patrick Whittington
(205 lb, 2-0 / Portland, Oregon)
vs.
Jason Lambert (198.5 lb, 0-1 / Portland, Oregon)
185
lb Amateur MMA
Hamza Salim
(184.5 lb, 2-1 / Battleground, Washington) vs.
Lee Flores
(183 lb, 1-2 / Portland, Oregon)
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