While the California-based Strikeforce organization is just hours away
from its first-ever event in Texas, the promotion’s brass is apparently
busy working on an October return to its home base.
MMAjunkie.com has learned Strikeforce 135-pound female champion Sarah
Kaufman has agreed to face top challenger Marloes Coenen while Luke Rockhold and Matt Lindland
have also signed to fight at an as-yet-unannounced Oct. 9
event.
Additionally, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz is apparently
targeted to appear at the event, though it is not immediately clear if
an opponent has been secured.