Friday night featured the latest Strikeforce event on Showtime with ‘Fresno Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker II’ from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.
The eleventh Strikeforce Challengers (ShoMMA) show featured a welterweight rematch between undefeated Roger Bowling (8-0) and veteran “Vicious” Bobby Voelker (22-8). Their first bout took place last May at Strikeforce Challengers 8, ending with a Technical-Decision win for Bowling after he accidentally poked Voelker in the eye leaving him unable to continue.
The co-main event saw a 165 pound catchweight bout between Billy Evangelista and Waachiim Spiritwolf.
The full Strikeforce Challengers 11 event results are as follows:
Main Card
Welterweight bout: Bobby Voelker def. Roger Bowling via TKO (punches) – R2 @ 3:58
Heavyweight bout: Lavar Johnson def. Virgil Zwicker via KO (punches) – R1 @ 2:17
Catchweight (165 lbs) bout: Billy Evangelista def. Waachiim Spiritwolf via unanimous decision (scorecards not read)
Womens (145 lbs) bout: Julia Budd def. Shana Olsen via TKO (strikes) – R2 @ 2:51
Heavyweight bout: John Devine def. Brandon Cash via submission (rear-naked-choke) – R1 @ 3:05
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: David Douglas def. Dominic Clark via TKO (punches) – R2 @2:33