The Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Miss. is the venue for tonight’s Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II event.
The main card of the Strikeforce event will kick off at 10PM EST (7PM PST) on Showtime, while the preliminary card begins at approx. 7:30PM EST (4:30PM PST).
The event headliner features a light-heavyweight bout between Dan Henderson and Renato “Babalu” Sobral who square off for the #1 contender position. This will be a rematch of their first meeting back in 2000, Henderson won a majority decision over the Brazilian.
The co-main event has newly signed welterweight Paul “Semtex” Daley taking on Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith, while middleweights Robbie Lawler takes on Matt Lindland, and heavyweights Mike Kyle faces Antonio Silva.
Fans who may be recording the event in order to watch the “TUF 12 Finale”, The MMA News will be keeping the Live ‘Quick Results’ off the main page.
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Main Card
Light-heavyweight bout: Dan Henderson def. Renato “Babalu” Sobral via KO (strikes) – R1 @ 1:53
Welterweight bout: Paul Daley def. Scott Smith via KO (punch) – R1 @ 2:09
Middleweight bout: Robbie Lawler def. Matt Lindland via KO (strikes) – R1 @ 0:50
Heavyweight bout: Antonio Silva def. Mike Kyle via TKO (punches) – R2 @ 2:49
Light-heavyweight bout: Ovince St. Preux def. Benji Radach via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)
Preliminary Card
Welterweight bout: Fernando Bettega def. Wayne Phillips via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Justin Lawrence def. Max Martyniouk via technical unanimous decision (accidental illegal kick) – (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Light-heavyweight bout: Patrick Cummins def. Terrell Brown via TKO (strikes) – R1 @2:44
Middleweight bout: Cortez Coleman def. Lucas Lopes via submission (guillotine choke) – R1 @ 2:04
Lightweight bout: Matt Ricehouse def. Tom Aaron via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Light-heavyweight bout: Mike Glenn def. Lee Brousseau via TKO (strikes) – R1 @ 2:00
Middleweight bout: Booker DeRousse def. Coltin Cole via TKO (strikes) – R2 @ 3:04
Catchweight (130 lbs) bout: J.W. Wright def. Josh Epps via submission (guillotine choke) – R1 @ 1:29