Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine Card Lineup For January Show

With Strikeforce officials busily updating the fight card for the promotions last event, fans might have overlooked one or two bout announcements for the Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine event. Below is the current updated card for the January show with ten matches identified for the upcoming event. Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine is expected to take […]

With Strikeforce officials busily updating the fight card for the promotions last event, fans might have overlooked one or two bout announcements for the Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine event.

Below is the current updated card for the January show with ten matches identified for the upcoming event.

Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine is expected to take place on January 12, 2013 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The main card will air on Showtime with the prelim card airing on Showtime Extreme.

The event was formerly identified as Strikeforce: Champions with three title bouts on the card until lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez and middleweight champ Luke Rockhold, were both forced off the card due to nagging injuries.

The event is now headlined by welterweight champ Nate Marquardt who is set to defend his belt for the first time versus top contender Tarec Saffiedine.

The co-main event has Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier taking on promotion newcomer Dion Staring.

Check out the current card below:

Welterweight Championship bout: (c) Nate Marquardt vs. Tarec Saffiedine
Heavyweight bout: Daniel Cormier vs. Dion Staring
Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle
Lightweight bout: Ryan Couture vs. K.J. Noons
Lightweight bout: Pat Healy vs. Jorge Masvidal
Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett vs. Nandor Guelmino
Middleweight bout: Roger Gracie vs. Anthony Smith
Middleweight bout: Tim Kennedy vs. Trevor Smith
Middleweight bout: Lorenz Larkin vs. Ronaldo Souza
Lightweight bout: Michael Bravo vs. Estevan Payan