The official weigh-ins for the very final Strikeforce event begin this afternoon from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The same venue for tomorrow’s live event.
Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine goes down Saturday (Jan. 12, 2013) in Oklahoma City with an eleven bout card with five matches airing on Showtime, four prelim matches on Showtime Extreme, and two unaired bouts.
Headlining the event is a middleweight title bout, marking the first and only defense of the Strikeforce 170-lbs belt by Nate Marquardt, who takes on challenger Tarec Saffiedine. The co-main event has Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier putting his undefeated streak on the line (10-0) against promotion newcomer Dion Staring.
The weigh-ins are expected to begin at approx. 5pm EST (2pm PST).
Check out the full event card below:
Main card (Showtime)
Welterweight Championship bout: (c) Nate Marquardt (170) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (170)
Heavyweight bout: Daniel Cormier (230) vs. Dion Staring (240)
Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett (249) vs. Nandor Guelmino (229)
Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi (205.5) vs. Mike Kyle (205)
Catchweight (194lbs) bout: Ed Herman (193) vs. Ronaldo Souza (193.25)
Preliminary card (Showtime Extreme)
Lightweight bout: Pat Healy (156) vs. Kurt Holobaugh (156)
Middleweight bout: Roger Gracie (186) vs. Anthony Smith (186)
Middleweight bout: Tim Kennedy (186) vs. Trevor Smith (186)
Lightweight bout: Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. K.J. Noons (156)
Preliminary (Unaired)
Lightweight bout: Jorge Gurgel (155) vs. Adriano Martins (155.5)
Lightweight bout: Michael Bravo (156) vs. Estevan Payan (156)