An elbow injury has forced Valentijn Overeem out of his planned Strikeforce debut against fellow heavyweight Antonio Silva.
MMAjunkie.com confirmed the scratch with a source close to the event. MMAWeekly.com first reported.
The fight was expected to be part of the Showtime-televised main card of Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu” event at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.