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Strikeforce Challengers 16 Weigh-In Results

Filed under: IFL, StrikeforceA total of eight fights were made official Thursday when all the fighters successfully made weight for Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 16 event to take place at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

In the main event, lightwe…

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A total of eight fights were made official Thursday when all the fighters successfully made weight for Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 16 event to take place at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

In the main event, lightweights Caros Fodor, 155.5 pounds, and James Terry, 156, are both aiming for their fourth straight win within the Strikeforce organization. Fodor of Matt Hume’s AMC Pankration will have the hometown support heading into this fight against the Cung Le-trained Terry.

Ryan Couture, 155.5, will make his third trip inside the cage as a professional when he faces Matt Ricehouse, who also stepped off the scale at 155.5. Couture has won both his Strikeforce bouts via submission.

Check out the weigh-in results below, courtesy of Strikeforce.com.

Showtime Bouts – 11p.m. ET
Caros Fodor (155.5) vs. James Terry (156)
Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Matt Ricehouse (155.5)
Lorenz Larkin (205.5) vs. Gian Villante (205.5)
Jason High (171) vs. Quinn Mulhern (169)
Germaine de Randamie (145) vs. Julia Budd (145.5)

Preliminary Bouts
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Jeremy Hamilton (186)
Eduardo Pamplona (170.5) vs. Jerron Peoples (170.5)
Trevor Smith (206) vs. Keith Berry (205.5)

 

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Shooto Restarts MMA in Tokyo Following Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Filed under: IFL, JapanTOKYO – It had only half the fights of the originally planned event, was in a smaller venue, was sparsely attended and carried a somber mood, but MMA finally restarted in Tokyo on Friday night with Shooto: Shootor’s Legacy 02 at …

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TOKYO – It had only half the fights of the originally planned event, was in a smaller venue, was sparsely attended and carried a somber mood, but MMA finally restarted in Tokyo on Friday night with Shooto: Shootor’s Legacy 02 at Shinjuku FACE.

Shooto’s second major event for the year was originally scheduled for March 12, the day after the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami battered North East Japan, taking the lives of over 10,000 people with many more still missing and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

With fears of a nuclear meltdown still looming, MMA returning to Tokyo was a welcome distraction and a testament to Japan’s ability to rally and continue on with life despite significant hardship.