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Strikeforce Challengers 17 Fight Card: Voelker vs. Bowling 3

Filed under: StrikeforceThe Strikeforce Challengers 17 fight card will feature the rubber match between Roger Bowling and Bobby Voelker on July 22 at the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

In the first meeting between the two welterweight …

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The Strikeforce Challengers 17 fight card will feature the rubber match between Roger Bowling and Bobby Voelker on July 22 at the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

In the first meeting between the two welterweight prospects, Bowling took a unanimous decision win after receiving an unintentional eye poke that left him unable to continue in the third round. Voelker avenged the loss last October with a second-round TKO. Now, the two will meet again in this best of three.

The current Strikeforce Challengers 17 fight card is below.


Showtime Bouts – 11p.m. ET
Roger Bowling vs. Bobby Voelker
Liz Carmouche vs. Sarah Kaufman
Lavar Johnson “Big” vs. Devin Cole
Adlan Amgov vs. Ron Stallings

 

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Sarah Kaufman vs. Liz Carmouche Targeted for July 22 Strikeforce Event

Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsA Strikeforce 135-pound match pitting two of MMA’s top female stars is being targeted for a July 22 Challengers Series card, MMA Fighting has learned.

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A Strikeforce 135-pound match pitting two of MMA’s top female stars is being targeted for a July 22 Challengers Series card, MMA Fighting has learned.

Sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed that a bout pitting former champion Sarah Kaufman against Liz Carmouche is in the works, and has been verbally agreed to.

The 25-year-old Kaufman hasn’t fought in Strikeforce since losing the belt to Marloes Coenen back in October 2010. Afterward, she took a fight in a Canadian promotion to stay active, defeating Megumi Yabushita via TKO.

Carmouche, meanwhile, is coming off a strong performance in her first real time in the Strikeforce spotlight. Though she ultimately lost in the fourth round due to a triangle submission, Carmouche dominated champ Coenen for most of their title bout in March. Had Carmouche won, it would have been considered one of the biggest upsets in women’s MMA history. Though Carmouche came in undefeated at 5-0 and had won her only prior Strikeforce fight, she had taken the fight on short notice, replacing the injured Miesha Tate. She had less than two weeks to prepare for the fight.

Carmouche is now 5-1, while Kaufman boasts a 13-1 record.

Strikeforce Challengers 17 will be the promotion’s first-ever event in Las Vegas. It takes place at The Pearl at The Palms. Strikeforce just announced the event last week, and so far only one other fight is known, the main event matching Roger Bowling against Bobby Voelker in the rubber match of their trilogy.

 

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Falling Action: Best and Worst of Strikeforce – Feijao vs. Henderson

After a busy week of MMA that culminated in two Strikeforce title fights on Showtime on Saturday night, it’s time to load up on just enough coffee to push us through one final post-mortem analysis.

From knockouts to comebacks to a fighter who turned o…

After a busy week of MMA that culminated in two Strikeforce title fights on Showtime on Saturday night, it’s time to load up on just enough coffee to push us through one final post-mortem analysis.

From knockouts to comebacks to a fighter who turned out to be exactly who we thought he was, there’s plenty to dissect after Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson.

Join me below as I sort through the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between.

Strikeforce Live Blog: Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceCOLUMBUS, Ohio – This is the Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson live blog for Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche, the women’s welterweight championship co-main event at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Coenen (18-4, 2-1 St…

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Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche at Strikeforce Feijao vs. Henderson.COLUMBUS, Ohio – This is the Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson live blog for Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche, the women’s welterweight championship co-main event at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Coenen (18-4, 2-1 Strikeforce) defends her women’s welterweight title for the first time since submitting Sarah Kaufman at Strikeforce: San Jose in October. Prior to that, she challenged Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos for the Strikeforce women’s middleweight title, but lost by TKO. Carmouche (5-0, 2-0 Strikeforce) takes the fight on less than two weeks notice after original challenger Miesha Tate pulled out wiht an injury. Carmouche beat Jan Finney by TKO at Strikeforce Challengers 12 in November.

The live blog is below.

Champ Comes Back: Marloes Coenen Submits Liz Carmouche

Filed under: StrikeforceMarloes Coenen had a comeback worthy of a champion Saturday night, taking a brutal beating before pulling off a fourth-round submission to defeat Liz Carmouche and retain her Strikeforce 135-pound championship belt.

It was no s…

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Coenen submits Carmouche at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson.Marloes Coenen had a comeback worthy of a champion Saturday night, taking a brutal beating before pulling off a fourth-round submission to defeat Liz Carmouche and retain her Strikeforce 135-pound championship belt.

It was no surprise that Coenen won with a submission off her back — that’s her specialty — but it was a surprise that she took so much punishment before she got there: Carmouche was a huge underdog, but she had thoroughly pounded on Coenen in the second and third rounds of the fight, and appeared to be close to pulling off a major upset.

But Coenen, in a move reminiscent of Anderson SIlva’s comeback victory over Chael Sonnen, used a triangle choke off her back to force Carmouche to tap in the fourth.

“Liz was whipping my ass,” Coenen said. “She will be a future champ some day.”

Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson Press Conference Highlights

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Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, Dan Henderson, Marloes Coenen, Liz Carmouche, Tim Kennedy and Melvin Manhoef gathered in front of the media Thursday to discuss their respective fights on Saturday’s Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson card from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Check out what they had to say in the video below by MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon.

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Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, Dan Henderson, Marloes Coenen, Liz Carmouche, Tim Kennedy and Melvin Manhoef gathered in front of the media Thursday to discuss their respective fights on Saturday’s Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson card from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Check out what they had to say in the video below by MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon.