During today’s Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Cormier media conference call, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker revealed that the promotion’s middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will be making his next title defense against Tim Kennedy at the next Strikeforce event, which will take place this summer in Portland.
In addition to Rockhold vs. Kennedy, the promotion announced two middleweight contests that have scheduled for the card: Robbie Lawler vs Lorenz Larkin, and Roger Gracie vs. Keith Jardine.
Coker said nothing of Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley, a fight for the vacant Strikeforce welterweight title which has been rumored for the event.
The 27-year-old Rockhold won the title from Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza last year and defended at the beginning of this one with a TKO of Keith Jardine. 9-1 as a pro, Rockhold has not been defeated in eight fights. Tim Kennedy was beaten by Jacare in a fight for the vacant Strikeforce title in 2010, but has gone on a two-fight run since, defeating both Melvin Manhoef and Robbie Lawler.
What will be Strikeforce’s forty-first event is scheduled to go down on July 14 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.
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Lol this is the best they could do…. Seriously it must be hard to keep this outfit going…
This is actually a decent card, just not “UFC-quality.” If you’re an MMA fan, this could be something to catch. If you’re a UFC fan, this could be one to mock.
No one mocks the Bellator cards for being “the best they could do.” And Bellator isn’t having much trouble keeping going. Why would a company with more financial backing have trouble?
Wow dude…before I even respond I wanna take this time to acknowledge you for not being negative on a subject! Yeah, alright shiny! (You were just being negative on me ;)) yeah I was talking about the title fight, which is a top 2 or 3 mw in the world vs a top 25. It’s not that no one mocks bellator, its that no one cares. Both orgs have some great fighters, surrounded by a bunch of bums. At least bellator has a few up and coming guys. I record all events but this one is going to more or less be boring and irrelevant no matter how much money anyone has. Go ahead and explain it away if you want, but sf is a joke, which only.exists because UFC bought it to get the fighters, and can’t get rid of it to avoid collusion.