Strikeforce Finalizes “Destruction” Lineup
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Oct 30, 2008 at 11:13 pm ET10 Comments
Strikeforce has finalized the official fight card for Strikeforce: Destruction, which takes place on November 21st at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson defends his title in the “Destruction” main event against challenger Yves Edwards and veteran Renato “Babalu” Sobral takes on light heavyweight Bobby Southworth in the co-main event.
UFC veteran Joe Riggs will also be in action on the main card, which airs live on HDNet, facing off against up-and-comer Luke Stewart.
The now-finalized lineup features:
- Josh Thomson (c) vs. Yves Edwards
Strikeforce Lightweight Championship - Bobby Southworth (c) vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship - Luke Stewart vs. Joe Riggs
- Lemont Davis vs. Brian Schwartz
- Tony Johnson vs. Eric Lawson
- Darren Uyenoyama vs. Brad Royster
- Alvin Cacdac vs. Jose Palacios
- Cyrillo Padilha vs. Bobby Stack
- Zakary Bucia vs. Jaime Rodriguez
- Raul Castillo vs. Kurt Osiander
- Nik Theotikos vs. Luke Rockhold
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So Yves Edwards gets to be destroyed by another beltholder? Sweet.
Any bets on whether Babalu will hold a choke or armbar for 10 seconds after the tap for this fight? Or is there not enough “bad blood” there?
well if i remember correctly dbiz he choked that guy out cuz he called him “a mother****er” so as long as southworth doesnt say something like that i think babalu will relinquish the hold when told to
sry kris ill clean that comment up
well if i remember correctly dbiz he choked that guy out cuz the guy called him “a motherf***er” at the weigh-ins so as long as southworth doesnt say something like that i think babalu will relinquish the hold when told to then again it is southworth were talkin bout and hes got a history of running his mouth so mayb
Thompson is trying to get back a prior loss to Yves, he originally wanted to fight HellBoy Hansen but that fell through and so he gets too fight to regain a loss to Yves
I remember when Babalu held that choke on Heath, not sayin I want him to do the same against Southworth I just hope he destroys him..
Yeah, I hope Babalu beats Southworth. I’m not too keen on the fact that Southworthless is a belt holder somewhere. Thompson’s pretty good though, I think he will beat Yves. I watched his fight with Milendez on the NBC show this weekend, definitely worth my time.
Ya, Babalu needs a title sooo if he has to destroy Southworth (who doesn’t really need to wear a championship belt), than soo be it
Yves has been doing this game for quite awhile he has some really good matches outthere
I agree that Yves has some good fights out there, and he is a decent fighter, I’ve not automatically chalked this one up for Thompson, but I do think Thompson will be the winner.
I do agree that Thompson should win this fight, I might be a war, could be over in 2minutes I dunno want to expect from either of them..
is it me or does Joe Riggs fight every month?
Thompson should win this fight.
Bobalu by chocke first round.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!! LUKE ROCKHOLD WON!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!