Not many people are talking about it, but “Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine” is in fact going down this Saturday in Las Vegas. To help generate some hoopla for the show, the organization hosted a press conference Thursday featuring the card’s featured fighters.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker (Pictured), Luke Rockhold, Keith Jardine, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal, Lorenz Larkin, Adlan Amagov and Robbie Lawler were all at the podium.
Rockhold makes his first middleweight title defense when he meets Jardine in the night’s main event.
The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Nevada hosts Saturday’s festivities. Showtime will broadcast the card’s main bouts at 10PM ET/PT.
Please press the media player below to watch the presser:
Here are the athletes scheduled to appear in the event:
Preliminary Bouts:
(Showtime Extreme 8PM ET/PT)
Ricky Legere vs. Chris Spang
Alonzo Martinez vs. Estevan Payan
Trevor Smith vs. Gian Villante
Nah-Shon Burrell vs. James Terry
Main Bouts:
(Showtime 10PM ET/PT)
Tarec Saffiedine vs. Tyler Stinson
Jordan Mein vs. Tyron Woodley
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. Lorenz Larkin
Robbie Lawler vs. Adlan Amagov
Keith Jardine vs. Luke Rockhold (Strikeforce Middleweight Champion)