Just when you thought mixed martial arts would embark on a slight hiatus after “Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum” wrapped this past Saturday, MMA comes roaring back this weekend with three consecutive shows – with none of them being of the pay-per-view variety.
“Strikeforce Challengers 16” takes place Friday inside the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington. The event marks the last time a ‘Challengers’ card will take place outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Showtime will broadcast the main bouts at 11PM ET/PT.
Preliminary Bouts:
Derek Brunson vs. Jeremy Hamilton
Eduardo Pamplona vs. Jerron Peoples
Keith Berry vs. Trevor Smith
Sterling Ford vs. Charon Spain
Main Bouts:
Julia Budd vs. Germaine de Randamie
Jason High vs. Quinn Mulhern
Lorenz Larkin vs. Gian Villante
Ryan Couture vs. Matt Ricehouse
Caros Fodor vs. James Terry
Bellator 46 takes places the following night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The event will feature the quarterfinals of Bellator’s Featherweight Tournament. MTV2 will host the fights at 9PM ET/8PM CT.
Preliminary Bouts:
Tony Johnson vs. Derrick Lewis
David Baggett vs. Moyses Gabin
Jessica Aguilar vs. Carla Esparza
Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra vs. Matt McCook
Dan Cramer vs. Josh Samman
Main Bouts:
(Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinals)
Jacob Devree vs. Nazareno Malegarie
Pat Curran vs. Luis Palomino
Ronnie Mann vs. Adam Schindler
Genair da Silva vs. Marlon Sandro
UFC on Versus 4 will end the weekend with a bang on Sunday evening. The freebie fight card features a welterweight scrap between Nate Marquardt and Rick Story. “Horror” is coming off the most impressive win in his career, while Marquardt is looking to start anew in a lighter weight class. The Versus broadcast begins live at 9PM ET/6PM PT.
Preliminary Bouts:
Michael Johnson vs. Edward Faaloloto
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz
TJ Grant vs. Charlie Brenneman
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Tyson Griffin vs. Manny Gamburyan
Main Bouts:
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
John Howard vs. Matt Brown
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story